Hey Peyton. How's it going?

Good, how are you?

I'm good. I'm good. Are you enjoying LA?

Yeah, it's been it's been great so far, it's been great.

What's your favorite thing about LA?

Um, honestly the weather. It's just nice. Like it just feels good.

Are you too busy to like go by the pool or anything or you're uh you're being able to the sun?

Um Yeah, I haven't gotten to go like to the pool or like to the beach or anything yet but Yeah, I think the beaches are closed so.

Yeah, it's good to keep busy though anyways. Yeah. Do you enjoy making content more on the road or do you like when you're at home?

Um, probably on the road because there's just more like there's like new stuff, you know, there's new like places. So. Yeah, definitely.

What would you say from this LA trip that you're are you making the most TikToks, Instagram stories or just all?

I don't know, I really haven't been doing that many like I think I've posted like two TikToks since I've been out here but like I just been in the studio a lot. That's that's that's been the thing. I've been in the studio.

Are you writing, are you working on some things? What are you doing in the studio?

I had a couple of writing sessions but uh actually I had this like little guitar melody so working on a new song right now, actually. So.

That's exciting. Yeah. And you have your song already out Love Letter, which is we love it. We love it. And in there you talk about like one of your lyrics is like knowing yourself, like you didn't know yourself then. What since you releasing that song is one thing that you have learned about yourself?

I'm I'm I'm definitely really hard on myself. Like I've I've come to realize that over the past like three months. Like I've been like really really hard on myself like recently. That's that's something new.

How would you how would you say that you cope with that being so hard on yourself?

Um, I don't really cope with it it just like, you know, it just happens. I'm like, I'll mess something up and I'll just I'll beat myself up for it for like hours. Yeah.

Yeah. You have so many followers, you have millions on every single platform you use. Like that has to be literally so much pressure. So.

It is. It's it's like cuz cuz everyone kind of like expects you to like always have this like perfect image and go.

Yeah. What's one emotion that you want to write about in a song?

Anger. Like like anger. I just I I want to do like a crazy like kind of like rock alternative song and just like some stuff get off my chest. I really want to.

And you have your new song Habits. Yes. What is the inspiration behind that one?

Um, so I got the idea I was in my room uh back in North Carolina and I was uh I have a little studio there so I was like recording some stuff. Um, just in my room. And um then I just like I started like writing these really like kind of more like detailed lyrics about like myself and my personality and like I was like, oh, this is a cool like cool little path I'm going down right now just like some stuff about me and like kind of more of a personal song and then got in the studio in LA and just like made it.

In the song, you have one of the lyrics like, oh, text me when you get home. Yes. Do you have people actually text you when they get home in real life?

Um, so that that lyric was like more like based on this girl that I was talking to at the time who like wouldn't even like let me know what she was at and stuff and like it was just yeah, it was it was kind of weird but like nah, I really don't have people that are like hit me up and like, hey, I'm at home. And I'm yeah.

Did it is it it's still working out with that girl or no?

Nah, yeah, unfortunately not.

But she didn't text you she didn't text you when she got home.

No, she didn't text me when she got home. So. Yeah.

Like when you promote your songs across all of your social media and everything, what would you say like what's the most comment that people say about your music?

Huh? Um, I always get those little like, it's not like a question, I always get these little like things and they make this little like play, I don't know if you've seen it. They make like this little like this play thing, like out of the text though. It's like a little like play button and then it says the song and like it's crazy. They I get so many of those. I don't know why. Like I really don't get like questions about like my music. Like there's like when will we hear music? Oh, that's probably it. Yeah, I get asked about new music all the time. Like every day.

That's why you got to make sure you're always getting it because everyone's like new music, new music.

Yeah, yeah, I'm in the studio every day since I've been out here. Everyone's like new music, new music. I'm like, I'm trying.

You're like, I'm trying, I'm trying. Yeah. Who's one person if they listen to Habits and they DMed you, texted you. Who's one person that you'd be you want to listen to the song?

I mean, there was like a person that like kind of so so it was more of a personal song like about me but there was there was a little like there's a little girl inspiration in there towards like the second verse. And um so definitely like the girl I wrote about if she uh if she like heard that, I would it'd be nice. Just like yeah. But like not really know that it was like kind of written about her, you know. Just

I was gonna say do you think she would know it's about her? Do you think she wouldn't really know?

Nah, I don't think she would know. Yeah, I don't I don't think she would know. But

Would you say that there's always like one person that inspires each song you make or it just really depends?

Um, it honestly really depends. Like there's there's like been times where it's been like the music I'm listening to that week and like I'll just get into it. Like Machine Gun Kelly inspired me a lot recently. And like just through his music and I've been trying to do that like alternative punk pop like trying to tap more into that. Um, but yeah, it really really just depends like what's going on.

Who would you say is one person that you do want to collab with or write a song with?

Blackbear, really bad.

Oh, yes. I really want I really want Blackbear. I can picture you guys together because I listen obviously I've listened to all your songs so I can definitely see you guys together.

Hey, hopefully soon. Hopefully soon. That'd be dope.

