June 8, 2025 • 20 mins
Welcome to Indie Artist Music Hustle with Blonde Intelligence. I am your host, Ms. Roni, and I always seek to give you exquisite cranial repertoire. What happens when you finally stop trying to fit in and embrace your true calling? Gospel artist Miss Lady Michelle's powerful testimony on this week's Indie Artist Music Hustle with Blonde Intelligence reveals the freedom that comes with authentic expression.
Michelle's debut album "Misfit" chronicles her journey from outsider to empowered artist who found her voice after surrendering to her true purpose. "The music that comes through me is God-breathed," she explains, describing how years of trying to conform to industry expectations gave way to divine inspiration once she embraced her authentic calling. The seven-track album, which serves as a soundtrack to her book "Nobody's Daughter," offers listeners an intimate glimpse into her transformation through struggles with rejection and belonging.
Throughout our conversation, Michelle shares profound wisdom about creative integrity, explaining her willingness to walk away from studio sessions when recordings don't match her vision. "Though I paid for studio time and I put money into making the song, if it ain't right I ain't putting it out," she insists. Her approach to social media emphasizes genuine connection over promotion, creating space for followers to understand the experiences behind her music. Perhaps most inspiring is Michelle's perspective on uniqueness: "Can't nobody beat you being you... They can try to emulate your style, but they'll never be you." Her journey reminds us that our greatest strength comes not from fitting in, but from embracing what makes us different.
Whether you're an independent artist seeking your authentic voice or someone struggling to find where you belong, this episode offers the spiritual rope of hope you've been searching for. Listen now on all streaming platforms and follow @BlondeIntelligence for more inspiring conversations with creators who are carving their own path.
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's Indie
Artist Music Hustle with BlondeIntelligence.
I'm your host, Ms Ronnie, whereI always seek to give you
exquisite cranial repertoire.
This week we have a veryspecial guest.
We have Ms Lady Michelle Sayhello to everyone.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hello, how is everyone?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I hope everyone is doing fine, but what we're going
to do is we're going to let youtake over and tell everyone a
little bit about yourself.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Well, I am Miss Lady Michelle.
The album is Misfit and I hopeyou guys have had a chance to
listen to it.
I hope it has enriched andempowered someone to just
connect with their inner selvesand move forward.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Okay, how long?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
And also, I hope I also have a book Nobody's
Daughter that is out.
It's a nobody's daughterdefeating dysfunction, and the
album Misfit is actually thesoundtrack to the book.
Okay, it just speaks.
It's about my life's journeyand everything that I've been
through and everything that Imade it through, and I just had
(01:17):
to write a song about it and abook.
Okay, because life has beenlike that with me.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Okay so tell me how long have you been in the music
industry?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, I am a new contemporary gospel artist and I
am entering in.
This is my first year.
This is my first debut release.
I am currently working onanother album right now as we
speak, so I'm in it to win it.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I'm here to stay is as long as I can, okay so tell
me what made you decide to be acontemporary gospel artist
rather than an r&b artist well,because you know I I really sing
from my heart and everythingyou know I sing through my as
(02:09):
God channels it to me.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
R&b is more.
You know I do have love balladsin me, but it's just.
I have to do the gospel becauseeverything that I've been
through I know God has broughtme through it and I want
everybody to feel that energyand feel that passion, because
he is the one that instilled itin me, my God, and you know I
(02:36):
made it through what I made itthrough because of him.
So I got to sing about that.
I got to sing about whatmatters to me, because you're
not going to feel me if I'mdoing somebody else.
So I got to do me, okay.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
So who are some of your more I would say,
inspirational influences thatmade you develop your style of
gospel?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
well, I love um, I love Lecrae um.
You know, you know a lot of thegreat artists out there, but,
like Ty, Tribbett, tell me alittle bit about your album well
(03:21):
, um, it's got seven songs onthere.
That is really I'm verypassionate about.
Um.
It speaks of, like the prayersof my heart.
You know, my life experiences.
It's like I just channeledeverything that I've been
through and put it in my album.
