At Marie Claire's Power Play panel on "Making Your Voice Heard," Grammy-winner DJ Miss Milan told the crowd her 2025 word of the year: "discernment." The official definition is an ability to make strong judgments. In her world—and that of fellow panelists Marsai Martin and Carol Martin—it's the ability to navigate what happens after her wildest dreams come true to the best of her ability.
Speaking to comedian and podcaster Heather McMahan, the Martins (a mother-daughter producing duo) and Miss Milan discussed what they ended up coining "dreamer's fatigue." After hitting pie-in-the-sky successes like a recurring role on Black-ish for Marsai and a Doechii DJ-ing gig for Miss Milan, a period settled in where they weren't sure what to pursue. Bucket list items like meeting Beyoncé (in Marsai's case) were checked off before most people would ever see her in concert. Daily responsibilities sapped their energy; no's hit harder.
