Along with “Boo’d Up,” the LP includes Mai’s second R&B No.

1 hit, the piano-heavy groove “Trip,” along with appearances byJohn Legendand H.E.R.

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I think with the EPs, they were only five or six songs.

Quite short, 20 minutes each.

What was different from before “Boo’d Up” became a hit and since then?

Did that give you any kind of advantage as an artist?I think so.

And it opened my eyes to see how different everywhere in the world is and how different people live.

Well, being that me and H.E.R.

But I don’t think there’s anything I can really tell them as advice, I think.

Everyone’s path is a little bit different.