Amber Liu

I wanted to tour the United States because I feel I owe it to the community that I grew up in. When I was growing up, the only people I saw on TV were Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu and Jet Li. Our representation as Asians wasn't big, but I wanted to be like Lucy Liu and then Maggie Q. ”

I know when I was growing up, I was always lost and just thought I was alone and that I needed to find where I belonged. ”

My mom was a house mom when we were growing up, and that's all I knew about her. I had a really big disconnect with her because she only spoke Chinese. Her English isn't good at all. Being a typical second-generation, you have the basic stuff, but I never had a deep conversation with her. ”

I haven't said this yet, but my goal for this 'Beautiful' album is not to say, 'I'm beautiful,' or, 'OK, I'm so cool.' This is, honestly, an album written for the listeners. ”

One of my goals always, when I write music, is that it's not only me sharing my story with the fans: it's also a reminder to myself that, 'Hey, I said this so that I need to grow from it.' ”

I'm all for equality. ”

As any human does, I have my happy times and sad times. ”

When I first debuted back in 2009, K-Pop was already starting to get bigger because of the Internet. And that's how I found it, because I'm not Korean. ”

I was terrified to go solo. It's lonely doing it by myself. But I wanted to challenge myself. ”

I was born and raised in West Hills. I moved to Korea when I was 15. I've been back and forth since. ”