Their talent is undeniable. Their contribution to the culture is indispensable. They're the Black women in our playlists, on our screens and in our feeds. On Ladies First, Element Everest-Blanks talks with one of these remarkable women about their lives, their music and how they made their moment happen. Because it's not about who's next. It's about who's now.
Arlo Parks has been writing and performing since before she graduated high school, evolving into one of today’s most compelling artists and songwriters whose works reaches beyond her own music (including a writing credit on Beyoncé’s “YA YA” from Cowboy Carter).
We talked about her journey from her first gig at The Basement Door to this year’s release of Ambiguous Desire, what she never wants to lose from that first performance and why creating a sacred space onstage remains so important to her.
