conditions that you grew up in and the words that were spoken to you or over you. I’ ve dug a little bit into your past. Spoken words are so important to us. I know in my own life, words of affirmation have been spoken to me by notable people in the music industry, and I still carry those words. Today it seems you’ ve had good words and bad words spoken over you, and now you have good words being spoken. How does that feel?
[ Jamie ] Well, it’ s been really, really, really, beautiful. It’ s taken a while, not even a while because everything’ s happening so fast, but a time of adjusting. I think I was so used to failing and so used to being in trouble and not doing things right for most of my life. And so, for people to say, you’ re doing it right this time is really overwhelming. And I’ m excited to see five years from now when it helps me see myself the way God sees me even more as I go from my peers and just believing the truth versus the lie. And it doesn’ t happen overnight. Right now, I’ m asking the Lord to let these things land. Let the truth land on my heart because sometimes I don’ t even believe some of the nice things people have said, or I’ m always, even the record people are saying,“ I love the record,” and inside there’ s a lie. Do they really love the record or are they just saying that? So, it’ s hard to let that stuff land out of nowhere, and it’ s really been overwhelming and emotional for me in a good way.
[ WM ] I get that. When you’ re sort of beat up, you don’ t expect those things. And so, when they are said to you, it is hard to believe them or accept them, but it’ s true. And you just got to let that negative part go that was spoken over to you. So, I wanted to ask you, your background has also allowed you to learn and grow in empathy, and that gift of empathy brings power to songwriting and performance. I can hear it in your singing. There’ s believability in your voice. As a little girl and being told not to sing, what songs were you singing?
[ Jamie ] Well, I was really into Mariah Carey when I was young and so trying to sing along
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