When I connect withYseult, shes in the middle of averybusy week.
Its been intense, she says from the back of an Uber in New York.
(The previous day, shed delivereda showstopping performanceof her hit Suicide onThe Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.)
Photo: Tarek Mawad
But Im so grateful, and so blessed, and so happy.
Theyre the strongest women ever, she says, breaking into a wide smile.
And its a banger all around the world!
Photo: Tarek Mawad
I say a very busy week, but really, for Yseult, its been a very busy year.
It was a long road to this point, however.
All the money I make I invest back into my projectso I have to protect it.
But for me, to show your vulnerability in your music is the opposite of weakness.
Its so difficult to show to the world your true self and not to hide.
And withMental,its important to express what Ive been through.
But I like to be on the edge on stage, artistically.
I embrace every part of my body, my color, my hair, my beauty.
Its important for me to show that vulnerability so that people can connect to me.
I dont give a fuck about the rules.
I dont fit in the system.
So this is the side that I wanted to show right now with this new project.
But I want to be, like, the Black version.
Here, as in other parts of her life and aristry, Yseult remains her own North Star.
I think I like things that are very hybrid, she says of what shes drawn to sartorially.
I dont like the word complexity or complex, because I dont think Im complicated.
Im just versatile as fuck.
I think the link between all of that is my freedom.
Thats also my job as project manager, so I cant forget to do it, she laughs.
Does it ever get exhausting, wearing so many hats?
But Im not tired at all.
And ragegood rage, in a positive way.
Its at that point in the project where I feel like Im giving birth.
Like, I just want this baby out.
Look at my belly right now!
Yseult says, cracking up and angling the phone downwards.
Just get out of here, baby!
And how, exactly, is she planning to celebrate while down in Brazil?
With a few caipirinhas?
I dont drink, I dont do drugs, and I dont smoke, she says, smiling.
Thats my idea of a party.