And the title Misfit isbasically who I used to be and
(03:48):
how I came to be who I am now.
It's because I didn't fit inwith everybody, but I appreciate
it and I'm glad I didn't fit,because if I would have fit in
with everybody then I wouldn'thave found who I'm supposed to
be.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Okay, I know we were talking earlier and I don't know
if we got it or not, but I wantyou to tell everybody again
what made you choose gospel overR&B.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Because the music that comes through me is
God-breathed.
The music that comes through meis God breathed.
I didn't have anybody to collabwith me.
Uh, help me write songs.
I would just sit and thingswill pour out of me and I know
the one that created me, putthem in me and, like I used to
(04:40):
rap back in the day during, uh,salt and pepper days.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And but.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
But he never would let me come out in that format.
But when I was willing to givehim my talent and tell him to
have his way, that's when Ifound my sound, because back
then I was trying to sound likeother people or what I thought
the world wanted me to soundlike.
But now I sound like me.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Like me or love me or leave me alone me, like me or
love me or leave me alone.
Well, I like that answer and Iremember you know from us
talking earlier that you weresaying that you had always been
musically inclined and that themusic was always in you, but you
never let it out.
And I was asking you was itbecause of COVID or no during
(05:31):
that time, or whatever?
But do you think that it mightjust being what you had said?
God had another calling for youand that was just not the way
that he wanted you to go.
I mean, how do you feel aboutit?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I really feel like how the industry is and me
really not having nobody tomentor me and really have my
back and help me.
He didn't want me in certaincircles.
He wanted to cultivate me,teach me and say learn of me,
(06:06):
learn who I am, discover who Iam, get some maturity.
You know, it's the reason theindustry likes to get people
when they still got milk ontheir breath, because they can.
They're vulnerable and easilytake an advantage of, and I
didn't want to be that person,you know.
I just want to learn and knowwhat I'm doing and what I'm
(06:30):
getting into.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Now tell me again.
I know you told me on youralbum it's called Misfit and
that you have seven tracks onthere what track do you have the
strongest emotional tie to andtell me why.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Strongest emotional tie to and tell me why souls
plea, souls, plea one and two islike a prayer from within me,
is the crying out of my soulthat I need to discover what it
is.
Lord, show me what it is I needto see.
(07:09):
Be who you created me to be andgive me the tools and courage
to be me, whether people love meor support me or choose to have
my back or not.
He said what would you do ifnobody loved you?
And my music is that.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Okay, so that leads me into this next question
question, because I know wetalked about that too.
Um, I feel, kind of feel likeit's tied into what you just
said about that song, but do youfeel like your biggest
supporters are people that youknow or strangers?
And if it's people you know orstrangers, how do you feel or
(07:57):
what do you feel is the biggestway to show your support?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
well, I definitely feel I got more support from
strangers outside of myimmediate, immediate and when I
say immediate, my household,family or my spiritual family.
But that's why I thank God forthe technology, because he's
taken me to a broader audienceand I feel like I have reached
(08:26):
more people.
But definitely out of my uh,over a thousand followers and
stuff on Spotify is basicallymost of those people I don't
know from a can of paint, butthey follow.
So yes.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
So tell me this what is the most enjoyable thing,
besides giving praises to Godthat you enjoy about singing
gospel music?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It's freeing.
It's freeing.
It allows you to get in contactwith the core of who you are,
your very essence, your being,you know, created by the one
that created you, created by theone reason why you got breath
(09:22):
in your body, you know.
So it's just something specialabout that, because I can write
some words on a piece of paperand they can be meaningless, but
when he speaks through me, it'sfor a purpose and a reason and
for certain people, and it's tohelp somebody going through
(09:47):
something that they're in andthey don't understand, and it's
that rope of hope.
Just come on.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
So if a person was going through something I would
say tragic right now, of theseven songs that you have on
there, what song would yourecommend to somebody to get
them through that hard time?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
One is misfit, because misfit is more like a
ballot.
Misfit speaks to that person'sfeeling abandoned, rejected, not
supported, not loved.
That's like the core of whoMisfit is.
