The untold truth of H.E.R.

At the time of this writing, it may seem like H.E.R. is in the early stages of her career, but she’s kind of a veteran in the music game. “I was signed at 14,” she told Highsnobiety. According to Forbes, RCA had caught wind of her from her televised performances and decided to offer her a record deal. However, H.E.R. wasn’t totally bent on immediately releasing music, and added, “I really took the time to develop.”

The musician told the medial outlet that she spent years balancing her career and school before deciding that she was “ready” to get serious with music. “I had to figure out myself and what exactly I wanted to do,” H.E.R. continued. “What was my message? It was never a point where I wanted to change up anything, it was that I was creating exactly who I wanted to be, and you’re not the same person at 13, 14, 15 … So just feeling like, ‘OK, now it’s time to put myself out there and see what happens’ organically.” She added, “I have a message, I have this collection of songs that represent this period of time, let’s just put it out.”