I always end up talking, and they’ll leave off like, “You know, you’re just…” I’m like, “Yeah, I’m just like you.”ĮSSENCE: You’ve always give us that realness.įANTASIA: I have to be that real. Some of the moms will go on field trips and see me and be like, “What are you doing on a field trip?” I’m all, “You see my son right here?” We end up being cool. I’m a volunteer at my son’s school, and I’m very involved. I don’t want my kids to ever grow up and be like, “My momma was never there for this or for that.” I make sure I am there for the most important things I need to be there for. Marriage and motherhood give me what I really need. Marriage and motherhood really fill you up.įANTASIA: I always tell people I’m a wife and mother first. When he came into my life, I realized the queen I was because of the king that he is.ĮSSENCE: Love looks good on you, sis. You know what I mean? I believe that’s when it’ll come. How can you know what type of man you need if you don’t know who you are?ĮSSENCE: You can’t see him if you don’t know.įANTASIA: You have to get in that place where you realize who you are and what you want. How do you get it?” And I feel like you have to sit back and realize who you are first.
They’ll walk up to me, and they’ll be like, “I want that same thing. It started with my whole transition and my fasting time, because if I didn’t sit back and take the time to realize who I was and let go of some stuff, then I would have lost him. I will have to say kudos to him because when he came into my life, he brought out a Fantasia that I didn’t even know was there. What does that for you?įANTASIA: I think it had a little something to do with my husband. We know that your music got a lot of your fans through tough times and really lifted them up. I needed that.ĮSSENCE: You appear stronger and more confident than ever. There’s always somebody who comes up to me and says, “I want you to keep going because you got me through.” Then I’ll leave out of whatever store or gas station I’m in, and I’m like, Okay, God, I see you. What am I doing this for? Am I still good enough? We all have those moments. We wake up every day, all of us, and go through those moments when we’re like, I’m just tired. There’s always one that comes right on time when I get a little discouraged or weak. I get deep stories, y’all, which is probably because I’ve been so open with my own story. I have to hear them out and listen because they are why I do what I do. My husband will call me, like, “Babe, you told me to put the oven on 45 minutes ago.” I have to stand and be present.
I get it in grocery stores, in the aisle, wherever. And so I had to get to this place or else I just would have said, Hands down, I quit.ĮSSENCE: Your fans appreciate your authenticity and how much your music has changed them.įANTASIA: I get it all the time, and I love it. But when it becomes not fun anymore and you’re just clocking in every day, it takes away from the passion. You see what I’m saying? We do what we do because we’re passionate about it and we love it. It feels good because I had gotten to a point where I said, If I can’t do my music the way I want to do it, then I don’t want to do it anymore. I had to go through everything that I went through to get to this day.”ĮSSENCE: As an artist, has moving into the independent space been freeing for you?įANTASIA: Yeah. Just as her album title suggests, Fantasia, who has never shied away from sharing her truth, has drawn a new picture of what happiness looks like, and she’s letting the world know. She and Taylor celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary this year, and her children-daughter Zion, 18, and son Dallas Xavier, 7, both from previous relationships- remain her greatest joys. Looking back on a complicated and sometimes turbulent past that included being hospitalized for an aspirin and sleep aid overdose and some drawn out and very public legal battles, Fantasia reflected that it’s her life behind the mic as a wife and mother that she’s most proud of today. In our conversation, Fantasia opened up about how meeting her husband, Kendall Taylor, helped her find herself and become the woman and artist she is today. Fantasia has always considered her music to be her ministry, and when she sat down for an intimate interview on ESSENCE’s Yes, Girl! podcast, she put in a good word for the healing power of love. It’s been 15 years since she won American Idol Season 3, and the Grammy-winning singer recently released her first independent album, Sketchbook. It’s not hard to see that Fantasia is absolutely glowing these days.
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