<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"\"Drake just tweeted about '2 On!'\" Tinashe gushes of her debut single while excitedly tapping her iPhone screen mid-makeup for our photo shoot. The 21-year-old songstress had no inkling then that a day later Drizzy would release a remix of the song for his 15 million\u2013plus followers. \"I hope my new fans know I'm a creative person,\" she says, referencing the three DIY mixtapes that got her to where she is today: on the verge of releasing a first album, Aquarius. \"Even if it's label-made, I'm still behind the songs and the visuals. It's not contrived\u2014it's calculated.\"\n\nTinashe grew up in the spotlight, so her humility is as refreshing and irrefutable as her talent\u2014she dove into acting at a young age (\"I was in my first film when I was five\"), trained as a professional dancer (\"It's always been an extension of my music\"), and was a member of the girl group The Stunners, who opened for Justin Bieber (\"Performing in front of 25,000 people was extremely inspirational. There's no stage I can't play now!\"). With the help of collaborators like A$AP Rocky, ScHoolboy Q, and Boi-1da, it's clear this petite brunette is quickly soaring to great heights. \"My music is a direct reflection of the eclectic person I am,\" she says. \"I don't like to be stuck in an R&amp;amp;B box.\" So what does the budding superstar wish for? \"I want people to know that I'm a force to be reckoned with.\" Tinashe\u2014three syllables, one voice."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/tinashe>