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30. Album ∙ R&B/Soul ∙ 2025 Queen Naija The day Queen Naija turned 30, she knew exactly how she wanted to honor the occasion. “I wanted to hike a mountain,” she tells Apple Music ’s Ebro Darden . “So, I did it. I just wanted to do something that was really empowering, something I’d never done before, and to challenge myself. And when I got up there, I was able to see the sunset, and it was beautiful. It was serene.” After years of documenting the highs and lows of her life online, the YouTube star turned R&B singer is learning to quiet the noise. “I used to be such an oversharer,” she says. “Now I’m trying to find the balance between maintaining my peace and family while staying true and relatable.” Looking back on her twenties, she sees how heartbreak and healing have shaped the woman she is now. She walks through that growth on 30. , a project that marks both a personal reset and creative evolution. “People know me as, like, the heartbreak girl, the lover girl, and that...