Grace VanderWaal reclaims her story with bold new album “CHILDSTAR”
Eight years after her last album, Grace VanderWaal is storming back with an unapologetic and personal sophomore set, “CHILDSTAR,” out today via PULSE Records. The nine-track project is painfully poetic and raw, a daring artistic reinvention from the former joke act America’s Got Talent winner, an unvarnished journal of identity,
Grace VanderWaal steps into emotional truth in “Proud”
In her new single “Proud,” Grace VanderWaal swapped glitter for grit, entering the raw, feel-everything landscape that forms the heart of her sophomore album, “CHILDSTAR.” The track, with co-writing credits that include Brittany Campbell, Eren Cannata, Niko Mansikka-aho, and VanderWaal herself, and production by Eren Cannata and DTK, feels less