“My mom says I was normal when I was born,” Debbii Dawson says as she doodles a smiley face on a piece of paper in Elite Daily’s offices after her photo shoot. Her ebony hair cascades past her shoulder, piling softly against the dark gray pinstripe blazer dress she’s wearing buttoned to the top with jeweled barrettes splayed delicately along the collar. Her signature eye makeup — a CoverGirl black liner with a simple black eyeshadow — and a magenta lippie add to the ethereal ’70s look she’s perfected over the years.

She’s talking about her viral Are You Okay? interview , which has garnered more than 6.5 million views on TikTok. In the video, the 29-year-old singer-songwriter, sporting a coat adorned with plushies, recounts a childhood story about playing in the cemetery and offers t

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