(10:33):
You know, I go over here and Idon't fit.
And it could be with yourfamily.
I go over here and I don't fit.
It could be with your friends.
I go over here and I don't fit.
It could be on your job.
Everywhere I went I didn't fit.
But then Misfit found herbelonging.
So it lets you know that it ishope, because you may go all
(10:57):
these places and not find whereyou fit, but when you discover
who you are and decide to walkin that in your truth you find
where you belong.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
And that is what's so freeing and that's what can
really help pull somebody outlike, oh, there is a place for
misfits, I do fit, it's okay tobe me so tell me this how do you
deal with having a vision inyour mind of how you want a
(11:32):
certain piece of work to comeout and you're working with a
producer and it's not coming outthe way it is in your head.
What strategies do you use toget that perfect piece of
composition out the way that youenvisioned it up here?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Step away from it.
Step away from it because Iit's a song I just recorded
right now and either I or mydaughter don't hear what we know
like she had made the statementthat's not how God gave it to
(12:13):
you.
And it's funny she said itbecause when I heard it I said
that's not how God gave it to me.
And though I paid for studiotime and I put money into making
the song, if it ain't right Iain't putting it out.
So if I got to go spend somemore money to go back in and do
(12:35):
it again, then that's what I'mgoing to do in and do it again.
Then that's what I'm going todo.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
So when it gets to that point, I'm going to do it
and it doesn't matter what itcosts.
I'm not putting it out untilit's right.
Well, I thank you for comingand I want you to tell everybody
.
Um, but before we do that, Iwant to talk a little bit about
(13:05):
social media.
So tell me, how have you beenutilizing social media since
COVID?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
well, I make reels, I make videos, I speak my truth,
how I feel.
When I feel it, I put my musicon there.
It's not like I don't put thewhole song, like I might upload
a reel with me singing like 30seconds of one of my songs.
(13:33):
When I record it and I'm hypeand I'm with it and I be in my
car, I be at the park and I'mjust going in and I'm with it
and I'll be in my car, I'll beat the park and I'm just going
in and I'm singing it with thepassion and how it was given to
me.
And you know I get a lot ofviews and you know a lot of
people inboxing me like oh, whoa, whoa, and a lot of them ask
(13:54):
some of the same questionsyou're asking me right now and I
interact some of the samequestions you're asking me right
now and I interact.
I interact with the one, myfollowers, and you know if they
put something in the commentsand they ask something, I'll
make a video and tell, I mightspeak on it.
Like I pick things out of myinbox and like someone has a
(14:15):
question like what inspired thatsong?
What was you going through whenyou wrote that?
I'll make a little short videoof just what I was going through
when I wrote that.
What was coming against me atthat moment when I wrote that,
like there's a song calledEgregious and a lot of people
(14:37):
don't really know what that songmeans, and a lot of people
don't really know what that songmeans, but the definition of
the song, it's a word that I wascalled why?
Because I'm not, I'm unorthodox,and they called me that because
(14:58):
I wasn't conforming to whatthey thought I should be or how
I should be, and so and the songspeaks, it's not about what
they call you.
You're like, no, I can't bethat name you call me, but I am
going to be me in spite of thatname you call me, am going to be
(15:23):
me in spite of that name youcall me.
You did not stop me from mytruth.
You cannot stop my truth, youknow, and that how many people
in the world have been calledsomething that they're?
Not?
Everybody, everybody, includingthe one that you know.
They talked about Jesus.
So, hey, you know, it's justletting the world know you don't
(15:46):
have to be what they call.
You Be who you are in spite ofwhat they call you.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Right.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
So I have another question for you.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
This is kind of off the subject, kind of on the
subject kind of like, becauseyou know, everything affects one
thing in a chain reaction.
With the way things are withinflation right now, how do you
think inflation is going toaffect the music business?
Speaker 2 (16:17):
The music business Mm-hmm.
Well, what I have learned isthat people are gonna die
spending money and they're gonnaalways buy what they want.
And music is how a lot ofpeople deal with not only the
(16:37):
problems of inflation and thefinancial burdens that it caused
, but music is an escape fromthe mundanity of life.