Okay, then we're gonna play a game if you're down.

Yeah.

Okay. It's the game of last. So I'll read off the last thing and then you'll say the last time you did it. Okay, okay. Okay. So the last time you shopped online.

Oh, uh like a week ago, right before I left for LA.

What did you buy?

I bought this little like this little like button up shirt. It's pink and it had like all this different stuff all over it. Um, and I got this like red sweater thing and then these pants but they haven't gotten here yet. Like they haven't gotten to my house. So.

Okay, last time you listened to Love Letter.

Oh, uh I think yesterday cuz it came on my playlist. It's on my like playlist so it shuffled on and it's always like funny like whenever I'm back home with my friends in the car and it comes on, I was like, hey.

I was going to ask you about that. I was like what do you do when it randomly just comes on and you're around your friends?

Yeah, my friends will play it. Like they'll be like, oh dude, you heard this new song, it's great like just to mess with me and then they'll be like, here. They'll play my song and I'll be like, ah.

Funny. Do you usually like hit like to change it? You cringe or like you're kind of like, okay, I'll listen to the whole thing again.

I mean, I jam, I bop to it. Like I'm in the back seat going crazy. But Yeah.

I love it. Uh, last Netflix show you watched.

Um, Narcos.

Is that your favorite?

Yeah, it's it I mean I don't know if it's my favorite yet. I haven't fully finished it but it's like so far it's pretty good. Yeah.

Last DM you remember sending.

Um, I was trying to plan out a trip to go to Orange County with one of my friends and that was like an hour before this. Like this was like yeah. Today.

Last text you remember receiving, not sending.

Oh, last night. Um, yeah, it's from my mom. I got uh I texted her about because I was getting tattoos yesterday. And I just texted her and I was like, hey, I'm getting a tattoo.

What did she respond?

Yeah, she was like, okay, send me a pick. She's fine. She's totally fine with it. I feel like this. Yeah, yeah. We um we were trying to work some stuff out about me getting some in North Carolina but it just worked out out here.

How many tattoos do you have in total?

I just have two. I have this one on my finger right here and then I have this one. It's a matching one with my mom.

Which one did you get in LA?

I got I got the seven and four. I got yeah, I just got both of these in LA. So.

Oh shoot, you just got both of those.

Yeah, just got both of these. Dang.

So you're but your mom has it didn't get the matching one or has it already?

She has it. She has it. Yeah. Oh got you. Okay, okay. Yeah. So of course she's cool with it. She's like yeah. She's fine. She's fine. It's fine. It's fine. Okay. Last time you watched one of your own music videos.

I don't know. I watched Love Letter, like the the music video for Love Letter like a little bit ago. I haven't watched it recently.

Last time you Googled yourself.

Oh, I love doing that. I love it. That's my favorite thing. I love that. I think probably like a little bit before I left for LA. Yeah. I love going

What's one thing you Google about yourself that you're like, oh my why is this even on the internet? And what's one thing where you're like, okay true.

Um, I always find little like articles that like these little like websites will make and they'll just and I just love going through and like reading the facts and some of them like butcher them. Like somebody I think said I was born in like Florida or something.

You're like no.

Yeah, no, but I haven't seen anything like too crazy yet that's like, oh, how did that get on the internet? Like But mine literally, I googled myself one time and it said my net worth was five million dollars and I was like, I wish my net worth was that.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where do people come up with that?

I was like, what the heck?

Last song that you listened to.

Bloody Valentine by Machine Gun Kelly. Was new last night.

You are really into them.

I yes, yes, yes. It's it's a great um the song he just came out with was yeah, super good. I've been jamming to it in the car.

Last person that you remember FaceTiming.

Um, my mom, like 20 minutes ago. Yeah.

Did she is she usually like, does she reply really fast? Does she like always there like ready for your calls and texts or just depends?

Nah, she she'll leave me on ghost. Like she she'll ghost me for a couple hours. Like I'll text her. I'll be like, hey. I'll get text back like three hours later sometimes. She'll be like, hey. So much time has passed. I I was wanting to talk three hours ago, but thanks. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Last time you listened to Habits.

Um, I think last night too. Yeah. Or yes, not last night, like yesterday afternoon. I went to a little thing and they were playing it there. I was like, oh, that's cool.

What's your favorite lyric from Habits?

I like the it's like the first no, it's like the third bar in, I think and it says, I can't seem to take advice without feeling attacked. And that that's just like it's true. Like I just came up with that lyric and like every time someone tries to help me and give advice, I just like, like, damn, like why you gotta critique me like that. Like I always feel so attacked because of it, I don't know why. But like, just a nice little true lyric that I wrote and I'm proud of it, so.

And what's one thing that you have been doing the most while you've been at home besides outside of music? Obviously writing and always.

Yeah. I've been uh I've been skateboarding. I've been drawing a lot. Yeah. Just like sketches and stuff. Um and painting a little bit. So. Yeah, that's been fun.

Well, thank you so much for talking to us today, Young Hollywood.

Yes, thank you for having me.