People around me gotta be hustles. People around me got to be smart. They got to look good, presentable, like all that matters, like, to me. They got to be, like, driven, you know, because I got goals. I got dreams that I got to do.

Danny Lay is everywhere and doing everything.

She's danced on stage with Pipple, written music for Jennifer Lopez and Cardi B, directed a music video for Prince, and delivered song after song that leaves us feeling empowered, positive, and like Danile, ready to take on the world.

Thank you for waking up and being here.

You had a really late night.

I did, but all my lights are like that, so it's cool.

I was told you were going to be in studio late.

What is it that you're working on?

Right now I'm working on my next album.

So I just pretty much got it approved by the label.

So I already got like seven solid songs. So now I'm just like cutting up and just seeing if I catch another like quick another one. Like you know, so just to close it off that. No, I don't know. What does that mean to just catch another one? I mean, make another hit. You know what I'm saying? I just got to stay in the studio and just record. That's how I make my music.

So let's say I make one last day.

I'm about to turn in my album. I'll just add that to the album because, you know, this is my second album, so I'm putting it all into it. Do you know when you write a song, when you record a song, but it's a hit? Honestly, I think now I just make music that is just like always good.

I feel like I don't really make a bad song.

So where the level Honestly, I think now I just make music that is just like always good.

I feel like I don't really make a bad song.

So where the level of is it a hit or is it a good song, that maybe I don't know, because

the end of day you never know what's a hit.

What's it like once you're in the booth and you're recording?

Once I'm in the booth recording, I'm just in my element.

That's where I close off and I get to just give what I hear right off the jump, you know.

That's my favorite is just being able to be in the booth locked in and just like go through

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