Why Sofia Carson Says Her New Album “Filled in the Blanks of My Story”

E!: Are you nervous to put it out into the world?

SC: You know, every time I share a piece of my music with the world, it’s like I share a little piece of my heart. With this album, I feel like I’m sharing my whole entire heart—all of me—and it’s a beautiful thing. It’s a privilege to be able to make art that is a reflection of who I am and to share it with the world. At the same time, it is a little bit terrifying, but in a really thrilling and exciting way.

E!: What is the theme of this album? What’s the inspiration that binds it all together? 

SC: I fell in love with storytelling when I was a little girl and, when it came to writing my first album, I wanted to write a story from start to finish. So, I wrote a story about love about a girl who falls into a beautiful love, only to be shattered into pieces. But nonetheless, it’s a story about a girl who survives.

E!: What’s your favorite part of storytelling?

SC: I wrote my first song when I was 11 years old and I remember falling so deeply in love with songwriting, with being able to—through words and through melodies—bring to life the secrets that lied in my heart. For some reason, the most vulnerable and perhaps the scariest thoughts could feel safe in a song. I had song journal that I would carry around everywhere that I went and in the very first page I wrote, “I hope that when people listen to my music, they hear their story in mine.”

I think that’s what I love most about storytelling and songwriting. When I listen to Taylor, when I listen to Ed, hearing their story, I hear my own. I think that’s such a beautiful and magical thing. It’s almost like a little bit of magic in the world that connects us all as humans.