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Hey, guys, Tatiana Diana, here.

We're hanging out in a no boys allowed zone with Miss Keri Hilson.

How are you?

That’s right.

That is right.

First of all, I wanna wish you a belated happy birthday.

Oh, thank you.

What did you do for your birthday?

I gotta know.

Oh, man.

I did, uh, a no boys allowed slumber party.

I had a lot of fun.

We talked till the sun came up.

A masseuse came by.

We thought he was a stripper, but he was half naked holding roses.

Yes, me, that’s where you wanna be.

I got the kind of love that’ll keep you off the streets.

Yeah, it’s me, that’s where you wanna be.

The way you love me, way you love me, love me.

Yeah, it’s me, that’s where you wanna be.

I got the kind of love that’ll keep you off the streets.

Yeah, it’s me, that’s where you wanna be.

The way you love me, the way you love me, love me.

So, let’s talk about your album, it’s your sophomore album.

So, how would you say this album is different from your last album?

I think that it really does define Keri Hilson.

I think that this album carved out a lane for me, even more than the first one might have done.

A lot of cool collaborations.

You know what’s really cool about the album, is all my features, everyone’s asking me, “Why are all your features boys?”

I’m like, “They’re not boys, they’re men.”

All of my features, it was purposely done on no boys allowed there.

They’re men.

I feel like, you know, it’s Chris Brown, Kanye, J. Cole, Ne-Yo was a guest writer, John Legend’s a guest writer.

So, when we’re saying no boys allowed, we mean like the immature, annoying boys, not the men.

Yeah.

Yeah.

We’re talking about, because men can be boys.

And we’re talking about none of those allowed.

You started off doing a lot of songwriting, and now you’re like this amazing megastar.

How does it feel to go from kinda being behind the scenes to now all eyes are on you?

Am I a megastar?

I don’t know if I’m that yet.

I like to think of myself as a baby artist.

Thank you for that.

It’s a compliment, but I like to think of myself as like, I ain’t done nothing yet.

You have a really cool style.

Do you kinda put yourself together, or what’s your inspiration when it comes to your style?

Um, my inspiration is always, uh, you know, I just kinda mix comfort with fashion.

I’m loving this shirt.

Where, where can we get this shirt?

Actually, it’s by Joy Rich, but my stylist put a red tape across it.

Um, you know, to go along with my no boys theme and my no boys allowed, you know, necklace.

So, you’ve had a lot of really cool collaborations.

Is there anybody that you haven’t yet worked with that you would just absolutely love to work with?

Oh, there are so many, to be honest.

So many.

Um, I finally got the opportunity to work with Ryan Leslie.

Haven’t worked with Jazmine Sullivan.

Um, Amy Winehouse.

That’d be cool.

I think it would be an awesome collaboration.

Adele.

Oh, Bruno Mars.

I’m loving Bruno.

And D’Angelo.

Both of them.

Incredible.

That has to happen.

And will. i. am.

They’ll see, it has to happen.

So, you have a lot of fans out there.

I put it out in the Twitterverse to ask any questions for you and I got so many questions.

One question in particular came from a girl named Maddie Webb from Benet Academy and she gets extra credit if you answer.

So, we kinda have to do it, right?

Oh, yeah.

I will do it.

We’re gonna get her an A.

Yeah.

So, her question is, do you ever get nervous, and if you do, what do you do to calm your nerves?

You know, I, I haven’t gotten like those overwhelming, uh, jittery, butterfly nerves in a very long time.

Um, when I used to get nervous, all you can do, I mean, you pray backstage, you try to get your calm, I like candles.

You just try to find that calm place.

Um, some kinda way.

Don’t drink caffeine.

It makes it worse.

It makes the jitters worse.

I, I learned that.

Like, I remember like taking a Red Bull back in the days when Red Bull first came out and I was nervous, and that made it worse.

The adrenaline like,

It did not give you wings?

No.

I definitely fell flat on my face on that performance, but, um, yeah, it was a, I would say that.

I would say that.

And thank you, and I hope you get your extra credit.

What’s up, guys?

It’s your girl, Miss Keri Baby.

You’re watching Young Hollywood.

No boys allowed.