Eventually I realized that Cry Baby was a character that was based off of me, and that we had a lot of similarities.
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I like pop music because it can really affect a large amount of people and if I tell stories and spread messages that I think are really important for people to be aware of, I would want it to be on the biggest platform and I feel like pop is that. I use it as a way to tell stories.
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I’m obsessed with the venue and the people so it’s going to be really fun.The last couple of tours I didn’t have anything like that because of the budget, so I’m super excited because this is really going to bring the album to life.
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I never had a lot of friends growing up so having this insane amount of love and support really means a lot to me.
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I have definitely noticed I am very passionate. So if I’m fighting with someone I’ll be SO super loud and aggressive, and make sure that my point is heard.
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I see things that nobody else sees.
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Time traveling through roots to birth healing fruit.
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Even if the song meant a lot to me, I would still probably perform it live.
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I think the transition between singing covers on a reality show to being able to do my own thing was really exciting. I’m no longer singing covers every second, and people are actually getting to hear my own original music.
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I always mention toy sounds when I go into any session.
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It’s just weird because like when I was writing Cry Baby I like the only thing that I was thinking about, when writing it, was the concepts and the visuals, and the way that it sounded kind of happened naturally.
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It’s like visual is super important to me. So if I am writing a song, like, I have to have the title.
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Dollhouse was definitely inspired by the whole Edward Scissorhands vibe where all of the houses are perfect, but inside each home there are very messed up families.
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I was very vocal about how I wanted to be portrayed on the show, and how I wanted the stage setup to be.
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No human interaction, just killing dead parts of myself to make room for the new.
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So like what I want to do is connect all of my albums and make it tell a bigger kind of story. So the first album is very focused on her family life and her love life.
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