Then professionally I did music for Lemonade Mouth the movie, when I was 17.Īnd the music has changed a lot since then.
There is the cliché: "I’ve been making music my whole life!" But the first song I remember writing-I was like seven. It feels really, really, really good to be authentic with myself and authentic with the fans and even authentic with the people in my world who know me for who I am as a person. I saw you reached two million plays on Spotify. I want them to feel like they're getting an authentic, true perception of me. with a lot of things pertaining to pop culture, so I’ve had to catch myself up for the purpose of communicating who I am to my audience because I want them to get it. Stuff like fashion-I don’t put a lot of effort in and that’s kind of how my M.O. I’ve had to do research to get caught up on that. All of a sudden, I'm realizing that I have no idea how I present myself on social media, because I’m like an old woman with that stuff. There are so many different angles that people see you from. I try and think of a million different scenarios that can happen, especially since I am reintroducing myself in this climate. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'M REALIZING THAT I HAVE NO IDEA HOW I PRESENT MYSELF ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE I’M LIKE AN OLD WOMAN WITH THAT STUFF.Ī little bit, but my version of that translates to trying to control every aspect. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT ANGLES THAT PEOPLE SEE YOU FROM. It feels like there’s that freedom to try whatever weird random things I want and just have an authentic connection with the people I make music with.
I was in a session yesterday and it was so fun because it’s just creative exploration. I feel happy about the medium that it’s at right now.ĭo you ever feel like your Disney background restricts the kind of music you can make? So I decided it would be important to keep my name and keep that consistency and own it.
BRIDGIT MENDLER READY OR NOT THE FUGEES FULL
That was going to be the project title and then I actually realized I haven’t taken full ownership in my identity as I am. Nemesis, for me, means confronting that fear and just standing face-to-face with it. I was going to make my project title Nemesis. I had a whole history of being aware of exactly what I should put out and then at a certain point I was like, "Forget that, I’m just going to do something that’s completely against that. It's good to see because my fans have been tremendously loyal over the many years.ĭid you ever consider completely rebranding? So many artists now do anonymous releases and create some new character to release music under. If anything, people have said it took me a couple of times but they invested a couple spins into it, which I think is cool. So the reception has been good all around? It's a turning point for Bridgit Mendler-a potentially awkward one where old fans are alienated by an unfamiliar direction and new ones are confronted with the reality that their new favorite song was created by an ex-Disney star who already has fan clubs in other countries. That debut album of sugary, catchy pop music did very well, but "Atlantis" was different. Throughout her teenage years as an actress, she built up a very loyal fan base, and those fans followed her into music when she released her debut album in 2012. She started as an actress in movies like Alice Upside Down, The Clique, and Labor Pains, then signed with Disney and appeared in Wizards of Waverly Place, Good Luck Charlie, and Lemonade Mouth. That's when I noticed that Bridgit Mendler has over four million Twitter followers.Ī quick Google revealed why: Bridgit was already famous. Then, all of a sudden, #Atlantis was trending on Twitter, showing up everywhere on my timeline in hundreds of tweets.
We locked in a Pigeons & Planes premiere, and for the next couple of days, "Atlantis" was in regular rotation.
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The song "Atlantis" was attached, and I was instantly into it, plus it featured young Florida rapper Kaidyo, who hasn't disappointed yet. I first heard of Bridgit Mendler through an email featuring an upcoming single.