Haaaaave you met H. E. R.? Born Gabriella \u00ab\u00a0Gabi\u00a0\u00bb Wilson, the 21-year-old R&B singer \u2014 whose stage name is actually an acronym that stands for Having Everything Revealed \u2014 is nominated for five Grammy nominations this year. She came onto the scene in\u2026<\/b>
\nHaaaaave you met H. E. R.? Born Gabriella \u00ab\u00a0Gabi\u00a0\u00bb Wilson, the 21-year-old R&B singer \u2014 whose stage name is actually an acronym that stands for Having Everything Revealed \u2014 is nominated for five Grammy nominations this year. She came onto the scene in the fall of 2016, when her record label dropped H. E. R.: Vol 1, which later hit the top spot on iTunes’ R&B chart. One of the standout tracks is most definitely \u00ab\u00a0Focus,\u00a0\u00bb which also happens to be a Best R&B Song nominee this year. If you haven’t heard it yet, you should plan to give the tune a listen before the 61st Grammy Awards on Feb. 10. Because H. E. R.’s \u00ab\u00a0Focus\u00a0\u00bb lyrics are all about feeling neglected and worrying about your worth: the worth of your time, the worth of your relationship, and ultimately, your own self-worth.
So intense, but also so relatable!
In an interview with Sway’s Universe in April 2018, H. E. R. described \u00ab\u00a0Focus\u00a0\u00bb as a song about wanting to be seen.
\u00ab\u00a0I think all women can relate,\u00a0\u00bb she explained. \u00ab\u00a0I’m such a needy person. I think a lot of women are. We need our attention. And that’s the place I was coming from.\u00a0\u00bb
I feel that, you know?
\u00ab\u00a0Sometimes in a relationship or in life things are a certain way in the beginning,\u00a0\u00bb H. E. R. continued. \u00ab\u00a0Then we get comfortable. We get comfortable, and things turn out to be a little bit less important and we kinda take stuff for granted. So that’s the place I was in. I don’t wanna be taken for granted.\u00a0\u00bb
Same. And with \u00ab\u00a0Focus,\u00a0\u00bb you really feel what H. E. R. is talking about here, thanks to lyrics that are basically a straight-up call to really be seen.
It’s so haunting, isn’t it?
Now check out these lyrics from the chorus:
I mean, it doesn’t really get more direct than that, does it?
Here are some more lyrics from \u00ab\u00a0Focus\u00a0\u00bb:
It’s such a smooth and beautiful song, even though the lyrics are filled with so much frustration and sadness. I really hope \u00ab\u00a0Focus\u00a0\u00bb takes home the statue for Best R&B Song on Feb. 10.
And if it does, we’ll all be focused on H. E. R.<\/p>\n