Jlin’s Red Bull Music Academy lecture is full of vulnerable wisdom

Near the beginning of her lecture at this year's Red Bull Music Academy in Berlin, Jlin explains to moderator Chal Ravens why "naked" is a term she frequently uses to describe her music. "When I create, that's the space that I'm creating from... I'm creating from a very vulnerable state, from the core of my being." The ensuing hour-long talk is an illuminating portrait of what it's like to create from that space, works like Jlin's recent project Autobiography, a soundtrack for a dance performance by British choreographer Wayne McGregor. Jlin's insights run the gamut from surprising – like why Sade is one of her favorite artists – to the cosmic, when she exalts the borderless possibilities of creation. Watch the lecture above and read The FADER's interview with Jlin about Autobiography here.

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