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Grace VanderWaal Grows Up: With New Music and ‘Megalopolis’ Role, the ‘America’s Got Talent’ Winner Is Coming Into Her Own — Even if It Makes ‘People Really Uncomfortable’
Grace VanderWaal, who won 'America's Got Talent' at 12 years old, talks growing up in the spotlight, starring in 'Megalopolis' and her new album.
“I had the weirdest experience recently,” VanderWaal, now 20, tells Variety over Zoom from L.A., the blunt bangs of her tween years replaced by a sleek platinum bob. Lately, VanderWaal has been running into that kind of reaction — fans who can’t stop seeing her as a symbol of the purity and innocence of youth — a lot, even though she’s long since shed the ukulele and her pixie-girl image. For the first single, VanderWaal chose a track that would make for “a nice, gentle reintroduction.” “Call It What You Want” — a grunge-tinged guitar-pop number that debuted Aug. 16 — is a little tamer than the rest of the record.
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