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GloRilla Speaks On Embracing Her ‘Naturally Deeper Voice’ & Cherishing The Present Moment

<p><strong>GloRilla<&sol;strong> is opening up about how she came to unapologetically embrace her trademark voice&comma; as well as how she realized that she has to slow down and smell the roses instead of solely focusing on the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">GloRilla Admits To Previously Being &&num;8220&semi;Embarrassed&&num;8221&semi; By Her Iconic Voice<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The &&num;8220&semi;Tomorrow 2&&num;8221&semi; rapper dished on the subjects during a recent sit-down with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;elle&period;com&sol;culture&sol;music&sol;a44190985&sol;glorilla-interview-2023&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Elle<&sol;a>&comma; and she admitted that her voice initially <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;embarrassed&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong> her&comma; as Glo <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;wanted to sound like a girl&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;When I first came out rapping&comma; I was trying to sound like a little girl&period; I was saying some hard s&ast;&ast;t&comma; but just in a little girly-a&ast;s voice&period; It was me trying to change my sound because I have a naturally deeper voice&period; I was kind of embarrassed&comma; because I wanted to sound like a girl&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CurwGxvusZ5" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When 2021 came around&comma; though&comma; GloRilla &&num;8220&semi;changed her sound&&num;8221&semi; and allowed her voice to get &&num;8220&semi;deeper and deeper&&num;8221&semi; on her tracks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;That&&num;8217&semi;s when I first changed my sound&period; That&&num;8217&semi;s the year my voice started getting deeper and deeper&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>This sentiment echoes earlier commentary she provided on the matter&period; During a January 2023 sit-down with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thecut&period;com&sol;article&sol;glorilla-music-profile&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Cut<&sol;a>&comma; Glo recalled that her voice came out &&num;8220&semi;squeaky&&num;8221&semi; when she attempted to &&num;8220&semi;sound like a girl&&num;8221&semi; while gettin&&num;8217&semi; started in the rap game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After some friends called her on this&comma; GloRilla decided&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;Let me just put emphasis on what I already sound like&comma; just add a lil bit more sauce to it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; after <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;xxlmag&period;com&sol;glorilla-responds-mean-tweets-deep-voice&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Twitter users<&sol;a> spoke on how deep her voice was in &&num;8220&semi;Blessed&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Glo humorously declared&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;My voice is only this deep because my P&ast;&ast;&ast;y is so GOOD&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1554291509058588672" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Rapper Is Valuing Her Hard Work &amp&semi; Present Accomplishments<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Aside from dishing on embracing her &&num;8220&semi;naturally deeper voice&comma;&&num;8221&semi; GloRilla also spoke on an important <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;la-la-anthony-the-shade-room-love&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1mibni4&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;OTk5MDU5NzkxLjE2ODkzNjkzMTU&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4OTM2OTMxNC4xLjEuMTY4OTM2OTQ2Ny4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">lesson<&sol;a> she learned about cherishing her blessings and not staying &&num;8220&semi;so focused on &lbrack;the&rsqb; future&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;The initial prize was me getting to where I am right now&period; My friend and I recently had a conversation about how we are so focused on our future—what else can we do to be better than what we&&num;8217&semi;re doing now&quest; We forget that what we got right now is what we&&num;8217&semi;ve &lbrack;always&rsqb; prayed for&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CurVBIxOSLy" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although Glo&&num;8217&semi;s all about living in the moment and enjoying the fruits of her labor&comma; she&&num;8217&semi;s nonetheless giving fans a preview of what to expect on her next project&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Specifically&comma; since she was &&num;8220&semi;on &lbrack;her&rsqb; hood s&ast;&ast;t&&num;8221&semi; while recording her <em>Anyways&comma; Life&&num;8217&semi;s Great&&num;8230&semi;<&sol;em> EP&comma; she plans to utilize &&num;8220&semi;different sounds&&num;8221&semi; in her forthcoming album&period; However&comma; she assures fans that she&&num;8217&semi;s still gonna &&num;8220&semi;still &lbrack;be&rsqb; raw and uncut&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;This &lbrack;new album&rsqb; is going to be still me&comma; still raw and uncut&period; But just me knowing what it&&num;8217&semi;s like being here and &lbrack;experimenting with&rsqb; different sounds&period; Because I was on my hood s&ast;&ast;t the whole time&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>GloRilla added&comma; <strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;This go-around&comma; it ain&&num;8217&semi;t just me being hard&period; I got a couple of different sounds coming on this one&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"129925" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;glorilla-embracing-deep-voice&sol;" data-secure&equals;"2a1d850594"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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