AJA: “Music started as therapy for me, and then I wanted to share it to help others feel better” | Interview

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“I co-wrote my first music once I was eight, which is loopy to consider,” the Toronto-born artist says. “I didn’t begin appreciating the artwork of songwriting till I used to be 11. I didn’t know a single factor. I hopped on a aircraft to satisfy somebody to write down a music and that simply appeared like enjoyable.” From then on, her prophecy was set — she’d spend the subsequent decade writing for herself and different artists all earlier than she turned 20.

It’s inaccurate to say she owes her profession to the shady Perez Hilton however he did give her some assist. “I launched a YouTube cowl of “Chandelier” that was submitted to Perez Hilton’s “Can You Sing?” cowl competitors,” she explains once I requested how precisely she discovered herself in music. “I did not even realize it was submitted. I used to be away at summer time camp, however my mother and my vocal coach determined to attempt it. I ended up successful.

“After that, individuals began noticing me, and I related with administration in New York, which was Billy Mann [American songwriter and record producer]. I signed with them once I was 11. I had already began flying out to Nashville to write down as a result of the very first thing Billy stated was, “She wants music. That is a very powerful factor about being an artist. So, I began writing and signed with them at 11, planning for my first launch and getting as many connections and alternatives as attainable.”

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