It’s a long way from the days ofworking on the theme songto the Disney Channel seriesAustin & Ally.
OnInner Monologue, Michaels continues to spin her brand of rock-forward, confessional melodies into pop gold.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: You’re 25 now.
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JULIA MICHAELS:A little bit of both.
It’s a very cathartic thing for me.
Now that you’ve really established yourself as an artist, has it made writing for other people easier?
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When I write for myself it’s usually very personal.
It’s theirs and mine and whomever else is in the room.
You’ve said thatInner Monologuewas split into two parts because you wanted new material for each tour leg.
But now that both parts are complete, do you see anything that thematically separates them?
Together are they one whole album?
I see it as one whole album.
I haven’t decided yet.
Now it is what it is.
I want to be authentically myself and I don’t want to hide anything, you know?
If my anxiety is really fing bad one day, I’m going to write about it.
If I’m in love, I’m going to write about it.
I just want everyone to be a part of my life as much as I can.
And I know my music is an acquired taste, not everybody is going to like it.
That’s enough for me.
As cheesy and cliched as it sounds, they really do keep me going.
With you touring more, has your songwriting process changed at all?
They’re going to go out of their mind at my shows, I know it.
It’s going to be so fun.
You started as a songwriter.
I think it’s awesome.
Music is evolving all the time, every day, and there are more songwriters than ever now.
I mean, I’ve had kids literally find songs registered from the ASCAP database.
I’m like “You’re 12, how do you know about an ASCAP database?”
This is so crazy.
I hope that the recognition continues because everybody deserves to be heard.
That’s so crazy.
I’m happy that that’s happening and I hope it continues.
