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EXCLUSIVE: Emeli Sande on Her Childhood, Using Music As An Outlet

The Essence Festival headliner shares how she managed to make her childhood dream a reality.
EXCLUSIVE: Emeli Sande on Using Music As An Outlet
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By Essence · Updated October 28, 2020
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ESSENCE Festival headliner Emeli Sande sat down with ESSENCE.com to discuss how she’s managed to make her childhood dream a reality and shared a few interesting details about how she’s learned to embrace being loud, despite growing up shy.

“It’s really a dream come true,” say’s Sande. “I was really quiet as a kid and music was the one place I could be loud.

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