WNTTLK (We Need To Talk)On this episode of WNTTLK, independent artist BreezyLyn stops by to share her journey of self-discovery, artistry, and resilience. She opens up about the realities of navigating the music industry as an independent woman, the emotional toll of relationships, and the distractions that often come with visibility and fame. Breezy offers a behind-the-scenes look into the making of her project Earth to Breezy, reflecting on how creativity and authenticity anchor her through personal and professional highs and lows. From the pressures of social media to the importance of financial literacy and choosing the right circle, Breezy unpacks the lessons she’s learned while carving out her own lane. With a clear vision for her future, she speaks to the power of alignment, intentionality, and staying grounded amid it all. Tune in and comment in the socials below.
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And you're you know, I'm trying to get down with you with your boys.
Know what's up now?
And we want to do talk to your girl money long and you not.
You need to talk my girl knowledge what's with you?
We need?
It's limitations to these niggas, especially now for me, it's like, I know what type of person you are. I can't take it this far with you, but I'm gonna deal with you to this certain you know extent.
I just gotta know how to deal with niggas like you.
My food nigga and my food nigga.
Only yes you is for this.
This that's how I go answer your d ms.
Mm hmmm, No, I be answering them.
After my first rap check, I.
I cashed out. I bought mass shit. I'm not even gonna lie. Oh my god, it was this show. I think it was like the second time I performed at the Barclays. I had the worst bubble guts. I thought I wasn't gonna be able to go on stage.
Now what's up, y'all?
It's your gol Breezeland and Earth to Breezy is out. Now what's up night that we need to talk?
What's going on?
Guys?
Now, what's on here?
With another episode? We need to talk today. I got a very special guest in the building. Brooklyn is in the building. We got Breezy Len.
How are you, guys?
Thank you for having me. I'm good, I feel good, I look good. Yes you do, guys, talk about it.
How does it feel to have your first independent release?
It feels good like it feels like it's supposed to be this way.
It's natural. Everything is like coming in organically. So I'm loving it.
I can't wait. So it do what it do? Yeah, do what it do.
I'm curious, what is your your favorite song off the tape when it's lit, when it's lit? And how long did it take you to put this project together?
Like what I would say, probably like six months because some songs I had already I was already recording.
Then I just need some new new shit.
Okay, now why earth's to Breezy? Like, what is the what are we?
Because I feel like it's now it's just time to just block out the noise and just blocking basically.
Okay, I know on the the outro of you speaking, you're saying, like, you know, people are just distractions. Things are just distractions. Like what do you feel like was a distraction during this time period?
And how do you go about.
Blocking them out?
Honestly? Like just people just wanting to be around.
You know.
Sometimes you think people around for your good grace and it's really for their own personal reasons. So those are distractions. People think that's what you not really with you? Those are distractions, friends, family, niggas all that.
Man, it's a it's a fine balance because it's like, you need people, but you need the right people.
Yeah, that's what really matters.
Yeah, the right people. But do you feel like you know, through this process you've you figured it out?
Yeah, I'm figuring it out. I'm still figuring.
Out girl, And we all look and we all it's okay, it's okay.
I feel as long as you willing to go with the process of trying to figure it out and trying to move to the next steven, what would that count?
So it's worth it?
Yeah?
Okay.
And then even.
The interlude with your mom and she's like, I know you're in your own world? Do you really be in your own world?
Like is that?
Yeah?
What's your what's your son. I'm a sad oh, I love me as sad. I'm a Leo fer I heard we like like this.
I haven't really came across the lea before.
What girl, we best tell you get along really well. But that does make sense being in your own world?
What does it look like to you?
Just in my bed, in my room, door, closed myself, She's like, not entering the phone.
Are you a D and D girly? No, I just don't use the phone, she said. I'm letting it ring like I.
Don't like to be on the phone. Like talking on the phone. I'm a text I could text.
You don't like FaceTime.
Because like nine times out of ten, I'm in the house, Ugly.
She said, I got my bonnet on your.
No, I don't even be having a bonnet on the head. Just be fucked up. I just want to chill.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay, that makes sense. But okay, so you're a homebody. Okay, your homebody, but you do be outside sometimes.
When I time to go outside, I have the time. Now.
Yes, I was gonna say, I don't see you outside all the time, but when I do see you outside, you do be showing love, like it's just like you pick and choose tastefully well done.
We like it.
Yes, yes, okay, let's talk about ease the pain. You said you fuck with him, but you can't build with him.
How does that work?
