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Go behind-the-scenes with our Music Issue cover star, Victoria Justice, as she talks about her career evolution since 'Victorious,' how she views songwriting now, and who she'd love to collaborate with in the future.
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00:00A time in my career where I felt the most successful. I would say honestly right now
00:10when I was younger that time in my life with Victorious and all of that was just crazy.
00:14But right now it's really nice to be able to kind of have the creative freedom that I do and to be
00:20able to kind of pick and choose things that make sense for me right now and that I am excited about.
00:25So you know musically being able to do that and kind of just being able to write a song and put
00:30it out as I please is really empowering and really exciting. My first job was an Ovaltine commercial
00:38when I was eight years old. I ended up getting it and I was thrilled over the moon like it felt
00:43like this was my big break. I was so excited and I was like the scrawniest little kid on set and I
00:47had to wear this like soccer uniform that was like ten times too big for me but I was so happy and I
00:52just remember being on set thinking to myself like wow this is really something I could get used to
00:57doing. My first paycheck was probably when I was working on Zoey 101 and I remember a cast member
01:03and I went to some like little boutique and saw a shirt that I really liked that was like probably
01:11like 150 bucks or something and I never spent that much money on an item of clothing before so I think
01:16that was like the first time where I was like okay big spender like here we go. So if I were to list
01:23some of my skills on a resume that make me unique I would say that I'm great at a game night. I'm really
01:30good at this game called Scattergories. It's one of my favorite games kind of crush at it not gonna lie.
01:37I'm also really good at so you know when like you finish eating and you're putting your food away and
01:43you have to find the right Tupperware. I'm really good at finding the perfect size Tupperware for the
01:48food so like it never goes over it's always just the right amount and then finding the lid that that's
01:53like a special skill of mine. Next career goal I guess would just be to continue making music and writing
02:00music and experimenting and pushing myself in that way and just you know work with people that I admire
02:08and that are gonna make me better I think is always the goal. What can you expect from my new music?
02:13You can expect I think everything that I write comes from a pretty authentic and personal place
02:18and so you can expect some diaristic singer-songwriter type of songs but also just songs that make you
02:27feel good and make you want to move and dance and just have like a really chill vibe. Three people in
02:33my industry that I would love to work with that I look up to would definitely be Sarah Bareilles.
02:38She's always been one of my favorite artists she her voice is just magic to me and she's also
02:44an incredible actress would love to somehow work with her someday. Also Rae is another one of my
02:49favorite artists right now I just admire her so much as a songwriter and I just appreciate her so
02:55much as a performer she's so authentic and so real and it's it's really about the art and I really respect
03:00that a lot. I would also say Greta Gerwig. I just love every single film she's directed and she's has
03:07a great sense of humor and to work with a female director like her it would just be iconic. Where
03:14would I go for a power lunch? This is maybe segwaying into more of a power dinner but one of my favorite
03:19restaurants in LA is a place called Koi. Definitely a great place to close a deal and have some good food.
03:25That's it? Yeah, that's it. That's it. Good job. Kats! Kats!
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