What are you most looking forward to about your next show set with Chappelle in LA?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m really looking forward to playing for the crowd; The crowd in the chapel in particular is very emotional, and the atmosphere there is very welcoming. It’s different from other concerts I’ve been to—it’s a very queer-friendly place. But that being said, I get very anxious (in advance), so I’m anxious for the show to finish so I can look back at them. I kind of black out during the show and it’s like, What happened?
Can you tell me a little about the tour with Conan Grey?
It felt like a Lady Gaga meme: “Enough, club, another club.” This was my first bus ride and I was very honored to join Conan and his crew. I was just watching a group of people having a cathartic experience, watching these girls screaming, crying, and it was very touching. Everyone was so nice and wonderful. I really just like life; I was like, I need to make more money, I need to live on the bus. Bus life was amazing, so I can’t complain at all.
I know you have a master’s degree in health informatics from Dartmouth. Do you feel like that knowledge base is relevant to your music at all?
I definitely think there are things that overlap. Just like I had to study for tests and things like that, I had to study the music industry and what it entails. It’s a dream and a privilege to do this work and do music as a business, but it’s also a job, and I feel like in the beginning, I didn’t really think about it that way. I need to make sure I know what I’m signing, make sure I know my rollout plan, make sure I know all the logistics that go into music that I feel like I didn’t know before. The same study methods I used in my youth, I’m able to use now, and that’s good.
