PopFiltr had the privilege of speaking with rising pop sensation Mary Jo Young (maryjo) about her latest single, Nothing to Lose. In our exclusive interview, maryjo candidly shared insights into her musical journey, creative process, and what’s next.

Za mu iya karɓar wani ɓangare na tallace-tallace idan ka sayi samfur ta hanyar mahaɗi a cikin wannan labarin.
PopFiltr had the privilege of speaking with rising pop sensation Mary Jo Young (maryjo) about her latest single, Nothing to Lose. In our exclusive interview, maryjo candidly shared insights into her musical journey, creative process, and what’s next.

PopFiltr had the privilege of speaking with rising pop sensation Mary Jo Young (maryjo) about her latest single, Nothing to Lose. In our exclusive interview, maryjo candidly shared insights into her musical journey, creative process, and what’s next.

Gungura daga cikin gida a Los Angeles, maryjo ya nuna sauƙi a kan tallace-tallace, haɓakawa a cikin mai girma hoodie, tare da halitta na halitta da kuma haɗari na banki da ke daidaita da hanyoyi na rana. "Nazarin ku rãya, ku ji, sauke, sauke zuwa banki. Ina so a gare ku, sauke, da kuma sauke gida tare da dogonku," ya gabatar da tare da m.
Reflecting on the beginning of her music career, maryjo ya ce: " My family has always been into music and singing, but I was very private about it." Yana da kawai tare da anonimity na TikTok da ya samu sha'awar ƙirƙirar ƙirƙirar da duniya. "I thought, 'Oh, I can sing and no one has to know,' so I did it, kuma TikTok ya fara ci gaba. A karshe, na ce wa mama, kuma shi ne abin da ya tafi ni don tafi shi a matsayin kariya. Amma shi ne kawai TikTok wanda ya sa shi. " American Idol a cikin 2021.
“I can sing and nobody has to know”
Gama da yawa m artists, maryjo ya ci gaba da kula da pop ikon. A kwatanta game da zane-zane, ya sa da Kelly Clarkson a matsayin mai girma ajiya. "Babu da ya sa shi a kowace lokaci," ya ce. Babu da wannan albarkatun, tafiya zuwa music talent show ba ne a cikin wani grand plan. "Honestly, I was frightened to do it in the beginning," ya ce, referring to her American Idol tallacewa. "Nai ba za a so, amma yanzu da na ji a kan shi, shi ne wani nau'i kamar yadda Kelly ya yi da wannan abu. Na ba da gaskiya da wannan hadarin kafin."
Yar da yake a kan American Idol, however, turned out to be transformative. “Even though it wasn’t my best vocally, it taught me so much. I’m not nervous about singing in front of people anymore. Once you do a show like that and you're under so much pressure, everything else seems easier,” she explained.
Yar sha'awar da aka kafa a cikin music, musamman a cikin live na'urorin. "Baya, na yi kawai sha'awar da tafiya da shirye-shirye ba tare da tsanani." Saboda haka, ba tare da kammala, maryjo ya sani da mafi ban mamaki na yi: "Boston, a lokacin da na buga a cikin Knox. Yana kawai tsanani, kuma na san abin da na so don yi a cikin dabbobi na tafiya bayan haka. Lalle ne mai ban mamaki. Ina so Boston yanzu - sun kawai ban mamaki."

