“I feel like if a girl writes a song about heartbreak, very often people start criticizing her for feeling those emotions, and only writing about that.
“I’d be lying if I said that putting my deepest, darkest insecurities and sadnesses out there is just slightly scary.
What I put out into the world, I try to remember that I did everything I wanted to do,” she says.
It’s so touching,” she says about representing Filipino people in media.
And my team has been really awesome about giving me breaks when I need it, and letting me rest, and take it easy with what I need to.
“It’s really fun to write for characters.