Drew Afualo

I feel very seen.

Yeah.

I've been chirping.

Is that a word?

I've been chirping too, girl.

Yeah.

And I think that's why you stand the test of time is my point.

I really do believe that because it's authentic and it's true to you.

And it's meant to happen in the right way and the way it's supposed to happen.

And I'm just so happy for you.

And I think this is such an important film and the album as well as your directorial debut.

So my last question for you.

is any advice you may have for any aspiring queer artists in whatever medium that they so choose because you do it all but if you had any advice for them and they're worried about that current like you know kind of pushing against them what would you say to them i think my biggest lesson or um epiphany on this whole journey is i took the long way to

to get to myself.

And so I would say my advice to any artist or someone who's pursuing their dreams is to don't take the long way.

Just be yourself from day one.

And it's such a hard, it's such an easy thing to say, and it's such a hard thing to actually apply and do.

But that is truly my, you know, encouragement.

Because even like this album, I went back to what I used to do.

I had unfinished songs that I'd written when I was like 16 or 17.