Aaron Pierre opened up about his admiration for Teyana Taylor throughout a dialog with Lena Waithe on the Amazon music premiere of Taylor’s visible album “Escape Room,” praising her creative drive and sharing how deeply private the venture grew to become for him. “For me, with reference to this explicit venture, in the beginning, for me it […]

Aaron Pierre opened up about his admiration for Teyana Taylor throughout a dialog with Lena Waithe on the Amazon music premiere of Taylor’s visible album “Escape Room,” praising her creative drive and sharing how deeply private the venture grew to become for him.

“For me, in regards to this particular project, first and foremost, for me it was always about serving Teyana and serving her, serving her vision, serving her visionary spirit, her artistry, her creativity,” Pierre stated in the course of the panel. “I’m sure everybody knows this, but I’m just I got to say it. Teyana is really one of one. Okay.”

The visible album, which dropped in August 2025, was directed and produced by Taylor herself and stars each Pierre and actor Lakeith Stanfield.

Blending music and movie, “Escape Room” explores themes of emotional trauma, heartbreak and therapeutic.

The venture was created with Taylor’s all-women manufacturing group, The Aunties, and contains collaborations with Jill Scott, Tyla, Lucky Daye and Kaytranada.

It additionally options narration from Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington and Sarah Paulson.

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Pierre, who confirmed his relationship with Taylor in June 2025 after months of public hypothesis, stated the movie gave him an opportunity to faucet into his personal emotional journey.

He additionally joked in regards to the dynamic on set, the place Taylor wore each the director’s hat and the girlfriend title.

“And also, I was just trying to just listen to the director. I didn’t want to get cussed out,” Pierre stated, drawing laughs from the viewers.

Taylor and Pierre’s relationship first stirred buzz once they had been seen chatting on the Fifteen Percent Pledge Gala in February 2025 and once more on the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty in March.

Their chemistry on and off display has since grow to be a focus of the “Escape Room” rollout.

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