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. The latter’s woozy 2016 smash “Needed Me” bears the hallmarks of Starrah’s rich melodic style: It’s part revenge anthem, part brag fest, but Rihanna seems to sing between sighs, letting ideas dissipate but never entirely disappear. The attitude comes across as 100% Rihanna -- even though, says Starrah, the song pulled directly from her own romantic history. “The way it translated to other people was a good feeling for me.
Starrah’s eye for a song’s tiny, evocative details, as well as her insistence on keeping a low profile, have made her a true top 40 chameleon, one who can write for pretty much anyone without letting her style overtake theirs. She avoids being photographed when possible; when she is, she often obscures her face. Her social media presence is fairly minimal, though she admits to creeping on artists’ profiles before sessions to gain insight into their worlds.
After graduating from Delaware State University, where she would reach out to writers and producers on Myspace, Starrah moved to Los Angeles and worked day jobs at Urban Outfitters and Puma, crashing on a friend’s couch to save money as she pumped out songs. In 2014, she released the confessional “Low,” a rework of Drake’s “Heat of the Moment” that introduced what would become her signature: vocals that aren’t exactly sung, but not quite rapped, either.
It’s a powerful image, but Starrah can also vividly render mundane situations. While in the studio with
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