Sherie isn’t sculpted by algorithms or chasing the next viral sound. She’s rooted in something that sounds like legacy in the making. The Haitian-American singer, songwriter, and violinist brings both softness and soul to every note she touches, making room for vulnerability in an industry that often rewards the loudest voice in the room.
Based in Los Angeles, Sherie is carving a lane that’s as healing as it is genre-bending. A co-writer on Ariana Grande’s Positions, a performer with Beyoncé and Alicia Keys, and an independent artist whose music has been streamed over a million times, she’s here to make you feel the moments.
Her debut EP, Yours Deeply, released in March 2025, has already garnered over 100,000 streams. Her most recent release, the official video for her single “Truth Is,” sits pretty with more than a quarter of a million views. Behind those numbers is a woman whose story reads like a symphony: soulful, deliberate, and deeply felt. In a recent conversation with MadameNoire, Sherie opened up about how long it took her to feel proud of her music—and why her softness is her superpower.
“Finding your voice as an artist is not easy,” Sherie says plainly. “It took me 10 years to release music and be like, ‘Okay, this is something I’m proud of.’”
She’s been singing since childhood and started playing violin at 10. Music was always there, but direction wasn’t. After graduating from Georgia State University with a degree in social work, Sherie began building her artistic voice the long way: by playing in bands, learning stage presence, and eventually navigating the studio process.
“I didn’t really have the resources to record myself yet or anything,” she said. “So I would just perform. I was with bands, I was traveling with the band, and that really helped me to learn stage presence.”
That performance background shaped more than her vocals. It gave her a creative identity. “It helped me to find my performance self,” she added. “And then from there, I started kind of doing the studio process thing and learning how to actually record and find my voice.”
“The violin is my second voice,” she shares. It’s what sets her apart and threads her performances with a soulful, high-frequency kind of honesty.
“I used to love pop—you know, more pop-leaning and I was trying to do pop-R&B,” she said. “I was trying to figure out where my lane is. That can really define you as an artist and give you a runway.”
That lane also includes the influence of her roots. “There’s a heartbeat in Haitian music that I think I’ve always carried with me, even when I didn’t realize it,” she explained. “Now that I’m more grounded in my identity, I’m letting those roots show more in my storytelling, my harmonies—even my violin playing.”
“Your Favorite Soft Girl”
Scroll through Sherie’s Instagram and you’ll find the phrase: your favorite soft girl. That’s her truth.
“I’ve learned to embrace my softness,” she says. “You think you have to turn on this Sasha Fierce energy to be successful, but my superpower is kindness. My superpower is vulnerability.”
She creates what she calls a “bed of comfort” for listeners through her lyrics, live shows, and the way she holds space. “I want people to feel safe, feel held. That they can let their hair down, be themselves, grow, and listen to something that feels like a diary.”
“There’s a strength in being honest,” she added. “You don’t always have to be strong. There’s a strength in saying, ‘I’m not there yet.’”
It’s a subtle challenge to a culture that rewards polished personas and curated vulnerability. “I want people to know you can break here. You can surrender here. You can be yourself here,” she said.
Lessons from the Industry Trenches
Sherie’s journey hasn’t been smooth, but she’s grateful for every bump. “Rejection is protection,” she offers. “What isn’t for you, isn’t for you. Sometimes the closed door is the blessing.”
“There were times I thought something was going to be it, and it just wasn’t,” she reflected. “Whether it was a label conversation or a collab that didn’t come through—I was disappointed. But now I can see that it wasn’t for me. And that’s okay. That was God’s way of guiding me.”
While she doesn’t love the social media hamster wheel, she’s honest about adapting. “It can be discouraging when you drop a video and wonder why the algorithm isn’t working. You have to find your people—the ones who get what you’re building.”
She hopes that when they find her, they will stay for the movement. “It’s really just a movement,” she said. “You want to build something people feel. That they can attach themselves to.”
Yours Deeply
Sherie describes her EP, Yours Deeply, as “a diary and a love letter.” It chronicles her process of unlearning, forgiving, and reconnecting with herself.
“It’s me narrating my struggle to love deeply after trauma,” she explains. “Trying to get the past out of my system. Gaining my confidence back. Embracing my fears.”
And even though she’s in a better place now—content, grounded, and thriving—she doesn’t shy away from the darker chapters. “It’s older Sherie hugging her younger self, letting her know that life happens. That it’s okay. That it’s not weak to hurt. It’s human.”
“That project gave me permission to talk about what I went through,” she said. “To tap back into my past. It’s okay to still have permission to talk about those parts of you that needed healing.”
What’s Next
More visuals. More healing. More art that doesn’t ask permission to feel.
Sherie’s not chasing algorithms. She’s chasing truth.
“Longevity is the goal,” she shared. “I’m not trying to be the loudest this month and gone by next. I want people to grow with me, to revisit my work five, ten years from now and still feel something real.”
“I’m still evolving,” she says. “Still figuring out how to say what I need to say. But I know this—I’m here. I’m whole. I’m not afraid to be seen.”
