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Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, and film composer who just released a new single less than two weeks ago and also has an album coming out later this year. In 2019 she appeared on Season 17 of “American Idol,” and she has also toured with High School Nation. She has 1.1 million followers on TikTok and over 100,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, where her top five songs have a combined total of over three million streams. On top of all that, the videos on her official YouTube channel have gotten a combined total of 1.1 million views.

Notable Guest Quotes

“A lot of people are afraid of wasting their lives and not living up to their potential.”

“My biggest fear in life is probably failure.”

“What sets me apart from a lot of artists these days is that I write songs about things that nobody else has really written about yet and it’s all very personal and it’s all very vulnerable.”

“I’ve never been one for playing it safe.  I like to, especially within my music, take a lot of scary risks.”

“I posted the song I think once on TikTok and it got, like, 300 likes, and I posted it again and then it got, like, a hundred thousand likes in a day and from then it just kind of skyrocketed.”

“The way that I decide what songs to release is basically, I’ll write a song and as soon as I write it, as soon as I come up with just, like, lyrics, chords, melody, I’ll post it right to TikTok and see if it’s even worth finishing.  I want to see if people connect with it.  I want to see if people listen to the whole thing.  I want to see if anyone says, ‘Hey, you should release this’.”

“You hear the same things a lot when you ask people how to grow a following on TikTok, it’s just like, ‘Be consistent, find a niche,’ but I think it’s a lot more specific than that.  You really have to figure out who you want your content to attract.”

“I think people are kind of sick of the mysterious pop star thing… People want to know who you are.  People want to know what your personality’s like and what you’re doing all day… I think people just want to get to know you.”

“My love of bass comes from my obsession with the band Queen and Mӧtley Crϋe, who have two of my favorite bass players of all time.  I think Nikki Sixx is just incredible, and, as well as John Deacon.  But they’re two, I think, of some of the best musicians that have ever lived.”

“Classic rock… is still my favorite genre and still basically the only genre I listen to.”

“Lionel Richie gave me some compliments that will keep me motivated until the day I die.”

“I am on a mission to kind of bring only the good parts of rock and roll back.”

“I think the way Miami has shaped the music I write has just been by giving me incredible experiences; meeting amazing people, going to super cool places, and just kind of being more cultured.”

Songs on this episode

“Sleepy People”
“Romeo and Juliet”