I remember when I was growing up, I always wore glasses and so if I was on-stage or just being able to move around playing sports, I was never really able to because I had glasses holding me back. Wearing contacts has just been very helpful.

I think people have been really receptive to understanding that I've grown up and the music's going to sound a little different.

I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd.

I have definitely written a happy song about someone and then we ended up splitting up, but you have to put those kind of things to the back of your mind and tell yourself that it's a good song and it works on the album.