H.E.R. graced the cover of Glamour UK's July digital issue released Thursday and discussed what it means to be sexy.
'Sometimes as women, we have pressures of what a woman should look like and what it means to be sexy. And that sometimes in order to be sexy, you have to have your clothes off. To me, that's not the case. I think you can be sexy either way,' the 24-year-old singer told the magazine.
She added: 'Your definition of what it means to be a woman or how it means to dress is up to you. And nobody else can take that away from you or define it or put it in a box'.
Cover star: H.E.R. graced the cover of Glamour UK 's July digital issue released Thursday and discussed what it means to be sexy
H.E.R., real name Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, wore a black mesh top over a black bra along with round black sunglasses for her cover image.
The Vallejo, California native admitted to Glamour UK that she was surprised earlier this year when she won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year.
'As soon as they called the nominations I was like, ''Oh wow, I'm sitting next to Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Beyonce and Dua Lipa…'' It was just a lot of dope artists that are killing it and I didn't think it was going to be me. When Trevor Noah was like, ''I Can't Breathe,'' I was freaking out… So that was really special and unexpected,' she said.
H.E.R. also revealed who she considers her personal icons.
Grammy winner: The singer, real name Gabriella Sarmiento Wilson, wore a black mesh top over a black bra along with round black sunglasses for her cover image
'Honestly, Rihanna has been one of them lately. I love RiRi. And the makeup looks that she does… she just gets it. We have a similar skin tone, so when a lip looks good on her I'm like, ''Oh, I think I could rock that'',' she said.
'Sometimes I want to be a rockstar, sometimes I want to look like Lenny Kravitz! And another person I'm really influenced by is Prince. My Oscar look was his Oscar look when he won; I wanted to pay homage to him,' she added.
The singer's first compilation album titled H.E.R. was released in 2017 and received five Grammy Awards nominations, winning for Best R&B Performance and Best R&B Album.
Personal icons: The Vallejo, California native, shown in June in New York City, also revealed who she considers her personal icons.
Defining sexy: 'Sometimes as women, we have pressures of what a woman should look like and what it means to be sexy. And that sometimes in order to be sexy, you have to have your clothes off. To me, that's not the case. I think you can be sexy either way,' said H.E.R., shown in June in Los Angeles
In addition to her Grammy win for I Can't Breathe, he also won an Oscar earlier this year for Best Original Song for Fight For You from the film Judas And The Black Messiah.
H.E.R. released her debut full-length album Back Of My Mind last month.
She recently took on the Active Citizenship episode in the new animated Netflix series We The People that provides a range of civic lessons through three-minute music videos.
H.E.R.'s episode focused on teaching young people how to get involved with issues in the community by volunteering, writing letters to elected officials, and peaceful protest.
The animated segment was directed by Oscar-winner Peter Ramsey, known for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Civics lessons: H.E.R. recently took on the Active Citizenship episode in the new animated Netflix series We The People that provides a range of civic lessons through three-minute music videos