Solange Shares Her Creative Process in a Short Film on the Making of "A Seat at the Table"

Solange's latest album, "A Seat at the Table," is a bonafide hit. The 21-track set has already topped the iTunes charts and it's expected to enter the Billboard album chart in the same position. This is a feat that Solange should be incredible proud of. The 30-year-old wrote, arranged and co-produced the entire album.

In a behind-the-scenes video, Solo gives us a glimpse of her creative process. She's seen jamming with studio musicians, working with engineers and producers, and penning lyrics. And intermittently, there are cute cameos from her son, Julez.



This short looks gives us a hint about why the album took years to come together. Solange was invest in building a work of art from the ground up.

She said in a statement.

"A Seat At The Table, Beginning Stages" is a look at the early days of jam sessions, experimentation, and the exploring of sounds and ideas for the album.

While some of the jam sessions featured did not make the album, they helped to create and identify the sonic tone, and the early lyrics and concepts I wrote for the project.

This video is broken up into 3 different parts. The first and second parts happened in Long Island and New Orleans where I first started to jam and collaborate on ideas with the incredible artists and musicians featured (as well as some other incredible artist and musicians who are not shown here). A lot of these days would just start with me singing a melody or someone playing a synth part or bass line, and would transition into an hour long jam.

The third part is me taking all of these jams to New Iberia, LA with just my engineers and creating the actual song structures, building the sounds, and writing the lyrics and melodies.

I later took these songs to Los Angeles to work with Raphael Saadiq to help amplify the production, as well as record the vocals alongside Troy Johnson. When I look back at the beginning stages, I remember the powerful energy that set the tone, and that I'm so grateful followed us everywhere during the creation of this record.