Alemeda

Black People Love Paramore

Sequoia Holmes

Arts, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

This week, Sequoia interviews rising alt-pop singer Alemeda, who wrapped up a six-city tour earlier this year. The Ethiopian-born singer and Sequoia bond over Paramore songs and cats. Alemeda also weighs in on the cat backlash directed at Doechii, with whom she recorded Beat a B!tch Up.

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, y'all are about to hear a very special interview with an artist name Alameda. Every now and again, I like to interview people of note on this podcast who makes sense for black people love Paramore. For instance, Alameda is a black girl in the alternative space. She is a Paramore fan. And so it just seemed like it'd be really fun to interview her, get her perspective on things, and introduce her to you all if you're not already aware of her. So that's what you're about to hear. And every now and again, you'll probably hear more of these. And I hope that you enjoy them. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. Bye. Hi, Alameda. Hi. Thank you so much for joining. Thank you for having me. Of course. welcome to Black People Love Paramar, a podcast not about the band Paramar, but a show about
0:57.4	the common as well as the uncommon interests of Black people.
1:01.4	I am Sequoia.
1:02.4	And today we have musician, amazing songwriter, artist, singer, Alameda.
1:09.6	New EP out. Yeah. But what the hell do I know? Yes.ameda. New EP out.
1:11.6	Yeah.
1:12.2	But what the hell do I know?
1:13.2	Yes.
1:13.7	Love it.
1:14.4	Such a good.
1:14.8	That's a good title, first of all.
1:15.9	Thank you.
1:16.4	Yeah, very fun title.
1:17.3	I like the name of the tour as well.
1:19.5	Where the hell should I go?
1:20.4	Where the hell should I go?
1:21.4	Yeah.
1:21.9	Who came up with that?
1:23.4	Period.
1:24.0	I know.
1:24.2	I know. I know when I'm in the presence of a genius. Yeah. Yeah. I have a question for you. Love the EP. Love your music overall. What's your favorite and least favorite song to perform? My favorite song to perform is beat a bitch up. Period. Because it's just like, it's hype and everybody um I make the crowd sing the beat a bitch up
1:45.4	part yes as you should and then I tell them that they're being violent um not to gas like no
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