Hello and welcome to another episode of Iway with Jimmy Lidjamel. How are you? I'm fine. I'm so happy because

today marks 52 episodes of this podcast which feels ridiculous that a year has gone by so fast but

I've enjoyed it so much it's been one of my favorite things I've ever done in my career

and it's an extension of something that means so much to me which is my Iway movement on

Instagram. I've learned so much from our extraordinary guests and I've really enjoyed learning

alongside you. I've loved all of your feedback and all of your comments and all of your really

really personal messages about ways in which this podcast has shifted your perspective or shifted

the perspective of a relative of yours who you couldn't just you didn't have the energy to

educate anymore. I um I feel immensely grateful for the community that has been built up

via doing this podcast and I can't think of a better way to mark one year than with

truly one of my all-time like top of my list dream guests and that is Kelly Rowland.

Actual Kelly Rowland from Actual Destiny's Child and her actual solo career. I cannot believe

my childhood self, my inner teenager is fucking freaking out that she came onto my podcast.

I met her a couple of years ago and we don't know each other super well. We've kind of been

getting to know each other over the years and bits and bobs. I don't know if that makes sense

as a sentence but fuck it we're sticking with it because I'm excited and she came onto this podcast

and was so open and so honest and and so giving and so warm and she so wise and she's seen so

much from such a young age. The wild ride of that career and I think she was you know like 10 or

11 when she first started in Destiny's Child to truly grow up at this industry and end up as such a

balanced uh stoic but also emotionally vulnerable and mature human being is not an easy thing and

I can only say that from having met so many people who've been engulfed by this industry. Kelly

Rowland has such a strong sense of self and we talk about what it's like to you know she's just

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