What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe

What is a voice? Is it only sound? Or can a voice become a doorway? A mirror? A place where someone who has never seen themselves at the center of the dream… finally does? Lea Salonga’s voice has never been only a voice. It has been a doorway. A mirror. A home. There are singers who reach notes. Lea reaches people. Through Jasmine and Mulan… she did more than give princesses their songs. She gave children who had been waiting outside the fairytale… a way inside. Before many people knew how to speak about representation… Lea had already turned it into sound. Her voice told millions of children: You are not outside the magic. You are part of it. Long before Hollywood knew her name… a seven-year-old girl in the Philippines stepped onstage. The world did not know her yet… but purpose was already pronouncing her name. Her voice crossed oceans… conquered Broadway… made her the first Asian woman to win a Tony Award… and made her a Disney Legend. Her history is filled with firsts. But “first” is not the deepest word in her story. The deepest word… is “after.” Who could dream after her? Who could enter after her? Who could walk through… because she left the doorway open? Lea did not merely become possible. She made possibility contagious. A few weeks ago… I had the blessing of singing A Whole New World beside her. I have sung my entire life… but I could barely hold my own. Because when Lea opened her mouth… I stopped being the singer beside her… and became a witness. The precision of her voice is extraordinary. Her range is astonishing. But the deepest measure of her gift… is not the note she can reach. It is the truth she can carry. Her voice is what happens when discipline meets surrender… when technique becomes spirit… when a gift becomes grace. The world knows the gold in her voice. I had the blessing of discovering the gold in her heart. To carry that much greatness… and still make the person beside you feel completely seen… that is the rarest kind of power. Today… Lea becomes the first Filipina honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But this star is more than recognition. It is evidence. Evidence that where you begin… can never limit how far your gift can travel. One day… a little Filipina girl will place her hand over Lea’s name. She may never know every sacrifice it took for that star to be there. She will simply know… that Lea belongs there. And because Lea belongs there… she may believe that she does too. That is what a trailblazer gives the world: what she once had to enter as impossible… the next generation inherits as belonging. Lea… your voice gave princesses their songs. Your courage gave generations a doorway. Your life gave the world proof. And your heart… made the light warm enough for all of us to stand inside it. Hollywood is giving you a star today. But this star does not make you light. It simply tells the ground… what the sky has always known. Your name is beneath our feet. Your legacy is before us. And your light… will always belong to the sky. I love you. I honor you. Congratulations, Lea. ⭐️

Baby- BoopBop- Rai Rai- Rootah- My EVERYTHING Watching you arrive at this moment has been one of the greatest honors of my life. You turned every challenge into courage, every ache into art, and every lesson into a deeper knowing of who you are. You found your voice, your sound, your team, and the music that belongs only to you. You never let anything take your gift. You are the pearl in the rough. Nothing could bury your brilliance. It only revealed it. Congratulations on your first body of work, my beautiful daughter. You are not here to echo anyone. You are here to leave a sound that is entirely your own. I am so proud to be your mother. I love you beyond words. This is only the beginning. 🤍 #SyraiCOLDWAR @Rai

A DIFFERENT WORLD premieres September 24th on Netflix!

hayyyyyy…🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍 I don’t think I’ve been to Fashion Week since my twenties…. wow. There is a whole lifetime between the young woman who went then and the woman returning now. What a gift to still have moments that open your eyes a little wider and remind your heart how much beauty there is left to experience. To the incomparable Christian Siriano…. @christiansiriano your invitation meant more than you know. Thank you for welcoming me, my amazing stylist Ashley Sean Thomas , and our entire team Kimberly Batino, Alaina Simone with such warmth. To be surrounded by your imagination and embraced like family was the most beautiful welcome back. Ash…. thank you for expanding my mind through fashion and helping me see possibilities in myself I hadn’t imagined. You have a way of seeing something in me and lovingly inviting me to see it, too. Thank you for bringing me back to Fashion Week and to Christian’s show…. for reminding me that there are still parts of myself waiting to be expressed. Dalvin…. @dalvinadams825 these photographs are so beautiful. Thank you for giving this feeling somewhere to live long after the moment has passed. Gaby…. @makeupartistgaby thank you for the artistry and care in every detail of my makeup. And Jay…. @jstayready_ thank you for the love and creativity you poured into this look. And that platinum blonde…. I felt UNSTOPPABLE. Bold, free, and still discovering all the ways I get to be me. I hope you all felt the love…. it was in every smile, every thank you, and every moment I wished would last a little longer. 🤍 Love bran 🤍🤍🤍 Special thank you to @sophialowe for taking good care of all of us.. true soldier Love you 🤍🤍🤍 @Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Whoopi Goldberg @TIFFANY HADDISH @Billy Porter @iamjojoofficial

Every summer, the road to my heart led through New Orleans on the way to my grandparents and my Auntie Bevs in McComb, Mississippi. Those memories became part of me… the music, the warmth, the soul, the love. Now, life has brought me back in the most beautiful way. This weekend, I have the honor of performing on the biggest stage of my life so far, and my heart is overflowing with gratitude. To also be recognized and honored by Essence, and share the light and sparkle brighter with other incredible women, and then to return home to McComb to be honored by the place that first nurtured my spirit… it’s more than a full-circle moment. It’s grace. To the little girl riding those Southern highways, dreaming through the window… keep dreaming. God was writing a story far greater than you could imagine. Thank you, New Orleans. Thank you, McComb. Thank you for reminding me that no matter how far life takes us, home has a beautiful way of calling us back. ✨ Happy July. Here’s to honoring where we’ve been, celebrating where we are, and trusting every beautiful mile still ahead. 🧡💛🧡 Love bran🌟⭐️🌟 #haayyy 📸🎥 @Derek blanks

A ⭐️ is reborn. #PHASES is available everywhere books are sold.

