The 18-year-old — who’s greatest identified for enjoying Lily Tucker-Pritchett all 11 seasons of ‘Trendy Household’ — additionally explains why she selected to launch music below the identify Frances Anderson, and divulges the that means behind the stage identify.
Allow us to formally introduce Frances Anderson — though you doubtless already know her!
Aubrey Anderson-Emmons –– who’s greatest identified for enjoying Lily Tucker-Pritchett all 11 seasons of Trendy Household — is entering into the world of music for the primary time, releasing music below the identify Frances Anderson.
In an interview with TooFab, the 18-year-old opened up about transitioning into music following her a few years appearing on display, and broke down writing and recording her debut EP, Drown, which drops this Friday.

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“I’ve grown up in a family the place I’ve listened to a lot music. I took piano classes rising up. I took vocal classes from the age of 5,” Anderson-Emmons shared. “I imply, I took a break in center faculty, however my purpose for after I was youthful, really, I actually needed to be on Broadway. Clearly, I did not have time for that as a result of I used to be on a TV present, however I actually needed to do this. And I used to be actually into Annie and Matilda, so I actually needed to sing and carry out dwell rising up; not essentially writing my very own music.”
“After which previously few years, whereas I have been in highschool, I joined the music program, and I simply figured that I like writing a lot, and I preserve a journal with me normally always,” she added. “I am actually huge on studying, too. I really feel like I pull a whole lot of inspiration from studying and little quotes that I learn. I am all the time up in my Notes app writing issues.”
“So I really feel prefer it’s extra of a brand new discovery, writing music. … I have been recording music for lower than a 12 months. It has been a journey, recording versus writing — the method is absolutely, actually completely different,” Anderson-Emmons defined. “And I imply, I do know some individuals will report and write on the similar time, however I am going to go into the studio having mainly the entire music form of deliberate out after which including devices and layers and issues like that. So it has been a brand new and attention-grabbing course of for me.”
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The aspiring singer went on to elucidate why she determined to launch music below a stage identify, sharing how she selected Frances Anderson.
“Frances is my center identify, and it was named after a household buddy. I really feel like my music offers off nostalgic vibes or I am a really nostalgic particular person general, so having a reputation after an outdated household buddy of my mother and father, I actually preferred that,” she mentioned, earlier than including with amusing. “It is also a bit of bit shorter than Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, so there’s that one, too.”
“I would not say that Francis Anderson is sort of a actually an alter ego. I imply, she feels a bit of bit completely different,” Anderson-Emmons defined. “She feels a bit of bit youthful than me, contemplating all this music that I’ve written about was stuff from my childhood, issues from highschool. And I graduated highschool early this 12 months, so it appears like she’s a bit of bit youthful than me. She’ll develop beside me.”
The actress launched her first single, “Telephones & Visitors,” in Could, and dropped her second music, “Do not Neglect Me,” the next month. In Frances Anderson’s artist description on Spotify, Anderson-Emmons wrote partly, “With my first single in addition to my EP, I deal with giving off a childlike nostalgic really feel that’s true to how and who I grew up with. My face is understood to many but I’m not identified in any respect.”
When requested what she desires individuals to find out about her, Anderson-Emmons mentioned, “I feel I simply need individuals to take pleasure in my presence and luxuriate in my music. I imply, if they do not, nice, too, and so they can unfollow me. I simply hope that I give … I attempt to be as genuine as I can on social media.”
“I like posting little picture dumps or doing little get-ready-with-mes and speaking to cameras, and simply posting songs that I wish to be taught and issues like that,” she continued. “I hope I simply give individuals little pockets of pleasure, you realize what I imply? And all through their day. And likewise that they’ll benefit from the music in the event that they like the kind of issues that I make. That is all I can hope for.”
Whereas she attracts on experiences from her childhood for her music, and nearly offers followers a behind-the-scenes peek at what was occurring in her life as they watched her develop up on-screen on Trendy Household, Anderson-Emmons mentioned she’s but to mirror on her time within the limelight by way of her music — not less than not but.
“I used to be in a gathering with a report label the opposite day, and so they requested me, ‘Have you ever written about your expertise of Trendy Family or written a music about it or something in any respect about being in present enterprise?’ And I used to be like, ‘No, I have not,'” she recalled. “I would. It’d occur in the future, and I really feel like that might in all probability form of blow up a bit of bit if I did. However yeah, [my music] is certainly what occurred behind the scenes, actually specializing in childhood and actually away from the LA/Hollywood facet of issues. I positively go there with my music.”
In the meantime, Anderson-Emmons additionally opened as much as TooFab about her indie-folk sound, whereas additionally naming some artists who encourage her.
“I really feel like I grew up listening — or all through highschool and center faculty — I grew up listening to a whole lot of indie music, like Claro or The Neighborhood or issues like that,” she shared. “However relating to the folky facet, one in all my greatest pals in highschool, really. I noticed her final weekend, and all of us went to a present collectively. She’s a mandolinist — folks artist by way of and thru. That positively affected my enjoying. And in highschool I performed in my music band. I performed in my music class, and it’s totally modern, and we’re allowed to play no matter we would like, however we do get assigned to bands, and she or he was part of my band. So I feel that positively affected that for certain.”
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“I like Sierra Ferrell. She’s nice. I am making an attempt to think about folks artists,” she added. “Oh my God, I listened to a lot Hozier rising up, too, that almost all positively. I really feel just like the little little bit of folkiness that I’ve, per se, should you may say folks in any respect, it might come from that form of stuff.”
She shared that she’s extra impressed by people who find themselves in her “day-to-day life” somewhat than individuals “you see in your display,” similar to her personal mom, who can be a musician. Nevertheless, Anderson-Emmons does nonetheless have a number of dream collabs in thoughts, together with Audrey Hobert and Laufey.
Try the complete interview on the high of this put up to see extra from Anderson-Emmons, together with the method behind recording her first two singles!
Anderson-Emmons’ EP Drown can be launched on August 8 on all platforms.
