Still riding high off the release of her top-charting debut album The Pain That Sex Brings, Cherae Leri delivers yet another album visual. The Arma Benoit directed video, released exclusively on Lum before it’s VEVO debut, depicts the Queen of TrapNb in mouth-watering decadence as she performs live for her lover, lyrically reassuring him that she understands and respects his hustle. She acknowledges his dedication and altruistic willingness to put it all on the line for her.
Love is a risky game, but one we all play – a time or two. “I Understand” revels in Leri’s unapologetic transparency as she allows listeners to seep into the inner parts of her soul, her experiences, her highs, her lows and her love lost. The “Fine Wine” songstress serenades her beau with a spine-chilling performance as she shifts between flawless gowns and country landscapes giving us a 1960’s aura amid never forgetting her Houston roots.
This poignant offering reveals Leri’s awe-inspiring versatility from seductive bombshell to diary narrator. The record is dedicated to a fallen but never forgotten lover. Leri reflects, “For always understanding and allowing me to understand you. Fly high. #143.” It’s one of her most personal records to date; indulge below.
Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, this young vibrant song bird is hitting the music scene hard with her own flavor and style. Cherae Leri is a songwriter, dancer, actress and former model. She began her entertainment career at the age of 3 when she began modeling and
acting.
Leri has never followed trends, so don’t expect to hear her trying to mimic any. The music is hers and it’s the kind of sound you want to take with you on a road trip, to the gym, and to the office. She has been influenced by some of the more prominent Artists like Patti Labelle, Leela James and Erykah Badu, whom she met with her mother, a traveling DJ while attending the Tom Joyner Morning Show at the age of 12.
Badu encouraged Leri and her Mother to move to the Houston area where she also pursued a modeling career. Although her claim to fame might have been through the modeling world Leri never stopped working on her music.
In 2018 she released her Debut EP ‘Conscience’ with her assembled team of musical powerhouses with features from Chino McGregor and Choppa Zoe, Engineering from Randy Lanphear, ashilee Ashilee, cowriting from Jai ‘Miss Ikonic’ McMillan and Production from The Giants, Mellow The producer and Chris Beatz.
Leri tells lyrical accounts of pain, strength, experience, love, triumph and attitude. Bold by nature does not play coy musically. She puts her heart in each track. Conscience allows listeners to peer into Leri’s soul holding nothing back giving the best and the worst of her – clearing her Conscience.