I love having this much fun with you baby @rai Mama loves you 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you @Variety ♥️

Seeing the stars on the Walk of Fame lit something in me. It made me believe. It made me affirm over my own life “I’m going to sing my way onto one of these stars.” And I did. I am beyond grateful. A star on the Walk of Fame is a definition of legacy. It doesn’t just celebrate your success — it cements your story. It doesn’t just honor your work — it immortalizes your light. It is a symbol that says..you didn’t just arrive — you endured. You didn’t just dream — you became. I didn’t get here by myself. To every person who saw something in me before the world did… To every hand that reached for me when I was still reaching for myself… To every room that made space for me — and even the ones that didn’t… Thank you. To my family… for the foundation. For the prayers, covering, and for loving me before this journey even existed. To every mentor, collaborator, creative, and believer who poured into me along the way— you are a part of this star. This moment brings so much meaning back to my life. Because if the little girl from McComb, Mississippi… could come to Hollywood… look down at those stars… and dare to believe that one day her name would be among them… then anything is possible. Today I stand grateful, humbled, inspired… and most of all, I stand as living proof… that what you speak over your life with faith, consistency, and belief…can one day meet you in reality.

The last time I was at the US Open was in 2002, watching @venuswilliams and @serenawilliams face each other in that historic final. More than two decades later, I returned with my beautiful daughter, @rai ….and time felt like it folded into grace, fun, joy, and so much laughter. 🎾💛⭐️🎾 We are both tennis players and lovers of the game….🎾#VenusandSerena have always been more than champions to us. They are possibility in motion…faith, family, discipline and greatness made visible. To know them, love them and continue rooting for every chapter of their journey is such a blessing. We watched incredible players, met beautiful fans and shared the sweetest day together. God is so good. 💡💡💡 And as I watch my one and only daughter step fully into her artistry, stream #ColdWar…..Sy’rai’s beautiful new music, out NOW💡 Thank you @usopen and the Williams family for having us Love you 💜💜💜 @mr_dadams 📸

Haayyy, ♥️💛👑 Red has always felt like resurrection to me. When I wear it, I don’t simply get dress up.. I remember. I remember every version of myself that refused to stay buried. Every season that asked me to surrender. Every fire that tried to consume me but instead taught me how to rise. Red is my phoenix.🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥 🐦‍🔥 It reminds me that what was meant to end me only revealed more of who I truly am…..through grace that energy found its way into the performance. I didn’t just perform…I soared. Then came yellow. The color of sunshine. The color of joy. The color that has always felt like hope wrapped in light. Wearing it during my tribute to Whitney Houston @whitneyhouston felt deeply sacred. Seeing her before in that very same shade felt like one of those beautiful little winks from the Divine…a quiet reminder that love, inspiration, and spirit are never separated by time. Perhaps one of the greatest gifts of all is sharing moments with artists I have admired , only to discover that the love and respect are mutual. Those moments humble me. I am always reminded that what is meant for us finds us in the most beautiful ways. I don’t take any of it for granted. I am blessed beyond measure. Highly favored. Deeply grateful. Still rising. Still shining. Still being me, doing what I am led to do. Love bran ♥️♥️♥️💛💛💛👑👑👑 #brandyREWIND1994-♾️

#NYFW #NYFDayAndNight — Just #1 INCREDIBLE SHOW…. and it was so divine, my heart had everything it came for. 🤍 Christian Siriano…. the work of art in black you dressed me in made me feel like a top model…. a cover girl all over again. There is something so beautiful about returning to a world and realizing you still belong there…. that a place has always been waiting for you. I feel so blessed to be in the fashion universe again…. to let myself be seen, to play, to discover how much of me is still waiting to be expressed. To my #glamfamily Ashley Sean Thomas, Gaby, J Stay Ready, Kimberly Batino and Alaina Simone …. thank you for making me feel as beautiful as the love you pour into me. And Mr. Dalvin Adams …. your lens has awakened a new woman. Looking at these photographs, I recognize myself…. and I’m meeting myself, too. #bullsEYEniceShots What a blessing to create with people who help you see yourself with fresh eyes…. and make you excited about who you’re becoming. Still glowing…. still unfolding…. and the cover girl in me is smiling. 🤍🤍🤍 Deep gratitude to Sophia Lowe 🤍🤍🤍@Christian Siriano @Mr_Dadams @JStayReady @Makeupartistgaby @Sophialowe