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Amaarae on Afrofuturism, Her Plan to Start a Punk Band, and Her Breakthrough Album ‘Fountain Baby’

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Thania Garcia Amaarae‘s uniquely futurist take on R&B and Afropop comes as the product of years of unexpected travels — sometimes brief, but momentous stays in distinct locations across the globe.

Born in the Bronx, the singer-songwriter and producer spent a lot of her childhood and teen years: moving from New York to Atlanta to her family’s home base in Ghana.

Amaarae is still globe-trotting, and when Variety recently caught up with her over Zoom, she was in an airport on the way to a release party for her latest magazine cover story.

Since the release of her debut record, “The Angel You Don’t Know” in 2020, Amaarae has signed to a major label (Interscope) and released her second effort “Fountain Baby,” over the summer.

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