Normani felt “anxious” before releasing her debut solo album.
The 28-year-old singer – who shot to stardom as a teenager as part of Fifth Harmony – has confessed that she felt nervous before releasing ‘Dopamine’ in June.
Normani – whose album faced numerous delays – told Rolling Stone magazine: “I’m excited, but I’m a little anxious.”
Asked what was making her feel anxious, the ‘Motivation’ hitmaker replied: “Honestly just the pressures of the wait and hoping that everybody loves this body of work as much as I love it.”
Normani committed herself wholeheartedly to the project.
She shared: “I want to know that I put in absolutely everything that I could, that I exhausted every possibility.”
Normani also hopes that fans will “learn” more about her through listening to the album.
She said: “I’ve been so many versions of myself – still the same, still Normani, but in this body of work, I really hope everybody’s able to learn more about me.”
Earlier this year, Normani admitted that she battled self-doubts while making her debut album.
During an appearance on the ‘Zach Sang Show’, Normani explained: “I deserve to enjoy what I’m doing, and I would definitely say that I wish I enjoyed this process a lot more than I did.
“But there were so many different … things attached to it. So next time I’m going to be like, ‘No, I’m going to have the best time ever.'”
Normani sees her debut album as a testament to her own “resilience”.
She said: “It’s a testament to me being with me this whole time, and me not giving up on myself. And my resilience, because there’s plenty of times … that I honestly didn’t know if the project was going to come out, or if people still cared, or this was still where god called me.
“I questioned a lot my purpose in this throughout the process.”