Skylar Grey
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Em had me and Alex come out to work on Detox for Dr. Dre.
And Puff Daddy wanted a song.
That's where Coming Home came into play.
Suddenly I went from nobody caring to everybody trying to get a song.
Yeah, I had a couple friends.
I made a couple friends when I was out there.
And all of a sudden I was, yeah.
It was, and I also felt so much pressure.
I definitely had a little imposter syndrome when I wrote that song, because I was just like, that was too easy.
It took me 15 minutes to write that hook, and I sent it off, and suddenly everybody wanted to get a song from me.
And I was like, that must have been a fluke.
Like, this is never going to happen again.
I'm never going to write another one like this or whatever.
And so so many people were just wanting songs.
And I felt so much pressure to deliver a hit song every time.
And I was always so hard on myself, but that became even worse.
I would just put way too much pressure on myself.