Motown

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“My mom was into Motown… my dad into the Mexican standards and jazz.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

"There's a thing I miss in in pop music today, which is that kind of Motown feeling, that classic feeling, that analogue feeling," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

I was like, “I don’t want to do it in the doo-wop kind of Motown way.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"There's a there's a thing I miss in in pop music today, which is that kind of Motown feeling, that classic feeling, that analogue feeling," she told me last year.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

After struggling with the Arabic, it helps me calm down to sing, even if it’s kind of strange to go from Quran to Motown.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan