Emeli Sandé on Her New Music, Inspiration, & Falling in Love With a Woman
Let’s Say for Instance (available May 6), is a gentle ode to manifesting what’s possible when people allow themselves to dream of a brighter life. “Until you can actually envision something, I don’t believe it can become a reality,” Sandé explains of the album’s meaning. “Even just the beginning of a thought can open a whole new life.”She offers a few examples. “Let’s say, for instance, the world can be accepting one day of everybody.
Let’s say, for instance, there are brighter days to come.” Sandé amassed LGBTQ+ fans early in her career, often playing her thoughtful and infectious music in queer clubs.
Now, with her new record out May 6 and a European tour slated for the summer, she’s squarely a part of the queer community and feels the love like never before.“To have that support [from queer people] means everything to me.
It is quite a daunting thing to be honest with the world and to share our love with the world,” Sandé says. “We were in the park yesterday doing some content filming, and this guy came up.
