Tinashe
American singer, songwriter and dancer
Tinashe (American singer, songwriter and dancer) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include Record label artist development and shelving, Independent music careers, I'd Rather Be Alone (Tinashe song).
In their words
Positions and remarks grouped by topic, each with the exact quote and where it was said.
Record label artist development and shelving
Tinashe recounts often being the only woman among older men in label meetings, where her ideas were dismissed.
“it would be really interesting being in these rooms with these older men and it would only be me”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 13:08
Tinashe explains that being shelved means a label stops funding an artist's project while keeping them signed.
“that's basically like when you're signed to a record label and they quit funding your project”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 12:40
Tinashe says that after 2 On she was pressured to water down or reshape her music to fit expectations.
“I had to continue to push back against i guess what people expected or how they expected me to water it down or change it”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 10:03
Independent music careers
Tinashe defines future success as being able to keep making art, touring and creating visuals comfortably without other worries.
“being able to continue to make art in a comfortable way is like my main priority”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 52:18
Tinashe says running her own business as an independent artist forced her to be honest about how she feels.
“being able to run my own business, like going independent, being able to like make my own art”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 7:12
I'd Rather Be Alone (Tinashe song)
Tinashe says the song's message is that one's own peace and fulfillment matter more than a near-miss relationship.
“your own peace of mind, like your own happiness, your own fulfillment is more important than like an almost”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 37:07
Tinashe says I'd Rather Be Alone is about the avoidance of a partner who remains emotionally distant even when physically close.
“I think with that song specifically, I think I'm just talking about the avoidance specifically”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 33:55
Dating standards
Tinashe says she has never been in a place where she was willing to make sacrifices for a partner's career.
“I don't think I was ever in a place where I was willing to make sacrifices”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 18:09
Tinashe says she long feared a serious relationship would leave her unfulfilled in her career and felt she needed to achieve more first.
“I had fears that I wouldn't have felt fulfilled in my career”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 16:05
Popstar (Tinashe album)
Tinashe describes pop star as an umbrella term spanning genres and argues pop has wrongly become more exclusive over time.
“I've always thought of it as an umbrella term something that you know kind of can encompass all the genres and isn't exclusive”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 49:35
Online harassment and internet criticism
Tinashe says the only online criticism that still bothers her is the kind she partly agrees with, such as critiques of her performances.
“The only internet stuff that bothers me to this day is the stuff that I, like, kind of agree with”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 44:20
Crash Out (Tinashe song)
Tinashe says the car-smashing clip was a deliberate publicity stunt tied to the pop-star tropes of her album Popstar.
“my album's called Popstar and a lot of the themes surrounding it are like classic like pop star tropes”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 42:20
Breakup recovery
Tinashe says after breakups she mourned the person she expected to become, and argues one can become that person without a relationship.
“a key is realizing that you can become that person without a relationship at all”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 39:50
Situationships
Tinashe argues situationships form easily when busy, with upfront chemistry but missing purposefulness, and warning signs get ignored.
“there's a lot of upfront chemistry and excitement and that purposefulness sometimes is what's missing”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 31:07
Other remarks
Tinashe says she uses her art as the outlet for vulnerability she finds harder to express day to day.
“I use my art as kind of the funnel for my vulnerability. I think it kind of gives you a safe safety net in a sense”
Call Her Daddy: Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings (Sep 23, 2026) · Listen from 6:00
Appearances
Tinashe: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short KingsCall Her Daddy · Sep 23, 2026 · 54 min
Alex Cooper talks with singer Tinashe about her girl-group beginnings, leaving her label, dating standards, situationships, heartbreak, internet hate and her album Popstar.
Often appears with
- Alex Cooper · 1 shared episode