2/3/2024 0 Comments Reminisce magazines![]() Something surprised me recently and I thought that I was doing something that was so fresh and so new with them, and I put them in all of these leopard and cheetah prints from head to toe and thought, “This is so dope. Bolin: I really enjoy seeing the really deep urban style, and as a stylist I have always enjoyed making sure that our culture stays front forward as well. What has been the biggest consideration for you when styling these ladies, and are there elements of their original style you wanted to keep intact? Bolin, there are so many references to pull from SVW’s past music videos and red carpet looks over the years. He improved our quirky funness where we liked to be more comfortable and he has shown us how to be comfortable and fashionable. He basically came in and revamped the vision that we had of ourselves. Now what we did do is we grew as far as our style is concerned, compliments of J. Taj: I think it transferred over it continues. How do you think that energy has translated to your style and is reflective of who you all are as a group? YouTube Icon YouTube Icon Taj, you mentioned in a recent interview that you haven’t changed much and are still the “quirky, ‘round-the-way girls who just love to have fun and sing.” I loved that so much. You can’t put a price tag on something like that, you really can’t. How does this accomplishment, to have such an iconic song and album, resonate with you all individually and as a group?Ĭoko: It’s a blessing to have such a huge song and for it to still be huge in this day and time 30 years later. You could play the first 30 seconds and turn it off and people would still be singing along. It was the age where I finally felt like “I’m grown now” and that sentiment feels applicable to It’s About Time’s anniversary, and especially to “Weak.” Any party I’ve ever been to, everyone knows the words. The 30-year mark, to me, feels so representative of growth. Taj: No good! My ex-boyfriend dogged me out so good I was “Weak!” They were terrible, that’s why they are in the past! Your music has really withstood the test of time. With hits like “Weak,” “You’re Always On My Mind,” and “Right Here,” can you please tell me what the men were like in the early ’90s that had you singing like this?! I have spent the last week listening to It’s About Time on repeat. Bolin (I cannot emphasize enough how amazing the women looked in some Norma Kamali silhouettes in gun metal and snake print that looked as though they were made for their bodies) to fangirl and talk about their success, what the video “Weak” might look like in 2023, and what they want their new fans to know about them. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to playĪfter a jam packed week of interviews, I had the pleasure of sitting down with SWV and J. And our ’90s tour dreams are not forgotten: SWV announced that they are going on tour this summer-with Jodeci and Dru Hill. There have been some upsides to the show and unrealized tour, though: those who know and love SWV get an opportunity to reacquaint themselves with Coko, Leelee, and Taj and see them in a new light, and those who didn’t know the band get to meet them and discover their music. However, spoiler alert, as the events of The Queens of R&B unfold, this epic tour ends up not coming to fruition. SWV hopes this could be an opportunity to remind the world, and themselves, of their magic. The show centers around the lives of both bands and their members as they try to work together to plan a joint tour. Most recently, they co-starred with their R&B girl group contemporaries Xscape, on Bravo’s SWV & Xscape: The Queens of R&B, which just wrapped its first season. The group disbanded in 1998 to pursue individual projects and reunited in 2005 and despite their break, they have not stopped working since. The song’s music video offers timeless style inspiration, plus, it has the enviable honor of being a without fail sing-a-long song on party playlists with the video itself offering timeless style inspiration.Ī lot has happened in the last 30 years for SWV. Cheryl Gamble), Leelee (Leanne Lyons), and Taj (Tamara Johnson-George) have created a catalog that is filled with melodic gems, but their 1992 debut album, It’s About Time, is top-to-bottom filled with hits, including “I’m So Into You,” “Right Here - Human Nature Radio Mix,” “You’re Always on My Mind,” and their most iconic song, “Weak.” “Weak,” which just turned 30 (!) earlier this month, has brought SWV accolades such as being the first number 1 song by an R&B girl group of the ’90s to top the Pop and R&B charts, going platinum three times, and having 140 million song streams. Sisters With Voices, better known as SWV are R&B girl group pioneers.
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