“I felt myself beginning to give music that doesn’t have a happy ending.” Though Chrisette could feel and see the effects her unhealthy lifestyle had wrought, the biggest wake-up call that she was not in the best of places was in her music. “I would avoid everything from the red carpet to television appearances,” she says. “And I began to feel not beautiful heavy on the inside and outside.” The effects of her eating habits began take a toll on her public persona. “I literally gained 40 pounds,” she says. Rather, it was an unhealthy addiction to food. So she took time for herself, traveling the world as a global citizen instead of an artist.īut along the way, Chrisette says she developed a vice – albeit not with the kind of substances we typically associate with vices like drugs and alcohol. She was physically, mentally, emotionally, and artistically fatigued. Around the time she began to promote her last album, “Let Freedom Reign,” Chrisette felt what in hindsight looked to be burnout. “So over the past year and a half, I took the time to regroup and pull my heart together.” Chrisette insists her time away had little to do with the music industry and more to do with how she was feeling within. “There were some really, really low and really, really high moments,” says Chrisette. Even on “Soopa” a song where she explains to her lover that she won’t always be the perfect woman, Chrisette isn’t apologizing for her flaws as much she’s telling him, take it or leave it, and if you leave it, that’s okay.Ĭhrisette’s 18-month long journey to be the better hasn’t been completely downtrodden.
Whether it’s the emotional Prince-like balladry of “You Mean That Much To Me” or the stern warning of “Snow,” Chrisette sounds independent and resolute. On Better, even when Chrisette is laying her heart out on a table, she sounds confident and composed. And for me, dark just means a song that doesn’t have a happy ending.”
“I’ve sang a lot of broken-hearted love songs because I had a broken heart from love,” says Chrisette. Chrisette is giddy and proud to share the name of her fourth album with anyone who asks if only because she is a living embodiment of the word. To say the album title is fitting would be an understatement. Without the break, there is a strong possibility she wouldn’t be sitting in her Williamsburg apartment on a crisp morning, excitedly talking about her brand new album, Better. Time away from the spotlight can be a bad thing.īut for Chrisette Michele, it was a necessary thing. King Blues Club & Grill – Show 7:30PM (Doors 6PM) Produced by Jill Newman Productions in association with Rich B.B.
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