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JT talks 'Alter Ego,' Arca collabs, and loving the trans community

JT talks 'Alter Ego,' Arca collabs, and loving the trans community

Out caught up with the City Girl on the 2025 Grammys red carpet.

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Hip-hop star JT looked gorgeous on the red carpet at the 67th Grammy Awards, and she took the time to chat with Out while walking the red carpet for Sunday night's monumental ceremony.

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JT's 2024 song with Doechii, "Alter Ego," took gay bars around the country by storm after appearing in the lip-sync between Crystal Envy and Lexi Love in season 17 of RuPaul's Drag Race. When asked about that collab and its resurgence in popularity, JT reflected on how the track came together and showed some love for Doechii — her fellow Grammy Award winner.

"You want to know something. When Doechii first sent me 'Alter Ego,' I was shook," JT tells Out. "I was like, how am I gonna match this energy? She came on there with something new to me, and the energy was like whoa. As soon as I heard it, I was like, 'Can I do this? Can I do this?'"

JT added, "I think we meshed together so well. We made an amazing record. We had so much fun going back into the studio to perfect the record and do the music videos. We put so much into our tea. That's why I'm so happy she's getting all the recognition now, because she deserved it. And I'm so proud of her."

Her fans have also been impatiently waiting for her music with producer Arca. The two teased a song called "Paradise" last year, but it has not yet been released.

"That's my bitch. You know what, ARCA's going to be on my album," says JT, hesitant to say too much. "You know what, you're gonna get me in trouble with my fans. They want 'Paradise' so bad, and that record is amazing. Y'all should actually hear the finished product of 'Paradise' and what ARCA actually did to that record and how it transitions, because it don't stay the same. It takes you to five different places."

JT, who has been a vocal LGBTQ+ ally, also had some empowering words for the trans community.

"Continue being a bad bitch. Nobody can tell y'all a motherfucking thing. They/them/him/her/she/he whatever, you are that. F*ck what anybody say. And still write it on the paper. If they take it off the paper, write that bitch in there."

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