Keke Palmer joins Gay Times to unpack the camp, chaos and catharsis of Just Keke — a genre-bending visual spectacle packed with “perfidious acts” and nods to her most iconic pop culture moments.
“There’s dolls, there’s cooking shows, there’s a variety show. There’s even a show within the show within the show – come on, a little embedded narrative!” Keke Palmer hilariously tells Gay Times of her new visual album, Just Keke.
A vivid and unfiltered chronicle of the actress and singer’s lived experience with fame, motherhood, heartache and reinvention, the 18-track collection is a genre-hopping odyssey and a visual feast — complete with fierce choreography, cinematic sets, high-concept fashion and nods to icons like Whitney Houston and Audrey Hepburn. It’s all as unpredictable and camp and unapologetically Keke as you’d expect.
“Just Keke is actually a great intro to somebody that has never been introduced to me before, because it shows everything I do,” says the Scream Queens icon. “I feel like this project really encompasses everything I bring to my artistry, and all the different mediums I use to tell these different stories about myself and the things that I’m interested in.”
Read ahead (or watch below!) if you want some ‘Tea, Boo!’ — as Keke Palmer reflects on the process behind her triumphant third album, why “everything that I feel and believe to be great is from the gays,” and, of course, those “perfidious acts, chile!”
Oh my gosh, thank you! And you sound beautiful. [English accent.] ‘Hello, babe.’ I love it.
