Normani stars in psychedelic Allure cover as she talks being 'overlooked' in Fifth Harmony

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    Normani says being ‘overlooked’ in Fifth Harmony took a toll on her confidence but then she reinvented herself as a solo artist: ‘Now I know I’m the s***’

    Normani shared that she felt ‘overlooked’ when she was a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony that brought her into the spotlight.

    The 25-year-old has now established a career as a solo artist and has starred in a colorfully psychedelic new cover of Allure.

    She told the magazine that as she works on an upcoming album she is in the process of ‘reinventing myself’ and showing that ‘now I know I’m the s***.’

    Candor: Normani shared that she felt'overlooked' when she was a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony that brought her into the spotlight

    Candor: Normani shared that she felt ‘overlooked’ when she was a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony that brought her into the spotlight

    Normani revealed: ‘I didn’t get to really sing in the group. I felt like I was overlooked. That idea has been projected on me. Like, this is your place.’

    She was put together with Camila Cabello, Ally Brooke, Lauren Jauregui and Dinah Jane as Fifth Harmony when they were all on The X Factor nine years ago.

    They all became stars together but eventually the girl group went on ‘hiatus’ indefinitely beginning three years ago.

    Normani has previously discussed her turmoil within the group including in a cover interview for Billboard late last year. 

    Looking fab: The 25-year-old has now established a career as a solo artist and has starred in a colorfully psychedelic new cover of Allure

    Looking fab: The 25-year-old has now established a career as a solo artist and has starred in a colorfully psychedelic new cover of Allure

    ‘Having certain things happen so blatantly while also feeling like the “other” and being so young and hearing the public compare [us] took a toll on my confidence. For a long time, I didn’t believe in myself because I didn’t feel like I was given the opportunity to,’ dished the Atlanta-born songstress in Billboard.

    In her new cover interview for Allure she lifted the curtain on the inner confidence that was fostered in her by her parents and grandmother.

    Normani referred to her grandmother, who looked after her when her parents were traveling for work, as ‘really my best friend’ and ‘my soul mate, for real.’

    She explained: ‘I grew up feeling beautiful. My mom, my dad, my grandmother instilled in me at a very early age that I was beautiful. The fact that my skin was chocolate was a beautiful thing. My kinky hair was beautiful. I don’t need to straighten it. I can rock my braids to my all-white school.’

    Esteem: She told the magazine that as she works on an upcoming album she is in the process of'reinventing myself' and showing that'now I know I'm the s***'

    Esteem: She told the magazine that as she works on an upcoming album she is in the process of ‘reinventing myself’ and showing that ‘now I know I’m the s***’

    Although she ‘did get bullied a lot’ and ‘Not feeling like I had that representation at school was very hard’ the self-esteem she got from her family helped her cope.

    As part of her solo career she released a single called Wild Side last month featuring a guest verse by rap superstar Cardi B.

    While the song was in the works Normani informed her co-writer Brittany Hazzard aka Starrah: ‘I want something really sexy.’

    The sizzling sensation told Allure: ‘I just felt this sense of me coming into my own. I feel like a woman now,’ pointing out that ‘A lot of people aren’t expecting this [song] and that’s why I wanted to put it out first.’ 

    'I grew up feeling beautiful': In her new cover interview for Allure she lifted the curtain on the inner confidence that was fostered in her by her parents and grandmother

    ‘I grew up feeling beautiful’: In her new cover interview for Allure she lifted the curtain on the inner confidence that was fostered in her by her parents and grandmother

    Wild Side, which will be featured on an upcoming album with an unannounced name, is ‘the record I need to also feel like a bad b****.’

    The album will also unveil a more emotionally open incarnation of Normani and she confessed in her new interview: ‘For me, that takes a lot.’

    She elaborated: ‘It’s that end of the spectrum. It’s vulnerability. It’s the things that make me scared. It’s the things that I’m insecure about.’

    However she is ‘reinventing myself’ with the album ‘Now you all are finally going to be able to see me tap into that awareness – that I know I’m the s***.’ 

    As seen in 2016: Normani (second from left) was put together with (from left) Camila Cabello, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and Ally Brooke as Fifth Harmony in 2012

    As seen in 2016: Normani (second from left) was put together with (from left) Camila Cabello, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui and Ally Brooke as Fifth Harmony in 2012

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