Kim Petras

When I hear heartbreak songs, I always feel like, 'O.K. that's exactly how I feel... I'm not the only person who fell in love like a stupid person.'

To hear my songs at parties is really amazing.

I love horror movie soundtracks like 'It Follows' or 'Halloween.'

I love Halloween, and I love spooky stuff. I love horror movies. I love everything creepy, and I've always kind of wanted to do this, just do really dark pop.

I don't know - a lot of people think it's a really negative thing to do bubble gum pop, but I love it. I, like, want to own it.

There's something about making a song that everybody can sing and remember, and when you listen to it the first time, you already know the words by the second chorus, like you've always known the song. I'm obsessed with that idea.

I think pop music, for me as a kid, I hated school and ran home to watch Britney Spears videos. I just felt like I could forget about the stuff I didn't like about my life and listen to pop music and escape.

I love nostalgic pop music. The '80s especially, to me, is the greatest era of songs. I just love the '80s so much.

I get my inspiration for my songs and the lyrics from experiences in my life, but I'm also very inspired by the Beatles and Cyndi Lauper, as I really like their music.

I really admire Vivienne Westwood because she always done her own thing. She is eccentric but really great at the same time.

I love all music. I'm not specific. I don't just love one genre!

I really feel that my fans have given me a lot of confidence.

People started noticing my singing on YouTube, and then I came to L.A., and I lived on a studio couch. I wrote songs every single day with whoever I could write songs with.

I had this one producer who sent me tracks because he saw my YouTube videos that were popular and got a couple million views.

Growing up, I used to literally run home from school to watch the Dior and Galliano shows online.

Sitting one seat away from Nicki Minaj at Marc Jacobs left me speechless. I couldn't say anything - and that's the first time that's ever happened to me! We locked eyes for a second, but I was too scared to talk to her. She looked incredible, of course.

I write my own lyrics; I can incorporate my own ideas. And yes, apparently, people think it's cool. That's pretty awesome.

I sing pop music that I like and that is completely unapologetic - which is actually the term: it's called 'unapologetic pop.

People started recording my songs. Later, I was offered songwriter contracts. And then, finally, I could take the time to work on my own project. I worked hard for this all by myself.

I feel like I kind of earned my stripes working with The Stereotypes. It was maybe my 6th songwriting session I've ever been to, and they just gave me and a writer I used to write with 3-4 tracks and kinda just let us come up with whatever.

Pop music means everything to me. I've been listening to pop since I was kid, running home from school to watch Britney Spears and Spice Girls and Christina Aguilera music videos, and it felt like it was a world to escape to for me personally.

I love amazing lyrics paired with amazing melodies.

I'm obsessed with music videos, and I just go on marathons of watching a ton of music videos.

I'm always working with other collaborators.

I thought I was just going to be a songwriter for other people! And now I get to put out my own music, which is amazing.