Last year, singer/songwriter Emmy Meli wrote some "little mantras" for herself, put them to music and posted it on TikTok. Now she's got a hit on her hands...and she's started a whole movement.
Emmy wrote the affirmations that she turned into her empowerment anthem "I Am Woman" -- not a cover of Helen Reddy's 1972 hit "I Am Woman" -- by picking "qualities about me that I thought were unique, that I wanted to pay some more attention to," she tells ABC Audio. After adding a melody and a beat, she decided to share it online.
"At first, Ashley Graham," says Emmy. "I was like, 'O.K. no way!' because I've looked up to her for a long time."
She laughs, "And then Jada Pinkett Smith -- like, that's just surreal...So, honestly, all of them!"