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Solange Knowles recently spoke to E! about some of the socially conscious content present in tracks from her upcoming album "Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams," due Aug. 26.
The current single, "I Decided," features a video that includes archival footage and photographs from important moments in American history, such as the Civil Rights movement. She sings of Hurricane Katrina and poverty in the Mark Ronson-produced song "6 O'Clock Blues."
"I wouldn't say that I'm political, but I'm definitely aware," said Knowles, but then added, "I do have Obama fever."
Solange said she encountered the presidential candidate at a recent dinner. "It was crazy because I had all these questions I wanted to ask him," Knowles recalled. "But once I got in the midst of his presence, I totally felt like I was meeting a rock star."
The artist also spoke to E! about her three-year-old son Daniel, who she hopes will steer clear of the family business.
"I'd love for him to be talented in other things," said the 22-year-old. "I hope that he wants to be a...computer engineer."
While Solange was pregnant with Daniel, she married the boy's father, football player Daniel Smith, only to divorce him several years later. That experience, however, has not soured her on the prospect of finding love again.
"I got married at 17, so I won't judge from that one experience," she said with a laugh. As for more kids down the line, she said: "Yeah. Maybe I'll have two or three...or four!"
In the meantime, Solange says her work schedule in Los Angeles leaves little time for anything else.
"I don't have a life in Hollywood," Knowles said. "I don't do sh**. Just work. I come home and take my son to the movies. I don't go out. It's only like the BET Awards or something like that, that I actually do something."
