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Kat heeft een interview gehad met HungerTV, hiervoor had ze een bijbehorende fotoshoot met Charlie Gates

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At the tender age of 25, Kat Graham has already accomplished more than most could hope of achieving in a lifetime. The actress, singer, dancer, filmmaker and human rights campaigner has starred in the hugely popular teen TV show Vampire Diaries for the past six years and later this year will drop a nineties inspired, power pop album, following the release of her second single tomorrow. In between music and acting, Graham found time to make a three-part film noir series to critical acclaim in February, and is heavily involved in the work of refugee organisations. We caught up with the inspirational star to discuss growing up on screen, being a role model to millions and her new album.

With the imminent release of your new album, how do you juggle your music and acting projects?
Fortunately the role I play on the show doesn’t require me to shoot every day and I’m a workaholic, so on my off days – I’m actually not in about a third of this season – I’m able to shoot my music videos and photoshoots so it’s been actually quite…not easy, because it’s really not easy. You just don’t really stop I think, you have to commit to not stopping.

The vibe for “1991” is a bit TLC, a bit Janet Jackson. Have they been big influences on you musically and visually?
Well I’m obsessed with the nineties. I’m obsessed with Linda Evangelista, and high waisted pants, bustiers, and the whole Madonna/Jean Paul Gaultier style, that’s my natural style, so I wanted to do a song that reflected who I really was inside, and my mentality when it comes to my relationships. I had done a few other songs when I was signed to Interscope, when I was signed to A&M Octone and when I was signed to Warner Brothers, and they’ve been written by other people, and some artists are really good at that, but I’m actually kind of shitty at selling music that I don’t write. TV is a little different, but music I really feel like you have to have a sense of connection to it and for a while I just didn’t.

Does that track reflect the vibe of your upcoming album?
Totally. My second single is with Babyface, which is super huge, and it’s all of this kind of nineties sensibility of bringing a very melodic, strong, sound. Sonically the sound was very similar to what the nineties was, and I’m bringing that back in a modern way, a cool and an unapologetic way. I like Ed Sheeran and I like Jason Derulo but the stuff that I really connect to is from like twenty, thirty years ago.

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