It's like you gotta know, like it's limitations to these niggas, especially now for me, it's like I know what type of person you are. I can't take it this far with you, but I'm gonna deal with you to this certain you know, extent. Just gotta know how to deal with niggas.
Like you my food nigga and my food nigga.
Only is that? Yes, you for this, That's how I go.
No the but the song where you're uh naming all the dudes.
But these niggas want she said, Elia and Tony Yo, first of all, you vowed as hell. Second of all, how do you juggle multiple men? You just she said, These boundaries are heavy.
Yeah.
Like I said, it's like it's certain dudes for certain things. Sometimes I want to go get food with you. Sometimes I want to go with you.
Do they know about each other?
Some be you know what it is, Some be naive, like yeah, I know she got other niggas, but she loves me. That's that's you said.
Some of them be trying to sabotage the other.
Girl, Like, I'm pretty sure they know. Ain't nobody my boyfriend?
Have any of them try to like jam you up, like leave something somewhere like no, okay, okay.
At least it's not petty.
I'm too smart.
Okay, you run a tight shi pete. Okay, okay, let.
Me stop me podcast.
Oh no, let's get into I love this fir jacket and it reminds me of your song I'm So Fly.
Talk to me about collaboring with j One.
When I'm When I heard the beat, I instantly, it instantly just gave me that vibe like a fly summer maybe just chilling doing what I like to do. And as I was like coming up with the lyrics and shot, I'm like, nah, I need j One on this because he gave me that vibe to he's like to fly. You know, he'd be playing that ship on so I'm like, yeah, and we've been was supposed to like back in and do something, so I'm like, this is the perfect opportunity.
Yes, I love that sent that verse and.
He ate damn shout out to Jay one shout out to one, and then let's also talk about the Ray Ray skit.
Who is Ray Ray Ray Ray like Ray Ray from.
D C right Ray from New York? Girl, Yes you do? He he working like he's actually hosting.
Okay, sure if you oh, okay, but if you see him, I feel like you you are known, okay who he is.
But yeah, I feel like that was definitely for the town, for New York because he's mad New York, okay, and he's doing his big one right now.
He said, answer your d M s.
Mm hmmm. No, I'll be answering them. I'll be answering them.
But I turned my like re receipts of so people be thinking I don't be being the dms, but I really be seeing him.
I just I just don't rely.
Why not?
You just tired? You just in your own world.
It's just too much. Instagram be too much, it's too much.
Do you take try to reach out to do you d talks from social media at all?
I try. I feel like me not posting is detoxing.
The girl detyp, that is that's just you not posting.
I still want to scroll and see funny shit. Oh lord, I just don't want to like like loog out or something. You gotta disassociate. I know at some point, I mean I I did that maybe Facebook.
I did that with Snapchat.
Not only social media project.
But I've been like, stop fucking Facebook. Yeah, me too, But I was a die hard Facebook user. Like no, I swear, when did you stop fucking with Facebook? Probably like twenty twenty three that's recent. But like I really don't be on it at all.
No more like at all.
First of all, Facebook, the grandparents and the parents. I can't believe he was on Facebook.
It's still lit though. I still be people who talk about it, like, no, you've be on Facebook. See, I don't even know. I didn't even know how to face.
Facebook is the.
Place for the tea.
That's the I'm scrolling. I'm not posting.
I don't know.
Damn my cousin doing what?
Okay, It's like he would just be bored on that ship, just talking.
Yeah, this is true.
At least on Instagram, I could share my memes and you know, music up. Are you?
Do you be on TikTok at all?
Yeah?
I love TikTok Okay, do you have a preference so with TikTok, I like, and.
What's that boy? He'd be dancing on the ball and he like.
My favorite TikTok right now though, is ran out with jat Yeah watching no ships. I just did one yesterday so I might post.
Yeah, please do we gotta start a TikTok challenge for your tape.
Yes, I just don't know what song. Oh no, it's this. I got a lot of funny like he use.
Yeah, you got a lot of funny shit.
You get you ship? Yeah?
All right, when you were writing or when you were making this project, was the funnyness intentional or this is really how you be feeling?
I feel like everything was intentional, like, but everything happened natural like it wasn't nothing was forced. Everything just came together.
Earth to Breezy. I'm excited. I'm excited for the tape.
Visuals coming absolutely, I really want to do videos to everything.
But we're gonna we're gonna turn it down a notch. But yeah, definitely visuals videos collides.
All right, Well, I'm excited.
Now.
On the show, we play a game called Questions that Need Answers. All you have to do is feel in the blank. Okay, the older I get the less I.
