KIM PETRAS

I write my own lyrics; I can incorporate my own ideas. And yes, apparently, people think it's cool. That's pretty awesome.

I want to grow as a vocalist, and I want to really kill every single show and just become better.

It's a recurring thing: It's that I fall really deeply for bad relationships. It's just always been this way and not changing.

I love horror movie soundtracks like 'It Follows' or 'Halloween.'

I love amazing lyrics paired with amazing melodies.

There's something about making a song that everybody can sing and remember, and when you listen to it the first time, you already know the words by the second chorus, like you've always known the song. I'm obsessed with that idea.

When I hear heartbreak songs, I always feel like, 'O.K. that's exactly how I feel... I'm not the only person who fell in love like a stupid person.'

I'm obsessed with music videos, and I just go on marathons of watching a ton of music videos.

I really feel that my fans have given me a lot of confidence.

I would love to work with Drake. I think he's such a pop star, and he's dropping amazing songs.

There's a soft spot in my heart for the color and fantasy of the '80s.

I'm just trying to make the kind of music that I'd listen to as a teenager and forget about all my problems.

To hear my songs at parties is really amazing.

I want to become one of the songwriting greats. That's my number one goal.

People started noticing my singing on YouTube, and then I came to L.A., and I lived on a studio couch. I wrote songs every single day with whoever I could write songs with.

I sing pop music that I like and that is completely unapologetic - which is actually the term: it's called 'unapologetic pop.

Sitting one seat away from Nicki Minaj at Marc Jacobs left me speechless. I couldn't say anything - and that's the first time that's ever happened to me! We locked eyes for a second, but I was too scared to talk to her. She looked incredible, of course.

I had this one producer who sent me tracks because he saw my YouTube videos that were popular and got a couple million views.

I love Halloween, and I love spooky stuff. I love horror movies. I love everything creepy, and I've always kind of wanted to do this, just do really dark pop.

I feel like I kind of earned my stripes working with The Stereotypes. It was maybe my 6th songwriting session I've ever been to, and they just gave me and a writer I used to write with 3-4 tracks and kinda just let us come up with whatever.

I definitely always took my problems and turned them into music, and the more I can make myself feel happy, the better. But yeah, I definitely feel like music was always a place for me to, like, escape to. I just love songs that are fantasy.

I'm always working with other collaborators.

I thought I was just going to be a songwriter for other people! And now I get to put out my own music, which is amazing.

I don't know - a lot of people think it's a really negative thing to do bubble gum pop, but I love it. I, like, want to own it.

I love nostalgic pop music. The '80s especially, to me, is the greatest era of songs. I just love the '80s so much.