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This week BrandenLSK holds it down solo and talks with Dutch-Cura\\xe7aose R&B singer Nicole Bus. Many of you may have discovered her via her NPR Tiny Desk performance back in August, but she has been putting in the work for quite some time. In this conversation, Bus talks about growing up in Holland how the last 365 days, in particular, have changed her career and life.

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1:25 Bus reveals that she and her team wrote and produced her entire debut album in Atlanta. She and Branden explore the idea that European listeners take Black music more seriously than American listeners.

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7:15 Being half-Dutch and half-Cura\\xe7aose, Bus talks about how the two cultures have influenced her musical style. She later gets into how she started her musical journey after getting her first instrument as a child and actually making music in high school.\\xa0

12:19 Bus explains the idea being her breakout single \\u201cYou\\u201d and why she and producer Needlz decided to make a song uplifting Black men. She also reveals that she did not know that rappers like Ghostface and Rick Ross were hopping on remixes to her singles.\\xa0

18:00 \\u201cYou\\u201d came out in 2018 but didn\\u2019t break until this past summer. Bus admits that she hated the slow-burning process of breaking the song, but appreciates how it humbled her.\\xa0

24:00 Bus talks about the challenges of being a producer and songwriter herself but having to respect the creative process of working with other producers and songwriters.\\xa0

28:00 Bus lays out what to expect from her upcoming debut album. She also shares that she has an unreleased Issac Hayes arrangement featured on the album. She also tests Branden\\u2019s ear and Hip-Hop knowledge by challenging him to a trivia question about one of the samples on her record.

33:00 Bus talks about the inspiration behind the distinct artwork for her singles.

37:00 Bus shares her thoughts on the state of R&B music.\\xa0