Loren Gray Talks Queen, Fave Artists, & Putting Your Phone Down

What up, guys? I'm here with Miss Lauren Gray.

What up? Hello.

First of all, I'm loving all of this. I see you with your Chanel sneakers on. Your nails pop in.

Yeah. My boyfriend got me these for Valentine's Day.

Oh, shout out boyfriend. That's so sweet. So, wait, hold on. I have to say this. You have well over 50 million followers across the board as far as social media is concerned. Do you feel like the world is like your oyster right now?

Not really.

Lying. You're such a liar.

I feel I'm not. Because I feel like there's always room for improvement and my and my biggest fear is, you know, losing touch. Because even with so many people looking at you, it's it's so easy to to fall off.

To fall off. You know, I actually kind of believe you on that one. Yeah. That's pretty dope.

Yeah. You have to constantly keep up with it. It's a lot of pressure. But I've never ever once felt like, "Oh my gosh, I'm on top of the world."

Really? Ever?

Never? No, until I'm Beyoncé, I'll never feel that way.

Okay.

You know what I mean?

That's what's up. You're like gorgeous in person.

Thank you.

Like, real talk, I saw your music video for "Queen." Oh, yeah. Jesus take the wheel. Yes, you were giving me facial Olympics all day.

Thank you.

For real. Yeah. It was such a vibe.

That was the goal. It was like Britney, but like 2019. It was a good time.

Yeah. It was it was an awesome video. Please please you're she's so like down to earth. Like, "Yeah, it was cool. No big deal. Like 50 million followers. No big deal." Like, for real, how was it, like, shooting the video?

It was awesome. It was um a lot of the treatment was my idea and then we got Ariel involved to, you know, produce and direct the video and she did an amazing job. And she really took my vision and made it exactly what I wanted. Like, it couldn't have been any more on point.

Isn't that the best? Her hair, everything.

Yeah. Right down to the outfit.

Oh, that is the best. So, what was like the inspiration behind this song?

When I wrote the song, I kind of needed a boost of confidence. I was thinking about, you know, the girls that follow me and I was like, I feel like everyone needs that, you know?

Absolutely.

And I've definitely been mistreated in relationships, whether it be friendships or, you know, boyfriends and um it was a really empowering song and I felt like I needed one of those.

That's what's up. I love it. Who's like your favorite artist that you are like in love with right now?

I have three top favorite artists. It would be Eminem is my favorite artist of all time. I know every song. Every underground song. I have every album.

First First Eminem song that comes to mind. Can you spit it?

Without Me. Um two trailer park girls go around the outside, around the outside, around the outside.

Yes. I love it. So Eminem who else?

Eminem, Rihanna.

Okay.

Yes. I was binge-watching her music videos last night because I think she's so brilliant. "Man Down" is one of my favorite music videos ever.

Stop. So many people mention that music video. That song is everything. And that music video is so powerful.

Yes. And I actually I I just seen it like recently and it became one of my favorite videos because it's there's nothing, how do I say this? She doesn't hold back.

Mhm.

There's no censor.

Yep.

And it's very real and it's it's real life, you know? And I think that I think that she's just that girl. She's that one.

I love how you like said to yourself. It's like she's you know, you know what I mean?

Um and Taylor Swift. I love Taylor I love her live performances. I watched her Reputation Stadium Tour on Netflix and I cried as soon as she came out. I was like, "Oh." Like, that's going to be me one day.

I saw her at the AMAs. She opened the AMAs and I was there and I was so excited. Like, you know that feeling that you get when you're just like,

Yeah. I got it.

Oh, you're so cute. I love it. So, do you feel like there's like pressure to keep up with your you're doing?

Yes. 100%.

Like, before you go to bed, like, what are some thoughts that you're just like, "Oh my God, why?" I'm just curious. I'm like

I think that the biggest problem that I face is because I come from social media and I'm transitioning into music.

Right.

Is I'm so wrapped up in in social media. Like, if I if a picture doesn't get a certain amount of likes, I get a little bit freaked out and I'm like, "Oh my God." You know, they don't like me anymore.

Yeah. Crazy.

And recently, I've been trying to get out of that headspace because, you know, A, it's not healthy.

Boom.

And B, it doesn't matter. Um because the music will speak for itself, you know?

Right. So, really quick, what is like one thing that you do to kind of like get out of that headspace of like always trying to be on and always have like the hottest picture? Like, what are what is your process?

Recently, I've just been trying to put my phone down. I think it's the biggest thing because you get on your phone, at least for me, and I start comparing myself to everyone that I see on my feed. And I'm sure people look at my page and they compare themselves to me. Like, it's just not healthy and it's not realistic. And I I was talking about this the other day. That that internet is such an illusion. Like, I see girls that I like worship on Instagram and I'm like, "Oh my gosh, she's so beautiful." Then you see them in person and they're just normal people. And you're like, I don't know why I was so excited. Like, you know, you're beautiful but you're normal. And it's um it's something that I, you know, find myself doing a lot and something I have to kind of

Gotcha.

stop.

Gotcha. Well, listen, I'm so glad that you finally kind of like had an epiphany and realized that that's what it is and, you know, congratulations on everything. This is literally just the beginning for you. Um, yeah, so congrats on everything. I cannot wait to see what's next.

Yes. Thank you.