Tinashe regrets embarrassing collaborations with R. Kelly & Chris Brown

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Back in 2015, while Tinashe was signed to RCA, she teamed up with Chris Brown for a song called “Player.” Shortly after, her R. Kelly team-up “Let’s Be Real Now” arrived. On Wednesday (Sept. 12), the singer reflected on working with two men accused of abuse in a new interview with the Zach Sang Show.

“I literally block out that R. Kelly song from my mind. I forget that it even exists,” she said.
“That is so embarrassing. That is so unreal that I even have a song with R. Kelly. That’s so embarrassing.”

She added that she was “so young” when “Let’s Be Real Now” came out, with Sang noting that there is not a lot of “control” over collaborators when you first sign to a label and that it wasn’t fair for Tinashe to face scrutiny over the releases.

“Especially when it comes to singles, for example — that song with Chris [Brown],” Tinashe replied. “That was a song that we all wanted it to be this big moment, this big single. So I feel like, in their mind, they were like, ‘You need the support.’ He was their biggest artist that they had on rhythmic radio at the time. To me, I was like, ‘Well, this is a pop song. So, I really don’t feel like we should put Chris on it.’ That doesn’t compute to me, but I don’t know.”

Tinashe left RCA in 2019 and signed with Nice Life Recording Company earlier this year. source

[TwistedTeeth 1,718]

Some of the comments on this video are really gross.

Anyway, I 100% don't blame her for feeling embarrassment. Like, it's no secret that recording companies hamfist men into women's music and she probably didn't have much say in the matter because they thought that having a man in the song would bring up the airplay. Maybe it does but, personally, I skip a lot male features that are in pop songs.

[nickkoko 922]

I don't blame her. I'm so glad she has way more control over her music and art now. I can't imagine how she felt when she was with RCA.

[doraemon 923]

when she's out from RCA, she's creating two albums, right? Who's the distributor on behalf of Tinashe Music Company?

[Versace 7,898]

RCA is literally as bad as it gets big label wise 

[MaybeKermit 4,042]

Wait so she’s not an independent artist anymore? Or what does this nee deal mean exactly?

also, I don’t blame her at all for feeling this way

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I don’t blame Gaga, but did she ever said something similar? That she regrets the collaboration?

Nevermind. I found her statement.