Coi Leray Talks New Single, “New Era,” Wanting to Collab With Country Artists & More | GRAMMYs 2024

Coi Leray caught up with Billboard's Tetris Kelly and Rania Aniftos at the 2024 GRAMMYs.

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00:00 We're hanging out at the Grammys with my homegirl Koi LaRae

00:03 And you're nominated. I mean touching rap categories dance categories tonight. So how is it to be both?

00:09 It's a blessing

00:10 I feel like my versatility is something that I really want people to admire and appreciate and notice and

00:16 Like we at the Grammys my first time to nominees. That's like self-explanatory

00:20 First ten I mean from zero to a hundred and there's only up even more up from here

00:26 I mean speaking of genre blending. Is there a genre that you want to dabble tap your toes into?

00:31 I definitely want to tap into like rock and then I want to collab with some country artists for sure

00:37 And then you know, I'm Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean. So I want to have it to my roots. I just seen Tyler

00:43 And what about wanna come through the new single

00:48 How's it been with that? I don't Michael made it when I come through produced by Mike will air drummers out everywhere

00:55 It's grown is sexy. It's given the new era

00:58 2024 we've taken it. What would you say? Would you say this new era is giving grown?

01:03 Why would you capture this new era? I feel like this new era is going to sexy. I'm a Taurus

01:08 My birthday is May 11

01:11 Yeah, it's coming up

01:13 and

01:14 You know this year was about just womanhood. I've learned a lot about myself and just being a woman and just

01:20 Just taking it and you talk about womanhood

01:22 I love that you was kind of a little bit popping off on Twitter the other night talking about like being out of the drama

01:27 Yeah, how do you stay centered to be like, you know, all this other rap girl beef. I ain't got nothing to do with it

01:32 I feel like I just feel like I don't know there was at one point where the girls came did come together

01:37 I feel like after a while stuff does get played out and

01:40 You know where I'm from it really don't be beef around cuz nobody really from the same city

01:45 Nobody really know each other for real. So it's like what is it?

01:49 You know what? I mean? Like what are we doing here? I and listen, we all make mistakes

01:53 We all still young woman and we human beings in this industry. So we gonna have opinions

01:57 We don't want to express ourselves, but like I just know that the intentions are there with me

02:02 So that's all I could do is just be a good person to keep pushing up

02:06 We love you for that way. You better take that good energy in the Grammys and win something for me tonight. All right, okay

02:12 Thank you so much

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