Whether it's R&B, whether it'sgospel, whether it's rock, all
music speaks to an issue and aproblem, and it speaks to a
(16:57):
specific group of people andwhat they may be dealing with at
that time.
So music ain't going nowhere.
Music gonna go to the ends ofthe earth, baby, and it don't
matter how much it costs.
People gonna listen because nomatter what they're going
through, they gonna hearsomething.
You could be driving in yourcar and going through something,
(17:19):
and that song come on the radio.
That just put you in a wholedifferent mode.
So music ain't going nowhere.
I think it's one of the surethings, because when people
going through hell, or whetherthey hurting, or whether they
happy, they want to hear a songthat collaborate with that.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Well, I thank you for coming and I want you to give
any last words, last advice,experience that you would like
to share with anybody.
Give us any last words for Miss, lady, michelle.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Well, I want people to feel me, listen to me.
If you ever want to get to knowme, it's to listen to me.
Hear me, hear the passion in meand I promise you you'll be one
step closer to knowing me.
And just pace yourself and atthe end of the day, I don't care
(18:21):
what's going on up, down orthrough in your life.
Be who you were created to be,not who people want to make you
to be.
You got to be true to you andwhat I have learned can't nobody
beat you being you baby Rightwhen you decide to be you.
(18:44):
You ain't got no competition.
Ain't nobody got them samefingerprints you got.
They don't have that voicepattern, they don't have that
style.
They can try to emulate yourstyle, but they'll never be you.
It will never be another.
You, you it.
So there is no competition.
So walk in that Period, that'sit.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I want you to tell everybody again the name of your
album where they can find it atin your social media handle.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
The name of the album is Misfit.
You can find me on allstreaming platforms amazon,
spotify.
My spotify opera artist page isms lady michelle, that's
spelled mz lady michelle.
I also have a book entitlednobody's daughter, which is
basically have a book entitledNobody's Daughter, which is
(19:38):
basically.
Misfit is like the soundtrackto that book.
So when you read it or youlisten to my musical, you want
to do both at the same time.
Know that I might know whatyou're going through, and if I
don't, god does, and that's itand that's all.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Well, like she said, are you welcome?
Like she said, you can find hermusic.
It's called Misfit.
You can find it on allstreaming platforms and you can
follow her on Facebook at MissLady Michelle.
You can find us on allstreaming platforms for the
(20:19):
podcast, the seven social mediaplatforms for the live stream.
Remember to like, share andsubscribe and see you next week.
Bye, bye.
Hello everyone, welcome to this week's Indie
Artist Music Hustle with BlondeIntelligence.
I'm your host, Ms Ronnie, whereI always seek to give you
exquisite cranial repertoire.
This week we have a veryspecial guest.
We have Ms Lady Michelle Sayhello to everyone.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Hello, how is everyone?
Speaker 1 (00:26):
I hope everyone is doing fine, but what we're going
to do is we're going to let youtake over and tell everyone a
little bit about yourself.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Well, I am Miss Lady Michelle.
The album is Misfit and I hopeyou guys have had a chance to
listen to it.
I hope it has enriched andempowered someone to just
connect with their inner selvesand move forward.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Okay, how long?
Speaker 2 (00:53):
And also, I hope I also have a book Nobody's
Daughter that is out.
It's a nobody's daughterdefeating dysfunction, and the
album Misfit is actually thesoundtrack to the book.
Okay, it just speaks.
It's about my life's journeyand everything that I've been
through and everything that Imade it through, and I just had
(01:17):
to write a song about it and abook.
Okay, because life has beenlike that with me.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Okay so tell me how long have you been in the music
industry?
Speaker 2 (01:28):
Well, I am a new contemporary gospel artist and I
am entering in.
This is my first year.
This is my first debut release.
I am currently working onanother album right now as we
speak, so I'm in it to win it.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
I'm here to stay is as long as I can, okay so tell
me what made you decide to be acontemporary gospel artist
rather than an r&b artist well,because you know I I really sing
from my heart and everythingyou know I sing through my as
(02:09):
God channels it to me.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
R&b is more.
