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My first album is a lot of my personal experiences. I wanted people to relate to what I've been through.

My first album was full of ideas and attempts to go in all kinds of directions. I was young. I loved making music, but I didn't have a clear path. I also lacked in confidence.

My first album done what it had to do. It introduced me.

The experiences of promoting my first album were really something; there is so much illusion in my environment (touring and pop music) that I wanted to clear away.

My first album was me finding myself and my voice, finding how I sing. I was rolling with the punches because everything was new to me.

My second album was written while I was on the road promoting the first record. I tried to take my personal experiences and elevate them to universal experiences, so that I wasn't writing songs about living on a tour bus or being on a TV set for the first time.

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

I struggled with the pressure of having the successful record after the first record. Second album syndrome. I'm living proof; it's very real.

With the first album, I wanted to do so many different things, and I was fighting with myself to try and see if I was worthy enough to do it.

With this new album, I prepared for it a long time, and I was happy with the songs and the production. I felt that I proved myself with the first album, and with this new album, I just want to share some of my music. And that was always my feeling and my intention.