it’s the final episode of season one (!!) and we’re ending it with some of your biggest, most vulnerable questions — from how to walk away from friendships that don’t feel right anymore to how to stay confident when you feel behind.

we talk comparison, self-worth, jealousy, and that not-good-enough feeling that creeps in way too often.

i don’t have it all figured out, but i’m sharing what’s helped me (and what i’m still learning the hard way).

plus, i’m spilling the release date for season 2 (!!) and giving a little sneak peek of what’s coming next 💌

eli patterson’s new song “spin the bottle” blew up on social media last week — millions of views, love from artists like julia michaels and david kushner, and comments pouring in from people saying “this is exactly how i feel.”

in this episode, we talk about the power of vulnerability, the pressure to be confident when you don’t always feel it, and how scary it is to share your insecurities with the world.

we also open up about comparison, learning to embrace the parts of yourself you’ve spent years hiding, and what it looks like to separate your self-worth from social media.

this one’s honest, emotional, and proof that even when you feel invisible, your story might just be the one that helps someone else feel seen.

in this solo episode, we're diving into something so many of us—especially girls—struggle with: people pleasing. i talk about why it’s so hard to stop trying to make everyone happy (even when it’s killing you in the process), and how sometimes putting yourself first can feel selfish—even when it’s the healthiest thing you can do. i share what’s been helping me recently, from talking to fellow people pleasers (shoutout mom 😁) to getting perspective from friends who aren’t people pleasers, and why learning to honor your own needs is just as important as caring about everyone else’s. spoiler alert: i definitely don’t have it all figured out, so this episode isn’t a how-to guide, it’s a “let’s-get-through-this-together” chat. 💛

back by popular demand (and because we missed each other), lily grace is on the pod for round two—and we’re talking about everything. from cancun tan fails and crashing an office party where a married guy hit on us 😬 to the not-so-glamorous parts of chasing your dreams 24/7.

we get real about what it’s like putting your career first when your friends are doing the whole college thing, how dating guys your own age is weird when you’ve basically been working with adults since you were 15, and why it’s still easier for us to write emails to music execs than text a guy back.

we also talk about having no backup plan and how scary, motivating, and meaningful that can be—especially when you’re doing it for something bigger than yourself.

if you’ve ever felt like your life doesn’t look like everyone else’s… same. and this episode is for you 💌

in this solo episode, i’m sharing the story behind new friends—a song i wrote when i was 16 and going through one of the most painful friendship shifts of my life. it was about feeling someone pull away and wishing things could just go back to the way they were.

but what came out of that heartbreak changed everything.

i talk about how writing new friends helped me process something really hard—and how the song that started from hurt ended up bringing me more connection than i ever imagined. it’s now my most-streamed song, with over 100 million views, and it’s introduced me to so many amazing people who found me because of it.

this is a reminder that sometimes the hardest moments lead to the most beautiful outcomes.

Skylar Lee and I go way back—we first met at a songwriters round a few years ago and reconnected recently after I hit her up for a Raya referral lol. In this episode, we talk about being artists from PA (home to legends like Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter), what we’ve learned from taking different paths after high school, and why chasing your dreams takes more than talent—it takes patience, grit, and speaking them out loud. We also dive into academic validation, social media pressure, and how to keep showing up, even when it feels like your progress is sometimes hard to measure. Whether you’re figuring out school, your career, or just trying to stay motivated toward the life you want—this one’s for you.

Lately I’ve been feeling this pressure to hurry up—to be further ahead in life, in my career, in everything. And honestly? I think a lot of us feel that way, even if we don’t say it out loud. In this first solo episode of New Friends, I’m opening up about how that pressure has shown up in my own life, how comparison has shaped the way I view success, and why I’ve had to remind myself that my younger self would be proud of me—even if things are taking longer than I thought they would.

This episode is short and honest—the kind of episode I want these solo ones to be: just me, sitting down and talking through what’s been on my heart lately. If there’s something you’ve been thinking about or want me to talk through in a future episode, I’d love for you to drop your questions in the comments. 💛

In this episode of New Friends, I’m joined by my friend and fellow artist Ava Liv Mabry, and we dove into all the little things that make friendships last—especially the ones where you go months without talking and somehow pick up like nothing changed. We talked about meeting when we were 14 (filming a cover that we’re both very thankful never saw the light of day 😂), how we reconnected recently, and the ways we stay close to friends in other states—like voice notes, vlogs, and those random “thinking of you” texts that mean more than you realize.

Before we hit record, we were talking about still living at home and growing up a little slower than we thought we would—and while that part didn’t make it into the mics, the heart of it definitely did. We got into big family moments, how much the people around us shape who we are, and how lucky we feel to have parents who show up in small, thoughtful ways. This episode is a reminder that home isn’t always a place—it’s who you’re doing life with.

This week I’m joined by my friend Juliana Talbert, and we’re talking all things college, friendship, and dating—aka the full Belmont experience. We get into how we met at Berklee’s 5-week summer program, staying close with hometown friends while making new ones, and what it’s like joining a sorority. Juliana also breaks down the 5 G’s that every Belmont guy seems to fall under, we share our dating red flags and icks, and she opens up about shifting from artist/writer to working in music publishing.

This week I’m joined by my friend and songwriting collaborator Lydia Sutherland—who you might know as the co-writer of Miles Don’t Matter on my new EP. We open up about today’s pressure to always look “camera-ready,” struggling with disordered eating, and the many influences that shape how we see our bodies. We also talk about how social media affects self-worth, and what it’s like when your image starts to feel like your identity and your appearance seems just as important as your talent or hard work. Even with all of that, there’s light too—Lydia shares how a close friendship unexpectedly turned into the relationship she never saw coming (and how dating someone in music can actually work).