You know I do have love balladsin me, but it's just.
I have to do the gospel becauseeverything that I've been
through I know God has broughtme through it and I want
everybody to feel that energyand feel that passion, because
he is the one that instilled itin me, my God, and you know I
(02:36):
made it through what I made itthrough because of him.
So I got to sing about that.
I got to sing about whatmatters to me, because you're
not going to feel me if I'mdoing somebody else.
So I got to do me, okay.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
So who are some of your more I would say,
inspirational influences thatmade you develop your style of
gospel?
Speaker 2 (03:01):
well, I love um, I love Lecrae um.
You know, you know a lot of thegreat artists out there, but,
like Ty, Tribbett, tell me alittle bit about your album well
(03:21):
, um, it's got seven songs onthere.
That is really I'm verypassionate about.
Um.
It speaks of, like the prayersof my heart.
You know, my life experiences.
It's like I just channeledeverything that I've been
through and put it in my album.
And the title Misfit isbasically who I used to be and
(03:48):
how I came to be who I am now.
It's because I didn't fit inwith everybody, but I appreciate
it and I'm glad I didn't fit,because if I would have fit in
with everybody then I wouldn'thave found who I'm supposed to
be.
Speaker 1 (04:06):
Okay, I know we were talking earlier and I don't know
if we got it or not, but I wantyou to tell everybody again
what made you choose gospel overR&B.
Speaker 2 (04:18):
Because the music that comes through me is
God-breathed.
The music that comes through meis God breathed.
I didn't have anybody to collabwith me.
Uh, help me write songs.
I would just sit and thingswill pour out of me and I know
the one that created me, putthem in me and, like I used to
(04:40):
rap back in the day during, uh,salt and pepper days.
Speaker 1 (04:43):
And but.
Speaker 2 (04:45):
But he never would let me come out in that format.
But when I was willing to givehim my talent and tell him to
have his way, that's when Ifound my sound, because back
then I was trying to sound likeother people or what I thought
the world wanted me to soundlike.
But now I sound like me.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Like me or love me or leave me alone me, like me or
love me or leave me alone.
Well, I like that answer and Iremember you know from us
talking earlier that you weresaying that you had always been
musically inclined and that themusic was always in you, but you
never let it out.
And I was asking you was itbecause of COVID or no during
(05:31):
that time, or whatever?
But do you think that it mightjust being what you had said?
God had another calling for youand that was just not the way
that he wanted you to go.
I mean, how do you feel aboutit?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
I really feel like how the industry is and me
really not having nobody tomentor me and really have my
back and help me.
He didn't want me in certaincircles.
He wanted to cultivate me,teach me and say learn of me,
(06:06):
learn who I am, discover who Iam, get some maturity.
You know, it's the reason theindustry likes to get people
when they still got milk ontheir breath, because they can.
They're vulnerable and easilytake an advantage of, and I
didn't want to be that person,you know.
I just want to learn and knowwhat I'm doing and what I'm
(06:30):
getting into.
Speaker 1 (06:34):
Now tell me again.
I know you told me on youralbum it's called Misfit and
that you have seven tracks onthere what track do you have the
strongest emotional tie to andtell me why.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Strongest emotional tie to and tell me why souls
plea, souls, plea one and two islike a prayer from within me,
is the crying out of my soulthat I need to discover what it
is.
Lord, show me what it is I needto see.
(07:09):
Be who you created me to be andgive me the tools and courage
to be me, whether people love meor support me or choose to have
my back or not.
He said what would you do ifnobody loved you?
And my music is that.
Speaker 1 (07:34):
Okay, so that leads me into this next question
question, because I know wetalked about that too.
Um, I feel, kind of feel likeit's tied into what you just
said about that song, but do youfeel like your biggest
supporters are people that youknow or strangers?
And if it's people you know orstrangers, how do you feel or
(07:57):
what do you feel is the biggestway to show your support?
Speaker 2 (08:02):
well, I definitely feel I got more support from
strangers outside of myimmediate, immediate and when I
say immediate, my household,family or my spiritual family.
