I think I was like nine years old

and I just fell in love with music

and there was never a plan B.

(melancholic music)

Prince discovered me

about three years before he passed away.

He told me he was a big fan of my voice.

He said that he thinks I have an analog voice

and to me that was so crazy,

this is Prince, one of my biggest inspirations

and one of the biggest icons of all time.

He was also one of the funniest people I've ever met

ever in my life.

So this one time, Prince decided

he wants to get donuts at 4:00 a.m. in Kentucky.

I was in Kentucky, I had just watched Prince perform.

Prince tells me he wants to get donuts.

He hits me up, tells me, "Want to get donuts?"

I put on my best attire cause it's Prince,

you know, you can't wear, you know

sweatpants around Prince.

I meet him in the lobby,

he's in his stage attire fully dressed.

We pull up to this donut place in Kentucky.

I don't know where it was exactly.

The people that worked there start, you know,

giggling so much cause it's Prince, you know.

We're sitting there, they roll down the window,

it's, you know, crazy.

There's a lot of pinch me moments and for me

along this journey, you know doing music.

(gentle reflective music)

I have a lot of high goals and expectations for myself

and I put a lot of pressure on myself

but I've really learned to embrace

the small wins so to say

and you know, for me,

it's a win every time a fan comes up to me

or messages me about my music affecting them

in a specific way, if it's comforting

or if it's, if it brings them joy.

If they can relate to my story

I think, you know, that's a win for me every time.

Then I feel like I'm on the right path,

doing what I do.

Well, there's this artist

in my mind I've worked with him 150,000 times.

It's been incredible, our voices mesh and blend perfectly.

This artist's name is Frank Ocean,

and I hope that it will happen one day.

You know, honestly, I invest so much back

into my own artistry of me

as a project, as an artist

so touring is so expensive but, you know,

I feel like it's all worth it.

I'm just investing back in me

and to me that's a splurge that

I value maybe over clothes and materialistic things

but luckily, in my job, it's a part of it

so I still get to wear cute outfits.

In five years I hope I have a family,

I hope I have some more stability in my life.

This life and path that I chose

requires a lot of time away from my family

and a lot of traveling and just being super focused

and, you know, it's kind of rocky

but I, yeah, I wish and pray for more

stability and yeah, just hope that I'm happy

and that I'm still making music.

And that that collab happen between me and Frank.