The 17-year-old singer is debuting a new sound with her just released new song “Don’t Assume What You Don’t Know,” along with the music video.
“It’s about someone facing the truth about Hollywood, going through that process and realizing that they’re in too deep,” she said about the song, via People. “It feels really good to express yourself so freely. It’s empowering and very healing.”
“People put fame and beauty on such a pedestal, as if that’s the answer to life and all of that,” Grace also told Nylon of the track. “I want people to take away [from the song] that your life is awesome, and my life is awesome and everyone just makes the best of what they have and [they] can find their happy s— in their own s—.”
Grace was previously signed to Simon Cowell‘s SYCO record label following her win on America’s Got Talent. She’s now signed to Columbia Records!
Grace will head back into character this May to film the upcoming sequel to Stargirl, which was just announced last week. She will then release her new music project this summer.
Grace VanderWaal – ‘Don’t Assume What You Don’t Know’
This just in – a Stargirl sequel is officially in the works at Disney+!
Director Julia Hart and star Grace VanderWaal are both set to return for the follow-up, THR reports.
Julia and Jordan Horowitz, who co-wrote the first movie with Kirsten Hahn, “have written the original script that follows Stargirl’s journey out of Mica and into a bigger world of music, dreams and possibility,” the site says.
Grace will also write and perform new original music for the sequel.
Elijah Richardson, who played Al Morris in When They See Us, is set to play the new romantic lead.
It’s been almost a year since Stargirl first premiered on Disney+. The first movie starred Grace and Graham Verchere, and was based off of the novel of the same name by Jerry Spinelli.
The 16-year-old singer and Stargirl actress shared a new post on Monday (December 21) showing off her shaved head.
Grace actually cut her hair earlier in the month, but people are just now noticing.
On December 4th, Grace posted a couple of photos and a video, captioning it, “I did it😳”
Before shaving her head, she was rocking her signature bob in a pink hue.
Grace hasn’t released anything new in 2020, other than her first movie Stargirl premiering on Disney+ back in March. She also released a Mac Miller cover on her YouTube channel.
It’s been just over a year since her Letters Vol 1 EP was released, and we’re just waiting on Letters Vol 2!
Grace VanderWaal is taking fans behind-the-scenes of the making of Stargirl!
The 16-year-old singer and actress posted a series of videos and a photo from the set of her Disney+ original movie on Instagram on Saturday (March 28).
“It was amazing! There was like a bunch of catering, there was food! There was places to stay. Everyone got their own trailers. There were places to chill. It was incredible,” Grace said on Good Morning America.
She jokingly added, “I’m ready to be an actress…maybe, maybe. Only for the food.”
Listen to all that Grace Vanderwaal had to say here…
The 16-year-old singer performs the track – along with an acoustic version – in her new Disney+ original film.
“So be true toâŸyourâŸschoolâŸnow / Just like youâŸwould to yourâŸgirl or guy,” she sings. “Be true to your school now / And let your colors fly / Be true to your school.”
Grace‘s other songs in the movie include “We Got the Beat,” “Thirteen,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth,” and her original track “Today and Tomorrow.”
“I like how humanized Stargirl is in the movie,†Grace said. “I think she’s a little more fairytale feeling in the book, and the movie displays her mistakes and how she isn’t perfect. Even if you’re someone as cool and admirable as Stargirl, you’re still going to make stupid mistakes and you’re still going to have to learn from them.â€
She continued, “The movie also explains how everything in life has consequences, even the things that you may think are good.â€
“A lot of high school movies, it’s like 20-year-olds playing [young],†Grace added. “But I like that [Stargirl didn’t do that] because I think a lot of kids look at these 20-year-olds who are supposed to be 16 and then wonder why they don’t look like that. And it’s because you’re not 20. I think it’s really good for children to see someone their age who looks [their age]. Same for the [male actors] too, it’s not just girls. Boys are looking at these grown men who are fully developed. Leo is a little scrawny, he’s a teenager.â€
Listen to Grace VanderWaal‘s “Today and Tomorrow” from Stargirl if you haven’t yet!
