Grace VanderWaal just revealed what inspired her to name her debut album Just The Beginning!
The 14-year-old singer says it all had to do with her dad!
“I was really stressing out; I wanted it to be perfect. I was in the car with my dad, and he was like, “What if you name it ‘Just the Beginning?’” I loved it!” Grace explained to Tigerbeat.
She continued, “I think it’s just the beginning, really, of music in my life. I don’t really know what’s going to happen. No one does. But I know I’m going to make music in the future no matter what it is – no matter if it’s a number-one hit on the radio or no one ever hears of it. I know I’m still going to make it. This is just the beginning of my music love and career.”
Grace VanderWaal just recently decided that she hated all the songs she had written for a potential EP.
While talking about her lost collaboration with Jason Mraz, the 14-year-old singer revealed that she had the new EP ready to release – however, it was scrapped.
“I thought I finished a whole EP on tour,” she shared with USA Today. “But I actually decided really recently that I hate all of my songs, so I’m starting over.”
Grace adds that instead of an EP, she’ll have something else.
“Maybe I don’t have an EP anymore. But I’ll have something to release. I’m just so busy!”
Grace VanderWaal wears a colorful dress on the step and repeat at the 2018 LoveLoud Festival held at Rice Eccles Stadium on Saturday (July 28) in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The 14-year-old “City Song” singer joined Imagine Dragons‘ Dan Reynolds at the event before hitting the stage for her set.
Chatting with USA Today recently, Grace teased that a brand new collaboration is coming soon.
“Well, it depends on what your ‘soon’ is,” she says. “‘Grace soon’ means pretty soon. But other people’s ‘soon’ is … not tomorrow.”
The collab she’s hinting at is with Ingrid Michaelson, “because I went to one of her concerts, and I really love her; I love her voice. We sang a song together.”
The film, based on Jerry Spinelli‘s book of the same name, centers on Leo Borlock, who follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don’t stand out–under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes–for Leo and for the entire school.
After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.
Grace recently spoke with ET Canada about her first ever acting role.
“I am so excited!” she exclaimed. “I have never auditioned for anything. I did the lines, it was really weird, but it was comfortable once it started rolling.”
Grace added that she was very confident in her audition afterwards, “I was pretty sure that I got it because I felt that she [casting director] really liked me. But I didn’t know, because I’d never auditioned for anything. But [then], I did and I’m so excited about it.”
Here’s what the 14-year-old America’s Got Talent superstar had to say…
On staying true to oneself: “I think everyone’s just trying to be someone else nowadays. The world is so big and there’s so many people and there’s only one you, and that’s so special and unique to think about.”
On adapting to her post-America’s Got Talent life and defining her goals: “At first it was so overwhelming and I had no idea what to do, and now I feel so much better about my life, because, number one, I feel more headstrong about what I want.”
On those who still refer to her as “the girl from America’s Got Talent”: “I mean, if you will forever remember me as the girl from America’s Got Talent, that’s cool, ’cause I am. If you wanna look into me and what I’ve done recently, that’s cool, too. I don’t really care at all, [because] at least you remember me and you’re thinking about me.”
According to Deadline, the 14-year-old singer/songwriter will star in Disney’s upcoming Stargirl.
The film, based on Jerry Spinelli‘s book of the same name, centers on Leo Borlock, who follows the unspoken rule at Mica Area High School: don’t stand out–under any circumstances! Then Stargirl arrives at Mica High and everything changes–for Leo and for the entire school.
After 15 years of home schooling, Stargirl bursts into tenth grade in an explosion of color and a clatter of ukulele music, enchanting the Mica student body.
But the delicate scales of popularity suddenly shift, and Stargirl is shunned for everything that makes her different. Somewhere in the midst of Stargirl’s arrival and rise and fall, normal Leo Borlock has tumbled into love with her.
Stargirl is one of the first original films that will go through the company’s new streaming platform.
During the summit, Amandla took to the stage with The Hate U Give co-star Common to talk about the upcoming flick and speaking out on important issues.
“You’re not always going to have the answers. To gain the strength to speak up for something you have to allow yourself the time and space to know what you’re about,” Amandla said.
FYI: Amandla is wearing an Adriana Iglesias outfit and Pedro García boots. Francia is wearing Monika Chiang shoes.
