Lauren Spencer Smith‘s debut album, Mirror, has finally arrived. The singer released the project on Friday (July 14), and leading up to its release spoke with Billboard News about the meaning behind the project’s intriguing title, in addition to the lessons she eliminated from creating the LP.
“Initially when I first wanted to title the album, I wanted it to be something about reflecting because everything that’s on the album is a personal experience to me,” she discussed to Billboard team author Rania Aniftos. “Then throughout realizing no one had been by my side other than the mirror seeing every cry sesh, happy sesh, came back from the first date with my boyfriend and feeling excited, it was the only thing that was a constant throughout the rollercoaster of emotions that I had to go through to write the album, but it felt so fitting calling it Mirror.”
Smith proceeded, “When I first started writing the album, I would never have imagined that I was going to end the album with that title. I definitely think it was something that I randomly started thinking of one day, like ‘Wow, I literally would not where I am today if everything didn’t happen to me.’ And as much as sometimes I still look back being very annoyed and sad that things like that happened to me, it just has made me who I am. It’s the reason I written all the songs. I remember thinking one day to myself, ‘I think I should thank the person that hurt me,’ because they kind gave me this trajectory of a career at this point.”
Mirror includes advancement songs “Fingers Crossed” and also “Flowers,” “Fantasy” with GAYLE and also Em Beihold, “That Part” and also extra. The 20-year-old will certainly start a scenic tour in North America, U.K. and also Europe beginning on July 14 to sustain the cd.
Reflecting on Mirror, Smith additionally shared that creating the LP has actually enabled her to really feel even more comfy within her craft: “Throughout songwriting I just realized to say whatever I want, it doesn’t have to have a bad intention to it, it’s just something that I want to say in the song and allowing myself to be honest in all of my songs and really be true to myself.”
Watch Smith’s complete meeting with Billboard News in the video clip over.
