It was sleepaway camp in French Woods, upstate New York. They would form us into bands and sing cover songs or you could write your own song but I wasn’t really at that stage yet. New York is literally how I am, how I act, how I grew up. I just really liked having my hometown a part of my music because it’s a part of me. You’re just independent at a younger age. “Skyline” is another one about the city. You can go outside and you have to learn how to take the subway downtown if you wanna go there. Some songs are personal experiences like “Sleepless / City Kid.” It’s about me growing up in the city, how you act like you’re 21 at a younger age because you literally have the city there. “Love The Way You Lie” by Rihanna and Skylar Grey, who wrote it. I remember I would always just do that song. “Breathe Me” was a song I used to sing when I was younger. I loved how they wrote songs and they really made me want to write songs on my own on the guitar. Who were some of the vocalists you looked up to in terms of range and songwriting style? I got to find out being on a stage was a home to me. I saw how set up everything is and how I didn’t want to be a part of that. It was amazing and I loved performing on stage. It was an amazing experience for me because I got to perform for a thousand people and Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Britney Spears and L.A. Whenever somebody cried, the camera went right to them. You need to prepare, you need to practice, you need to have that time to actually focus in on craft. They would give you 10 hours to complete a task and you wouldn’t have any time to prepare or practice, which is everything you need to succeed. It definitely scared me a little but I also saw that TV is TV and being an artist is completely different. What did you learn from being on X Factor? They really forced you to only sing cover songs so after X Factor, I really wanted to just write my own music. I started writing when I was 10, 11, 12, 13. They were mostly cover songs but I had a couple of original songs that I had written. I just want to do it for experience and exposure.”īeyoncé Protege Ingrid on Being Mentored by the Superstar: ‘She Challenged Me’ They would pass little tips to me and I was like, “No, I don’t really care about that. I would take my guitar to Bryant Park and sing for a bunch of people. I could go downtown at local gigs and just perform on my guitar, do open mics, really use the city at my fingertips. Sometimes, that might not be a good thing in some people’s minds but I really figured out what I wanted to do early. Growing up on the East Side was really amazing because I got to grow up fast. What was growing up on the Upper East Side like? Whenever I watched that show, I imagined being her like going to school during the day and being a rock star at night. I was really inspired by the show Hannah Montana on Disney channel. Tom Holland & Zendaya Sing 'Love on Top' to Each Other at Beyonce's Renaissance Tourĭescribe the moment you wanted to pursue music as a career.
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