Why Mandy Moore ‘apologised’ for her music
Singer-actor Mandy Moore said that she used to be so “embarrassed” about her early work in music that the 35-year-old would often end up apologising for it. The singer, who came out with her debut studio album, So Real, in 1999, said as a teenager, she didn’t have the control over her career, which made her feel awkward.
“I really apologised for a lot about my early work because I was embarrassed and being a teenager, not having creative control and not fully standing behind some of the choices that were made on my behalf,” Moore told Us Weekly.
She, however, credited the “15-year-old Mandy” for her survival in Hollywood.“The only reason that I’m here today, 20 years later, is because of 15-year-old Mandy and the music that she was singing, and how I started out. I love her. She’s a part of me and always will be, and I carry her around. It’s important to acknowledge that and have affection for that time of my life,” said the This Is Us star.
The only reason that I’m here, today, 20 years later, is because of 15-year-old Mandy and the music that she was singing, and how I started out.
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Moore, who released her new LP Silver Landings in over 10 years on March 6, said she is proud that she recorded the album on her own terms. She added,“I didn’t feel like I had to meet anybody’s expectations. If I was going to make music, I wanted to make it on my own terms and that’s what I did. I made a pop record the way that I love pop music. I recorded live on the floor, figured out the arrangements and then we recorded it to tape. Nothing sounds like that anymore! We didn’t want to do it digitally. It was so much fun, it was challenging. I had never made an album like that before but that was kind of our biggest mandate.”