Danielle Fishel

But what happened in my living room as a kid was just pure joy, whether it was...

Extended family coming over and being the center of attention and singing and dancing for everyone or just literally being in my own world and letting the music take me wherever it took me.

But there were musicians as well that came to rehearse with my dad for his performances still to this day, by the way.

And I use this word so many times in this sit down with you.

It was electric.

And I will never forget those experiences.

And I've always wanted to bring that to my own projects, but also the stage because my dad is a kick butt performer too.

And so it's all of that.

It's my childhood wrapped in one project.

Oh, I love that.

Listen, if Maya is willing to sit down with me for an interview, I am going to force her to stick around for as long as possible.

So we have a bonus episode dropping this Friday exclusively on the Teen Beat dedicated podcast feed where I continue this conversation with Maya and we listen to one of your voice memos recalling an embarrassing childhood memory that will forever remain our little secret.

And don't forget to listen to Maya's newest album, Retrospect, available wherever you stream music.

And you can go to mayamaya.com, that's M-Y-A-M-Y-A dot com, to learn how you can pick up physical copies, which is a great way to support her new independent journey.

Teen Beat is an iHeart podcast produced and hosted by Danielle Fishel.

Executive Producers Jensen Karp and Amy Sugarman.

Executive in Charge of Production, Danielle Romo.

Producer and Editor, Tara Subaksh.

The theme song is by Mark Hoppus.

Yes, that Mark Hoppus.