What Tinashe has said about Record label artist development and shelving

3 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 23, 2026

Tinashe, American singer, songwriter and dancer, has been quoted on Record label artist development and shelving 3 times in 1 episode of Call Her Daddy, most recently on September 23, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

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
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 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: Broke Boys, Golf Bros & Short Kings
Call 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.