The Pulse of Entertainment: R&B's New Superstar Brianna Knight Releases Sophomore Single ‘Couldn't
Be Me' Off her Upcoming Debut EP
by Dr. Eunice Moseley
(November 22, 2024) - "My producers wanted...a more mid-tempo to encourage
people," said R&B's new superstar Brianna Knight about her new single "Couldn't
Be Me" (1990 Records). "It's a build up to a project (2026). The last single ‘So Deep' is a
love song."
The "So Deep" single was her debut. The debut single received 2.2 million streams in
a couple of months on VIBE To 10 R&B Songs in 2021. Her producers on this track include Dimadidthis (Rodney Jerkins) and
Saint Paul (Chris Brown).
When I asked her what inspired her to write "Couldn't Be Me" she said, "A friend
was leaving a toxic relationship. She said, ‘He's not for me anymore'."
I asked her if her friend likes her song inspired
by her life and Brianna said with a slight laugh, "She likes it!"
Brianna
Knight is also considered a NEO/Soul or Pop singer by some, depending on the song she sings. The highly in-demand singer has
what they call "the full package" as an artist. To watch her perform inspires the same thought, that she is a superstar
in the making. Her inspirations are noted as Lauryn Hill, Jill Scout and Jasmine Sullivan. Her image reflects those inspirations
and gives her a fresh new look.
"It's part of me," she said about her on stage image. "Some aspects of me."
I asked about her song writing and she said, "Sometimes I write...sometimes friends
write me a song."
Once Knight decided music was her career she started turning heads. First, she performed at the
Apollo (2018 and 2021); then the Women Songwriters Hall of Fame (2021); Mercury Lounge (2022); Heaven Can Wait (2022); SOBs
(2022); sang the National Anthem at the Red Bulls Arena (2023); C'mon Everybody (2022), and Bowery Electric (2023). She has
performed as opening act for Shae Universe, Anayka She, Samoht, Garth, Bairi, and Ruslan KD. Brianna Knight also won the SeeHer
contest in 2022.
As a songwriter
Knight writes jingles for Chime (2021). Also a poet, Brianna's credits include executive producing the Spoken-Word Global
Poetry Series.
"I started as a poet, then a songwriter," Brianna told me as we ended out talk. "I knew I could
sing and write but I wasn't focused on it."
Well she is focused on singing now. www.1990Records.org
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