HER LATEST ALBUM "CHILOMBO" IS NOMINATED FOR MULTIPLE GRAMMYS,

INCLUDING ALBUM OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE SO EXCITED TO HAVE HER WITH US TONIGHT.

THE DIVINE, THE SENSATIONAL, JHENE AIKO!

HEY, HOW ARE YOU?

IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN GETTING THROUGH?

HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING THIS MOMENT OF DOWN TIME THAT WE'VE

ALL HAD AT HOME?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I HAVE.

I HAVE THREE CATS AN A 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER.

AND SO I HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN ENJOYING THE TIME AT HOME,

SPENDING THE TIME WITH THEM.

>> OF COURSE, NOW YOU HAVE A LOT TO CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW IN YOUR

LIFE.

THE ALBUM IS SO GOOD.

CONGRATULATIONS-- CONGRATULATION S ON IT, IT WENT PLATINUM,

NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMYS, ALBUM OF THE YEAR, DID YOU THINK

THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING, WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THIS DID YOU

THINK I'M MAKING AN ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINEE HERE?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, I KNEW THAT IT FELT REALLY GOOD WHILE I WAS

MAKING IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPECTATIONS AS FARES ALIKE AWARDS.

I NEVER REALLY THINK OF STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT I WAS HOPING THAT IT WAS MY BEST YET.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE MORE MUSIC THAT I PUT OUT, I JUST

WANT TO KEEP GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

>> James: AND WHAT IS RUNNING THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU HEAR

THIS INCREDIBLE NEWS THAT YOU ARE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE

YEAR?

>> OH MAN, SO I WAS ON A LITTLE ROAD TRIP.

I WAS IN CARMEL, WHICH IS LIKE THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA.

BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

I WOKE UP.

AND I HAD A BUNCH OF MISSED CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES.

SO I WAS LIKE WHOA, WHAT HAPPENED.

I DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS WERE

HAPPENING THAT DAY.

AND WHEN I LOOKED AT MY PHONE I SAW THE CONGRATULATIONS, AND

THEN MY MANAGER CALLED ME AND HI JUST WOKEN UP AND SHE IS LIKE

SUPER EXCITED.

AND IT IS STILL, SHE SAID YOU HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS AND IT IS

STILL ANNOUNCING SO YOU NEVER KNOW, THERE MAY BE MORE.

AND THEN A FEW MINUTES AFTER THAT, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT THE

ALBUM OF THE YEAR NOMINATION AND I WAS LIKE WHOA, OKAY.

THAT ONE IS A SERIOUS ONE.

I MEAN THEY'RE ALL SERIOUS, DON'T GET ME WRONG.

BUT ALBUM OF THE YEAR WAS CRAZY.

AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME I WAS GETTING MESSAGES FROM MY FAMILY

BECAUSE I FOUND OUT MY UNCLE HAD PASSED FROM COVID THAT SAME

MOMENT, YOU KNOW.

SO IT WAS KIND OF JUST LIKE AN UNREAL MOMENT, JUST LIKE A VERY

REFLECTIVE MOMENT BECAUSE I WAS IN A ROOM THAT WAS OVERLOOKING

THE OCEAN AND I WAS GETTING THIS REALLY GREAT NEWS AND THIS

REALLY BAD NEWS.

AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF LIKE AN OUTER BODY, YOU KNOW, LIKE A

SURREAL, BITTERSWEET MOMENT.

LIKE YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND OF REFLECTIVE OF LIFE, YOU KNOW,

THE UPS AND DOWNS THAT COME SIMULTANEOUSLY SOMETIMES.

SO YES.

>> James: THEY ABSOLUTELY DO, WE ARE SO HAPPY YOU ARE ON HERE

ON THE SHOW, AND SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, FOR YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY.

WE'RE SO THRILLED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PERFORM HERE RIGHT

AFTER THIS BREAK.

STICK AROUND, JHENE WILL PERFORM WHEN WE COME BACK.