But that's why I thank God forthe technology, because he's
taken me to a broader audienceand I feel like I have reached
(08:26):
more people.
But definitely out of my uh,over a thousand followers and
stuff on Spotify is basicallymost of those people I don't
know from a can of paint, butthey follow.
So yes.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
So tell me this what is the most enjoyable thing,
besides giving praises to Godthat you enjoy about singing
gospel music?
Speaker 2 (09:00):
It's freeing.
It's freeing.
It allows you to get in contactwith the core of who you are,
your very essence, your being,you know, created by the one
that created you, created by theone reason why you got breath
(09:22):
in your body, you know.
So it's just something specialabout that, because I can write
some words on a piece of paperand they can be meaningless, but
when he speaks through me, it'sfor a purpose and a reason and
for certain people, and it's tohelp somebody going through
(09:47):
something that they're in andthey don't understand, and it's
that rope of hope.
Just come on.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
So if a person was going through something I would
say tragic right now, of theseven songs that you have on
there, what song would yourecommend to somebody to get
them through that hard time?
Speaker 2 (10:13):
One is misfit, because misfit is more like a
ballot.
Misfit speaks to that person'sfeeling abandoned, rejected, not
supported, not loved.
That's like the core of whoMisfit is.
(10:33):
You know, I go over here and Idon't fit.
And it could be with yourfamily.
I go over here and I don't fit.
It could be with your friends.
I go over here and I don't fit.
It could be on your job.
Everywhere I went I didn't fit.
But then Misfit found herbelonging.
So it lets you know that it ishope, because you may go all
(10:57):
these places and not find whereyou fit, but when you discover
who you are and decide to walkin that in your truth you find
where you belong.
Speaker 1 (11:07):
And that is what's so freeing and that's what can
really help pull somebody outlike, oh, there is a place for
misfits, I do fit, it's okay tobe me so tell me this how do you
deal with having a vision inyour mind of how you want a
(11:32):
certain piece of work to comeout and you're working with a
producer and it's not coming outthe way it is in your head.
What strategies do you use toget that perfect piece of
composition out the way that youenvisioned it up here?
Speaker 2 (11:53):
Step away from it.
Step away from it because Iit's a song I just recorded
right now and either I or mydaughter don't hear what we know
like she had made the statementthat's not how God gave it to
(12:13):
you.
And it's funny she said itbecause when I heard it I said
that's not how God gave it to me.
And though I paid for studiotime and I put money into making
the song, if it ain't right Iain't putting it out.
So if I got to go spend somemore money to go back in and do
(12:35):
it again, then that's what I'mgoing to do in and do it again.
Then that's what I'm going todo.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
So when it gets to that point, I'm going to do it
and it doesn't matter what itcosts.
I'm not putting it out untilit's right.
Well, I thank you for comingand I want you to tell everybody
.
Um, but before we do that, Iwant to talk a little bit about
(13:05):
social media.
So tell me, how have you beenutilizing social media since
COVID?
Speaker 2 (13:10):
well, I make reels, I make videos, I speak my truth,
how I feel.
When I feel it, I put my musicon there.
It's not like I don't put thewhole song, like I might upload
a reel with me singing like 30seconds of one of my songs.
(13:33):
When I record it and I'm hypeand I'm with it and I be in my
car, I be at the park and I'mjust going in and I'm with it
and I'll be in my car, I'll beat the park and I'm just going
in and I'm singing it with thepassion and how it was given to
me.
And you know I get a lot ofviews and you know a lot of
people inboxing me like oh, whoa, whoa, and a lot of them ask
(13:54):
some of the same questionsyou're asking me right now and I
interact some of the samequestions you're asking me right
now and I interact.
I interact with the one, myfollowers, and you know if they
put something in the commentsand they ask something, I'll
make a video and tell, I mightspeak on it.
Like I pick things out of myinbox and like someone has a
(14:15):
question like what inspired thatsong?
What was you going through whenyou wrote that?
I'll make a little short videoof just what I was going through
when I wrote that.
