𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐊,
stormi evans is the
biggest female r&b
singer on the planet.
with the fame and
success, such tragic
events in her life
take place. watch the
story of an r&b legend
from the beginning
of time till her deepest...
Distraction is slightly heard in the background as I walk through the old mansion of Stormi Evans. She said it's been eighteen years since she last lived in this house. With that many years passed by it still looks the same as it did 25 years ago. Since her last Paper Magazine Interview in 94' a bunch has changed, she got married, had children, moved back to LA and became the second best selling female artist in the world.
Everyone wants Stormi Evans's number. But the question is, which one? How about 320 million, the volume of albums she's sold during her career. Or maybe it's 25, the amount of #1 singles she's scored— or two the number of times she's now graced our cover. This time around, the world's truest star invited Paper Magazine's Elina Gan over for a glass of a wine and to talk about her 27 year spanning career and the power of songwriting, with the intersection of r&b and hip-hop.
At 47 years old she still looks gracious and young. She's the same Stormi just more mature and wise. She has helped craft the real sound of r&b and the power of what songwriting will do for you. Without this woman, we couldn't have half of the soundtrack of our lives.
She's successful, beautiful and talented. A whole package, her success has still not been close to being touched. 2 out of her 5 albums have been certified Diamond and she ranked at #8 for the best selling artist of all time. Just one year after her last Paper Magazine Interview she went on to release Honey. Her third studio album, totally taking the world by wind. Honey sold over a million copies in the first week of its release and she scored 8 #1 hits from the album
Stormi's lyrics have mainly been about love, from having difficulties of committing on her #1 track "Keep On." from SweetSexySavge to explaining the ecstasy of love in her 1995 hit "Distraction" from Honey. Between her four albums, she has never shield away from that raw vulnerability that make her songs both addictive and soul-nourishing. Her fresh perspective is an inextricable element of her appeal, yet the pressure to define herself by outdated binary systems has plagued her whole life.
