You started singing very young from what I’ve read. Was there a particular moment when you specifically knew that you wanted to be a profes- sional performer? I always just loved singing. I would watch Disney and
other shows with my mom and would tell her, “I want to do that, I want to sing like that. I wanna be up there too.” (Laughs) Later, I sang a Shania Twain song at my mom’s wedding when I was seven. (Laughs) I think she finally took me seriously after I sang publically. I started voice lessons then and got into musical theatre stuff and fell in love with that. In terms of what I thought it would be, I always believed I would end up in New York. I honestly never thought I’d be able to have a viable career out in Los Angeles, so it’s been so cool to be able to be outside the constraints of what I thought I would be able to do. It’s been really fun to break down those barriers. I love living in L.A. and love being able to write and build this EP album, it’s been so very cool. How different is it for you to write as an individual, as compared to working with a group like Pentatonix? It’s very different. Honestly, it’s very hard to write
for Pentatonix, especially because I was so new to being vulnerable to writing. If I ever wrote anything down, it would be in my notebook and it wouldn’t see the light of day. (Laughs) When we first started writing for Pentatonix and the original album, it was very, very daunting. There was so much to consider: We knew it had to be acapella, so you have to think about it that way, you can’t pretend it’s production, but we wanted it to be on the radio and have a pop sensibility. It has to be this, it has to be that…there were a lot of rules and constraints. Personally, I can’t have too many rules when I write,
I have to let it just flow and let it out, whatever it is. So, when I started my solo stuff, we didn’t have any of that, we just started writing and sort of vibing off each other. It was really great and I feel like it made me more confident as a writer in general. I love it now and I would love to do more for other people, too. It will be really interesting to go back and start writing again as a group and see what’s changed. It sounds like you’re on the cusp of entering a whole new world…And the discovery of your own voice. Though we’re all very happy that you’re planning to keep Pentatonix together as a group. Do you see yourself continuing to tour with Pentatonix and as a solo artist, as well?
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