I tried out for 'The Voice,' and I also tried out for 'America's Got Talent,' and both them, like, reached out to me. I had, like, little singing video on YouTube, and they were like, 'Come out for an audition.' I did, and I got a callback for both of them, actually, and, uh, didn't get anything after that. I was so heartbroken. But look at me now!
I knew for a fact it was special, but at the same time, every single song I make, I know it's special. So 'Mine' was a completely similar feeling as I feel about all my other music.
You can listen to 'Cosmic' and truly get to know me, which I think is special.
I'm making music that I love a lot, so to me, they're all the same; I love them all equally as much. It's like children. You don't pick a favorite, even if one goes to Harvard.
That's the one thing I think I have figured out pretty decently well is I'm a performer. I've always been an entertainer; y'know, growing up, that's all I've ever done.
I make songs that I genuinely enjoy and love, and just put them out kind of freely and carelessly.
My fans know me too well.
I like to meet girls in real life because social media is such a front, and you can come across and look however you want.
My sound is a mix between pop, hip-hop, and R&B. It's a good collaborative effort of all three.
A lot of my career is mental, and I just have so much perspective from being raised in a city like Detroit and being able to come and live the life that I do now. To see that broad of a spectrum is really helpful for relating to people and feeling them.
I'd like to produce something with Kanye. Like, my production plus his, I think he'd make something really cool.
I think the best thing is having a voice and being able to give people a different perspective and a different opinion and voice my emotions and how I feel. To be heard by people, it feels good.
I was the biggest class clown. I loved attention.
My mind has always been like, 'You're a star! You're in it! You're killing it!'
To finally have people receive and hear what I'm saying is one of the most gratifying feelings an artist can ever have.
At 10 years old, I was in my church band, playing in front of a couple thousand people every week.
I've always been an entertainer. It's in my blood, in the sense that I've always loved doing it.
I don't really like to think too far ahead when it comes to the music.
'Mine' was interesting because it was about the way that someone made me feel so loved - so beautiful, so special, so accepted. I knew that it was deeper than just writing a song about that.
I use music like therapy sessions.
