Just before Tiller released TRAPSOUL, his grandmother sent her blessings for his budding career. "She said, 'Grandson, I love the "Don't" video. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm so proud of you." When she suggested he tuck the phrase "Keep doing what you're doing" away for a future song title, he laughed it off. "Back then I was like, I ain't gon' make no song called 'Keep Doing What You're Doing.' It didn't sound cool to me at all," he says, snickering in retrospect.
"Any time before my grandmother's passing, I probably would've been disagreeing with you," he says. "I was scared to believe. Righting my wrongs is me saying I'm going to continue to believe in myself instead of listening to the critics. I'm going to keep doing what I'm doing."
"I feel like I'm still defining who I am as an artist," adds Tiller, who is set to head out on a headlining tour later this month and plans to release more music this year. "I've got a lot of showing up to do. People try to change up my method but I'm gonna keep doing it the same way I've been doing it: going in the room by myself and making a song."
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