What was coming against me atthat moment when I wrote that,
like there's a song calledEgregious and a lot of people
(14:37):
don't really know what that songmeans, and a lot of people
don't really know what that songmeans, but the definition of
the song, it's a word that I wascalled why?
Because I'm not, I'm unorthodox,and they called me that because
(14:58):
I wasn't conforming to whatthey thought I should be or how
I should be, and so and the songspeaks, it's not about what
they call you.
You're like, no, I can't bethat name you call me, but I am
going to be me in spite of thatname you call me, am going to be
(15:23):
me in spite of that name youcall me.
You did not stop me from mytruth.
You cannot stop my truth, youknow, and that how many people
in the world have been calledsomething that they're?
Not?
Everybody, everybody, includingthe one that you know.
They talked about Jesus.
So, hey, you know, it's justletting the world know you don't
(15:46):
have to be what they call.
You Be who you are in spite ofwhat they call you.
Speaker 1 (15:52):
Right.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
So I have another question for you.
Speaker 1 (15:55):
This is kind of off the subject, kind of on the
subject kind of like, becauseyou know, everything affects one
thing in a chain reaction.
With the way things are withinflation right now, how do you
think inflation is going toaffect the music business?
Speaker 2 (16:17):
The music business Mm-hmm.
Well, what I have learned isthat people are gonna die
spending money and they're gonnaalways buy what they want.
And music is how a lot ofpeople deal with not only the
(16:37):
problems of inflation and thefinancial burdens that it caused
, but music is an escape fromthe mundanity of life.
Whether it's R&B, whether it'sgospel, whether it's rock, all
music speaks to an issue and aproblem, and it speaks to a
(16:57):
specific group of people andwhat they may be dealing with at
that time.
So music ain't going nowhere.
Music gonna go to the ends ofthe earth, baby, and it don't
matter how much it costs.
People gonna listen because nomatter what they're going
through, they gonna hearsomething.
You could be driving in yourcar and going through something,
(17:19):
and that song come on the radio.
That just put you in a wholedifferent mode.
So music ain't going nowhere.
I think it's one of the surethings, because when people
going through hell, or whetherthey hurting, or whether they
happy, they want to hear a songthat collaborate with that.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
Well, I thank you for coming and I want you to give
any last words, last advice,experience that you would like
to share with anybody.
Give us any last words for Miss, lady, michelle.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Well, I want people to feel me, listen to me.
If you ever want to get to knowme, it's to listen to me.
Hear me, hear the passion in meand I promise you you'll be one
step closer to knowing me.
And just pace yourself and atthe end of the day, I don't care
(18:21):
what's going on up, down orthrough in your life.
Be who you were created to be,not who people want to make you
to be.
You got to be true to you andwhat I have learned can't nobody
beat you being you baby Rightwhen you decide to be you.
(18:44):
You ain't got no competition.
Ain't nobody got them samefingerprints you got.
They don't have that voicepattern, they don't have that
style.
They can try to emulate yourstyle, but they'll never be you.
It will never be another.
You, you it.
So there is no competition.
So walk in that Period, that'sit.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I want you to tell everybody again the name of your
album where they can find it atin your social media handle.
Speaker 2 (19:16):
The name of the album is Misfit.
You can find me on allstreaming platforms amazon,
spotify.
My spotify opera artist page isms lady michelle, that's
spelled mz lady michelle.
I also have a book entitlednobody's daughter, which is
basically have a book entitledNobody's Daughter, which is
(19:38):
basically.
Misfit is like the soundtrackto that book.
So when you read it or youlisten to my musical, you want
to do both at the same time.
Know that I might know whatyou're going through, and if I
don't, god does, and that's itand that's all.
Speaker 1 (19:59):
Well, like she said, are you welcome?
Like she said, you can find hermusic.
It's called Misfit.
You can find it on allstreaming platforms and you can
follow her on Facebook at MissLady Michelle.
You can find us on allstreaming platforms for the
(20:19):
podcast, the seven social mediaplatforms for the live stream.
Remember to like, share andsubscribe and see you next week.
Bye, bye.
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