Care.
You would never believe me if I told.
You, I'm sure.
You probably will believe me, though, Okay, let me do that over. You would never believe me if I told you like girls too, really a little bit.
Both of those are like fake believable, Like okay, fake believable. It's not the first thing I think of when I think of you, but I can like I wouldn't put it bast you.
Yeah, sometimes it's cool.
Okay.
Sometimes I look back at my life.
And.
Sometimes I look back at my life and I'm glad. I'm glad things worked out how they did.
Good.
Blank is one movie I can watch with the sound.
Off All Friday series All all three, Yes and white and white Yeah, yes the white, Yes, yes to both.
Actually, uh jay z is.
Oh jay z is Mossy's oh.
Very Brooklyn response ten years from now. I want my legacy to be rich and memoryle outside from rapping. Blank is my favorite hobby watching movies, favorite genre hip hop, Oh of movies.
Yeah, scary thriller.
Really did you see Sinners?
Yeah?
I fake see it like I was like watching it. I really gotta watch it through ye, yes, because I don't understand that ship.
What Yeah, go back, go back and watch that ship is an attitude if you like. I guess it's not really scary.
It's kind of Yeah, that's.
What I was thinking it was gonna be. I was gonna be frightened.
But no, yes, it's but there is vampires. It's good though, it's good. I don't got to rewatch it, go back and really pay attention.
Yes, after my first rap check, I.
I cashed out. I bought mass ship. I'm not even gonna lie.
Yes, favorite favorite thing you bought.
My shark boots? What my shark boots? Oh? Okay, sure, because I wanted them ships for so long, so so long. Nicely got my ship period.
My favorite album of all time is No Pressure.
No, it's a good one. My favorite album that I could listen to? Can it be new? Yeah, I'm gonna say this, this new ship that dirt just dropped? Oh really?
What your favorite album of all times?
Well, that's that's my favorite right now. I don't know all times. I listened to a lot of music that That.
Jerk tape is good though, that's my favorite.
Now, craziest thing that's happened to you at a show had to be when.
Had to be when Oh my god, it was this show.
I think it was like the second time I performed at the Barclays, I had the worst bubble guts. I thought I wasn't gonna be able to go on stage. No, yes, like it was so bad, Like my stomach was literally turning. Right before I had to go on stage. I'm telling my mom, like, what am gonna do? What I'm gonna do?
Like it was bad. It was bad.
Wait did you perform with the Like I got on the.
Stage and like it wasn't a way but them first ten minutes that it was bad. I thought I had to go. I was like, oh my god, why do I feel like this? I don't know. Something about that day was just girl.
Was that one of your first performances?
Not it was.
It was probably like the second I was performing with Lolo, Like the second time at the Barclays. I forgot which which like event was it? But maybe my nerves were so bad.
I don't know why.
I'm like, girl, you did this before sighting up at the same you did Barclays already.
Too, Yeah, I had did Barclays already. Interesting.
Yeah, I feel like your nerves probably.
Was just tweaking.
Yeah, I used to be like that, or maybe it was that drink that I had before had me that'll do it. Hey, I'm convinced New York you know what.
I am convinced that New York City bars though it's say like a higher shelf is really a lower shelf because.
Something Why do I feel like this?
Let me be tweaked out?
Yea, and something's that adding up? But I digress. By the end of twenty twenty five, I hope.
To knock all my roles now that I got read in my notes.
Okay, anything music related you want to share for my notes?
Yeah? Mmm? Probably just.
Keep my money tight, not keep it tight, but like, don't don't fuck my check up. Yes, I'll be fucking check up. Don't fuck the check out.
Yeah, I feel like that's a it's a part of the game.
It is that first check I feel like it's like a ritual to blow it. And then after it it's like, all right, let me actually manage my finances, responsible with my money.
But that's only after I fucking check out. Freaking.
But it's only right. You got to, I think, so, I think what we work off for you gotta you can do it again. Yeah, make it again.
But okay, so twenty twenty five, it's keep it tight. Ain't nothing wrong with that, you shine, fix the way you worded that, But I think that was good. But okay, so we got earth's a breezy out now or we're gonna be touring shows.
Lots of shows, lots of shows hopefully somebody you know. Yeah, I'm ready, I'm ready to rack it.
Okay, well I'll be looking forward to it. Shout out to your grand Let everybody know where they can follow you. If they don't already, go.
Follow you that, go tapping if you haven't already.
Yeah, until next time, guys, talk soon.
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