00:00I'm such a different artist than I was.
00:02I don't even know if I can consider myself an artist.
00:05Like, 10 years ago, when I was 18, I still had big songs at that moment.
00:08Like, Lush Life was out, Never Forget You.
00:11Like, I think it was really close to a release symphony.
00:15But I didn't feel...
00:17I think you can be a performer without being an artist.
00:21And I think you can be an amazing artist without being a great performer.
00:25And when I started out, I just wanted to sing.
00:28Like, I wanted to perform.
00:29But now, I do consider myself an artist.
00:33Because I am in charge of what I make.
00:37And, like, what I write and how it looks and what it is and who I work with.
00:40And I think it just took me a long time to get into that.
00:44Maybe because I started so young.
00:47And felt really just kind of powerless, you know.
00:51Because I had all these amazing people helping me out.
00:54And then, I just never got the chance to figure out what I wanted to do.
01:00Like, the core of it.
01:01And I so recognized that.
01:03Recognized that.
01:04And now, it's like, I actually know how to do this.
01:08I've been in it for a long time.
01:09So, I think just deepening the artistry more and more and more.
01:14I think I care.
01:16When I was younger, I cared a lot about the general public.
01:20Like, the audience.
01:21What do they want?
01:22What do they want to hear?
01:23What should I look like?
01:25Like, all of that.
01:25And then, I hope I will get more and more into myself.
01:32Because I feel that even now.
01:33I'm like, I don't care as much anymore.
01:35And that's, ironically, when other people start caring more.
01:39Because you're just more authentic and true to who you are.
01:42Like, all of that.
