“I see myself performing at the Grammys, traveling the world with my family. I want to meet all my fans across the world. There’s so many places I have yet to go to. I’m like, ‘Oh, wow, I really do have fans there. People know who Normani is?’” She continues quickly, almost breathless. “I want to have the clothing line. Hopefully, I go into fragrance. I want to cross over into film and acting. That’s a victory in my mind. I want to open dance schools.”
She thinks for a moment about what all that really means. “I don’t want to come and go. I want to be the one,” she says. “But through it all I want to make sure that I remember who Normani is.”
When she needs a reminder – and sometimes she still does – she’ll watch the “Love Lies” performance and try to see herself the way others see her – how they see The Normani, now. “I surprise myself in moments,” she says, grinning broadly. “I’m like, ‘Is that me?’ Like, I’m a stan. I’m a stan!”
♡ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NORMANI (May 31st, 1996) ♡
