Mymomwas a dancerherentirelife, soshekindofgotmeintodancelessonswhen I wasaroundsix, andwhen I wasnineor 10, I wentto a balletschoolfulltime.
Itwasreallyintense.
I remember I usedtoactuallygotoeballetcompetitionsanddancecompetitionsandcompetesinceninetoe 15 yearsold.
Meandmymomfoundthis.
Youknow, onearticleanditwaslikeSo I thinkyoudanceshavingahshowfortheyoungergenerationandyouknow, So I thinkyoudancewasoneofmyfavoriteshowseverandwaskindof a dreamformesince I was, like, superyoung, wetriedtogetmyownvisasFastispossibleanditendedupworkinglikethesecondrightbeforethelastaudition, whichwasinNewYork, and I wentthereallthewayfromCanadaandauditionedandmadeitthrough.
I alwaysknewthatwhen I wassuperyoung, butitwasn't until I wasabout 13 that I decidedtoreallygetintowriting.
I startedYouTubechannel.
Itwasmostlyfordance, butatonepoint I didn't haveanythingtopostfrommydancing.
So I wrote a song.
ThissongwascalledOneDay, andthiswaswhen I was 13 yearsold, sothatwasmyfirstever.
KindoflikeBreakoutas a singerwasmyfirstsongthat I hadeverputoutonline.
AndthenthissongendsupgoingviralonYouTubeandyouknow, I keptonpostingoriginalsongseveryweekbecauseitwasworkingandpeoplewerelikingit.
Andthen I gotcontactedby 11 levels, flewouttoNewYork, anditkindofjuststartedfromthere.
Honestly, I think I firstcalledmyself a singer.
When I wasliketwo.
I thought I was a superstarwhen I wasthreeyearsold.
Now I wouldsaythat I'm, youknow, a bitmoreof a recognizedsingerintheindustryWhen I'm onYouTube, I thinkitwasmoreof a passionformeand I didn't reallyknowwhere I wasgoingtogo.
But I sayNowit's 17 I I feellike I'm becoming a singerforsure.
E Ah, hugemomentformewas, I thinkForbes, 30 under 30 justinhonor, tobeinthatcategorywiththosethosepeopleandmakingthebillboardchartsforthefirsttime.
Thatwas a huge, hugedreamofmine, and I rememberlikesometimestheylookbackinmynotesbecause I dolittlejournalentries, andthatwaslike a hugegoalofminewasmaketheBillboardcharts, and I literallygottocrossitofflike a coupleweeksago, whichislike a reallyweirdfeeling.
I'm likethetypeofpersonthatisneversatisfiedwithwhat I do.
Andnomatterhowawesomesomethingisororwhat I thinkofit, I'm justnever I don't think I wouldbesatisfied.
I think I woulddefinemyselfisaccomplishingsomeofmybiggestgoalslikeoneofmybiggestdreamswastoperforminanawardshowandthatthathappened, like a monthago, singinganddancingatthesametime.
It's somethingthat I hadn't reallybeenexposedThio.
Andwhenthingsairlive, andwhenthingsarelegitandyou'regoingonstageandyou'relikeallright, you'reabouttobeafterAliciaKeysthere's definitelysomestressonthetable, andthat's whatkindofblowsmymindisjustlittlegoalsthat I setformyself, youknow, likecomingtrue.
It's a weirdfeeling e have a lotofbiggoals.
I havesince I wasreallyyoung.
When I firststartedmakinggoals, I said, I'm gonnamakeitontooneSpotifyplaylistlikethey'resmallgoals.
Butthentheyactually, onceyougettocrossthemoff, it's like a allrightnow.
I couldmakeothergoals, and I'm constantlydoingthat.
OneofmybiggestgoalsisobviouslyperformattheGrammys, but I mean, that's like a reallyfarfetchedical.
Butit's it's stillinmynotes.
E alwayslikepicture.
Howwouldyouwakeupinfiveyearsand I'llbeyourdreams?
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I thinkforme I wouldwanttobelivingin L.
A definitelypursuingmusic, filmingmusicvideosinthestudio, hopefullyhaveanalbumoutandjustbesuperproudofeverything I putoutandbeing a reallyhappyplace.
It's literallyall I want.
I think I wasjustkindoffreakingoutbecauseitwassomethingthat I'd reallylovetodio.
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