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Baby, this is Keke Palmer

Leveling Up on Faith, Family and Folding Chairs with Ciara

Baby, this is Keke Palmer

Wondery

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to maintain longevity for over twenty years in the music industry? The power of Ciara’s prayer, y’all! We’re sitting down with the Grammy winner, entrepreneur, wife and mom of four to get into EVERYTHING. She spills the tea about the one song she regrets, keeping her music sexy after motherhood, her relationship with Russell Wilson and whether there’s a Baby Cinco in their future. Plus, she’s revealing an exclusive surprise about her new album, CiCi. You’ve probably seen people all over the internet swimming on folding chairs in the Defying Gravity challenge for her latest single, Ecstasy. Now, Keke and CiCi put it to the test, with a twist! 

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0:00.0

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0:16.0

All right, y'all. Let's dive in.

0:19.0

I made a goal sheet, and my first goal I wrote down was to get discovered.

0:24.0

Period.

0:24.8

And then I said, once I got discovered, I wanted to sell three to four million albums.

0:28.5

Okay.

0:29.8

This is specific manifestation.

0:31.8

This is what they was talking about with that Sierra's prayer.

0:34.1

Oh, God.

0:35.6

At the time, I remember that I've never said this before. It's like, I don't want to jinx anything, but I think he's, and I didn't want to say this in the she finished. She said the one and I said, yes. And he left my house on the elevator, told his friend at the time that came with him, he said the same exact thing that I said.

0:55.7

And so it's just kind of amazing. There's a saying when you know, you know, I'll be honest with you.

1:01.9

I am, I do want to have a fifth baby. Oh, yes, girl. I do. I'm not going to even like skate around.

1:09.0

Did I do? I was like, Russ's campaign game right now was so strong. And I said, babe, I said, these folks are on your side. Girl, I was in that room for hours. You are kidding me. You are kidding me. Like, right here. Because it says, What's the T, right? Oh my gosh, me too. What's the T? What's tea? Come on, what's the tea? Let's go, baby. Oh, look at it. Oh, what's the tea, right? Oh my gosh, me too. What's the tea? Come on, what's the tea? Let's go, baby.

1:28.3

Ooh. Look at you. Oh, yes ma'am. We nailed it. You're my girl, you're my fan. I am so excited about my guest today. She is someone you have literally grown up with. with I have grown up with y'all and she's had us dancing

1:45.2

in our bedrooms to hits like one-two-step goodies right as since we were just kids. And

1:51.8

she has only continued to level up over her what Grammy-winning 20 plus year career as an

1:58.2

entertainer, an entrepreneur style icon, wife, mother of four, and baby.

2:04.6

She is just getting started with a sexy new single that's got people on Tif-Tock swimming on folding chairs.

2:11.6

Okay, we got a lot to talk to her about.

2:13.6

Sierra, welcome to Baby. This is Kiki's armor. You look so good. You look so pretty. Oh my gosh. Thank you. You know, I love the hair. Girl, I had to do the picktails. I was trying to give Cecee to Cecee. You know when you killed those pigtails. You did that. Oh, my gosh. You're going to do it again. Yes. Now, last, I just saw you literally last week at the Met Gala. You were eating it up.

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