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[I was watching your audition on The Voice, and Christina Aguilera was the only judge that didn't turn around, which I thought was rude. Do you think it's because you auditioned with a Britney song?] I'm not really sure, but honestly, being 16 and on that show was really weird. Like I said before, Christina Aguilera was someone I really looked up to when I was younger. You know how they say "don't meet your idols"? After that, I realized it was a very real thing.

[You call your music persona "Cry Baby". Can you tell me about her?] Cry Baby is a character that is based off of myself; it was a name that I was called when I was younger, and I wanted to change the name cry baby from an insult into a compliment. [Do you still cry a lot?] Every day.

[How many tattoos do you have?] Off the top of my head, about 37. It's definitely in the 30s. [What's your favorite one?] I have a gumball machine on my abdomen, that one and these two big ones I have on my thighs. [What do you want to get done next?] I really want a Mark Ryden illustration tattooed. He has this series called "Blood, Sweat and Tears," and I really want the "Sweat" one. [Are you a sweaty person?] Definitely not.

[There's a photo of you smoking on your Instagram and you've captioned it, "it's a joint not a cigarette for those of you wondering in the comments."] I get so many little kids in my comments being like "stop smoking you're going to get cancer and die" so I feel like it's important to make the distinction between marijuana and cigarettes. They're very different things. [I really don't know how I'd deal with that. I'd probably be @ing 12-year-olds like "do your homework you little shit."] Yeah, ride a bike! I do wish kids would get off the internet and go outside more.

I'm definitely not anti-alcohol or drugs. I smoke weed, and I drink occasionally, but I'm like any normal human being. I'm not anti-anything, really.

Towards the end of the album, Cry Baby [her musical persona] evolves into someone who's very comfortable in her skin, and I can definitely say that I have had the same kind of change within myself. I'm a lot less insecure, and I have embraced a lot of the things that I hated about myself before.