You probably know Khia best from her graphic 2002 breakthrough single “My Neck, My Back (Lick It)” off her album Thug Misses. Currently working on her fifth album Love Locs, Khia is coming to Seattle for the first time ever this month.

A lot of your songs are about sex. When “My Neck, My Back” came out, was it weird for you to have your dad hear that?

[Laughs] No way. I’m a Scorpio and my dad is a Capricorn, so we were close. We’re nasty, you know, from birth. I don’t know, I just love nasty music. People love the nasty. People get a lot of neck-licking and crack-licking done to my music. They tell me, “Oh wow, I didn’t used to take the time to find out how to please my partner,” and they’ll tell me, “Oh thank you, Khia, for giving us four simple directions on exactly how to do it.” Everyone around the world was like “Right on, thank you, Khia, I got the best head ever when you came out.” Older people really loved it too—they must’ve been doing neck-and-back way before I was born. I’m talking 40-plus-year-old people.

Was it surprising how much that song tapped into that older crowd for you?

That song transcended age, race, and nations. I’ve been to Greece, the Netherlands, you know, all over with that song. They don’t even know how to speak English, but they know how to say “pussy” and “crack” and “neck” and “back.” People tell me they graduated high school to that song, they lost their virginity to that song, they say “Oh, my mom loves that song.”

How’s it feel to be internationally known for this one song?

I love it. You know a lot of people say “You’re a one-hit wonder,” and I’m, like, “Thank you.” I embrace it. I will tour forever on “My Neck, My Back.” I hit a home run the first time up to bat with that one. I don’t ever have to put out another album if I wanted to. You know, I’m on my fifth album now, but I’ll be in my 50s touring on that song.

Tell me about the “We Can’t Stop” Miley Cyrus remix you did? She got flack from Jezebel for the music video appropriating black culture.

I love Miley. She got so much backlash for that, but I love the underdog. I felt like everybody didn’t like what she grew into; they still thought she was a little girl. I can remember when I was 19 or 20, we were all young and wild and free. I was just like, “Oh my God, let Hannah Montana grow up.” E

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