With each new release, maryjo continues to grow as an artist. Following successful tracks like Cleveland, Should It Be Us (ba tare da Michael Gerow), da kuma Traffic, yana da sabon singa, Nothing to Lose.
The song ya ce hadin gwiwa na wani jima'i mai ban sha'awa da sha'awar cewa farawa shi ne mafi kyau sha'awar. Yana ƙirƙirar jima'i tsawo tare da sharp, witty lyrics, ƙirƙirƙirar ra'ayoyi da ya zo daga sauke wani mutum wanda ba ne mai kyau ga ku. Amma kamar yadda ya gabatar da shi a PopFiltr, da jima'i a kan song da aka ba tare da dramatic kamar yadda za a yiwu. "A lokacin da, na zo da wani mutum kawai don fun, kuma na sani, 'Wow, wannan ba shi ne mai kyau mutum. 'I dramatized da song da wani bit - shi ba shi ba da gaskiya, mu ne ma'aikata yanzu. Mun kwatanta game da shi, kuma ya san cewa shi ne game da shi, amma shi ba da jima'i, mu ne mai kyau, "sa la'akari.
"A cikin lokacin da na yi ziyarci wani mutum kawai don fun, kuma ina sani, 'Wow, wannan ba ne mai kyau mutum."
This iya canza real-life kwarewa don rarraba da matsaloli ne key to maryjo's creation process. In Nothing to Lose, shi ne daidaita a kan takardun sha'awar - kamar yadda zauna da "Cologne dubawa a cikin iska" da "Silver Honda Civic" - wanda zauna hadin gwiwa a cikin al'umma amma kuma ba shi da al'umma: "Yana da za a iya da miliyan sauran tare da wannan nau'i / Ina jure." A kwatanta da yadda za a rage su tabbatar da rubutu mai ban sha'awar yayin da ya sa shi tare da masana'antun, ya ce: "Nanani game da abin da na haifar da kuma sa'an nan rage shi a cikin wani mafi al'umma. Misali, idan na duba da wani abu kamar ruwan ruwan sha'awar, ina sani, 'Okay, mutane da sha'awar da sha'awar. '
Her songwriting journey, however, wasn’t something she originally envisioned. “When I first signed with Atlantic, I thought singers sang, writers wrote, and producers produced. I didn’t know I was allowed to write,” she confessed. It wasn’t until a producer encouraged her to continue contributing lyrics during a session that she began to see herself as a songwriter. “It’s been a slow process, but now I feel confident in my writing,” she reflected.
Kama da zamani takardun shaida da yawa a kan daidaitacce jima'i, maryjo yana sani da shi Nothing to Lose samar da wani canji a cikin songwriting ta. "Kai ya fara rubuta, na 21 da kuma ƙirƙirar da abokin ciniki a jami'a. Muna duk da waɗannan 'babu' boyfriends," ya ce, ƙirƙirƙirar da ilimin ƙaunar ƙaunar da yawa daga cikin music na farko. Amma yanzu, shi yana sani cewa shi ne a cikin wani daban-daban wuri. "Nani ba ya so da bukatar rubuta game da jima'i da yawa. Yana da yawa game da samu da asali na abin da waɗannan abubuwa da kuma abin da za mu iya yi mafi kyau, "sa, ƙaunar da ƙaunar mai kyau ga aiki na gaba.
Maryjo's gaba music za a iya nuna wannan matsaloli, tare da wani shift zuwa hoto da kyakkyawansa. "Baya, na music za a iya zama mafi kyau," ya ce, la'akari, ƙirƙirƙirar cewa shi ne mai ban sha'awa don bincike mai girma sound. "Honestly, wani nau'i Sabrina Carpenter- wani modern pop, amma tare da wani m Dolly Parton vibe. Ina so a yi a wannan yanki. "

Ta yaya game da abin da ya zama a kan horizon, maryjo yana da yawa zane. "I'm aiki a kan ajiya na singles, da kuma har yanzu, shi za a shirya a matsayin EP," ya nuna. “I’m also planning more tours in the spring.”
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Sa'an nan, Nothing to Lose ya'ida ne al'umma na yanzu, ƙirƙirar maryjo's shift daga maballakin da yaushe a cikin wani mafi ƙarfi da kuma m version na shi. Kuma kamar yadda ya ci gaba da ci gaba da biyu kamar yadda wani writer da artist, masana'antunsa za su iya ji dadin da yawa daga artist wanda ya fara tare da ba tare da abin da za a iya rage - kuma yanzu yana da duk abin da za a iya samun.
Stay tuned for 20 Questions with maryjo for more exclusive content, and visit the artist's official website for latest updates and information.
maryjo, 'Nothing To Lose' (lyric video):