click to enlarge ALL GROWN UP: Mandy Moore shows a mature side on new album. When people think of Mandy Moore, they usually picture the happy-go-lucky former teen-pop starlet who has found new life with a respectable movie career. With her new release , Moore, now 23, will shift her focus on a new start to her music career.
Everybody has a label placed on them, so I m not too concerned with that, she says by phone from California. There are worse labels to have. I don t know if this is going to necessarily change people s perception of me -- I don t think it s that dramatic of a change from who I ve always been.
What you see is what you get. They may think I m a bit of a goodie-goodie or that I don t have any edge. I ll take boring and lazy over the other end of the extreme.
If you weren t a fan of her early work, which included the hit Candy, you may be happy to learn those days are gone. Moore says she won t be singing the old songs unless they re changed up a bit. I don t know if that s part of my catalog or that fans want to hear it, she says.
Fans may want to hear Candy, but we ll -ify it and make it a little more palatable. Other than that, I don t think there s anything people are dying to hear from me. Her new album hits stores on June 19.
is Moore s first foray into songwriting -- a skill that came surprisingly easy for her and one that allowed her to open up emotionally -- something she wasn t afraid of. I knew that I wanted to be a part of the creative process, she says. I had something to say and I didn t want to be on stage singing somebody else s words anymore.
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