I had all these raw, gritty rock records that really inspired me sonically, and so I think everything I listen to when I started writing my own songs kind of came out naturally, and it created this new sound.
I just don't have a tolerance for people being fake, I don't think. Maybe especially when I think they have bad intentions.
There's a lot to live up to when three of your parents are successful in the music business.
A lot of the songs are very rock-oriented. My voice makes them country, and a lot of people think that is a strange combination... I think it creates something different and unique.
When I was thinking of video ideas for this song, I wanted it to reflect the energy of the music and express the big eye roll that 'Sit Here and Cry' is. I had a very specific visual vision for it, and when I saw Sam Siske's reel, I knew he was going to get it.
I prefer to create friction. Because if you're not pushing buttons, you're just making something pleasant; it's probably been done before, and it's not making anyone feel anything.
I love narrative videos, but sometimes I think they can limit a listener's experience of a song.
It's very important to me that every person takes away their own meaning from a song, and it's why I don't always love spelling out what a song is about for somebody.
At this very early stage in my career, I want people to experience the music first and let it drive their imagination and their experiences.
Sometimes I'll meet somebody, and they've looked me up online or whatever, and they've never heard me talk or met me. I think they expect me to be a lot darker than I am and maybe less - not less friendly - but I guess I'm drawn to that dark emotional music. Maybe they think I'm a little more brooding.
I'm a very friendly, smiley person.
One great thing about my mom, about the business, is that she has a really great head on her shoulders about everything and always has been 100 percent about the music and not about the other junk.
So much of the music I love is polarizing. People might either hate it or love it, but they remember it because it was different. That means it was pushing buttons and not just following trends.
When I first started performing, I was a nervous wreck. Honestly, sometimes I felt like I was going to run off the stage.
I was always drawn to darker sounds, things with an edge and a little bit of grit, things that have a lot of emotion and a lot of drive.
I don't tend to write when I'm happy, which I think is pretty obvious.
When I'm writing, I'm focusing more on just the basic melody and the lyrics.
What really excites me is the production. I get in there and change a lot of stuff.
I think that because I have so many different influences, and that shows in my music, that different people can connect with it.
I grew up in the entertainment industry, and I think being around that gave me a different perspective on people and what's real and what's fake. I think about that a lot, and it comes out in my songs.
