My cup is already pretty empty - I don't have a lot of social energy. There are a lot of challenging parts of touring for me. It’s starting to feel like an actual production now. I'm pretty sure last tour just had a rug onstage - and that was it. I interact with the furniture and the lamps, and I move around the set. It basically feels like a living room, which was my design and I really wanted to make it feel homey and intimate because that's my vibe. And we also wanted to level it up production-wise, because we have the means to do that now.
It was surreal.Įspecially since this is the second leg of the five seconds flat tour, we wanted to make it different from the first tour, so if people are coming for a second time, they're not getting the same thing. I was only convinced when I walked onstage at the first show and saw actual people in the audience. On Her "Tonight Show" Performance And Building A Lasting CareerĪ post shared by lizzy first, I was fully convinced that all the tickets had been bought by bots or scammers or something, and that there was no way they sold out that fast. I can't remember which video I saw first, but I saw the sped-up sound getting a little bit of traction on TikTok, and then I started seeing the videos, and it snowballed from there. I think people connect to the realness and the honesty. I just tend to find ways to talk about these things that I experienced, sometimes feelings that are hard to put into words, and in ways that not a lot of people have talked about. I'm not having any crazy experiences that no one else has ever had in their life before. And I feel like a lot of people connect to that. It's writing about things that I don't understand until I understand them. That’s part of what songwriting is, for me, too. I journal all the time I have to write about a feeling until I understand it. Apparently, it's universal - I’ve gone through things that everyone seems to go through, and I put them into words. I try to just write about things that have happened to me. Also, this wasn't a single, it was just on the album, and so I definitely wasn't expecting this song to resonate as much as it did with people. If it's going to happen, it's going to happen, and I'm not going to chase it or try to make it happen. I don't expect any of my songs to have viral moments. On "Ceilings" Going Viral And Writing Songs That Connect But first, she discussed her recent career highlights with. I miss it so much"), building a world around her upcoming album through visuals and fan experiences, and buying a house.
11, McAlpine will head back into the studio to continue developing her third album - and to work toward new goals, including getting back to acting on stage or screen ("I'll literally take anything. But McAlpine doesn’t want to be pigeonholed into a style: "My albums are just a reflection of who I am at the time."Īfter completing a 27-show international tour on Sept. With her soft but steady voice, McAlpine sings from a place where most of us feel least comfortable - a place of uncertainty, contradiction, and discovery - which is reflected in lines like "it's not that I hate you, I hate that it hurt" and "I was trying to be honest, but now I think I should've just lied." Instrumentally, five seconds flat is layered with electronic features, strings, guitar, piano, drums, and horns. "I hope that people can feel less alone and have an outlet to express their emotions that is healthy by listening to my songs." "Even though the experiences we all go through are universal, it can feel isolating when you’re in the moment," says the 23-year-old Philadelphia-born musician.
The second leg of her tour sold out immediately. She recently performed on " The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon " and signed with RCA Records. 54 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reached 230 million streams and climbing on Spotify, was certified Gold, and inspired a TikTok challenge resulting in over 742,000 posts featuring a sped-up version of the song. After introducing her sophomore album five seconds flat, her popularity seems to have skyrocketed. McAlpine has turned hundreds of millions of listeners into dedicated fans since the release of her first album, Give Me A Minute, in 2020. "As I’ve grown and evolved as a songwriter, I've been able to let the vulnerability shine through a little bit more and I’ve become less afraid of saying exactly what's on my mind," she says, speaking from Los Angeles over a Zoom call.Īpparently, listeners appreciate her honesty. Lizzy McAlpine is a skilled storyteller who has become known for her candid and relatable songwriting in genres ranging from pop to indie folk.
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