Here's What H.E.R.'s Name Really Means

H.E.R.'s stage name, which stands for "Having Everything Revealed," was born following a difficult relationship, the singer revealed to the Los Angeles Times in 2016. "I remember saying... I'll never be that girl that falls for the wrong guy. I was constantly criticizing that girl and eventually I found myself being that girl, being her," she said. H.E.R.'s music definitely deals in its share of wallowing in heartbreak. Rolling Stone described her songs as "slow-burning R&B that zooms in on emotional highs and lows."

H.E.R. told the Los Angeles Times that the choice to hide her identity was an artistic one, saying "The mystery is a metaphor for who I am, or who I was at the time of creating the project... I feel like oftentimes we don't like to be open as people about our emotions." H.E.R. also explained to Rolling Stone that drawing attention away from her face and name allowed listeners to focus on the work itself. "This project came from emotion, and that's what I want it to be about — not what I look like or who I'm with," the musician said. 

As H.E.R. put it to NPR in 2016, music was no longer about the celebrity behind the songs. "I feel like this is the era of the anti-star," she said. With artists like Sia hiding her face in public for similar reasons (as per Allure), it seems like H.E.R. is right about that!

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