mxmtoon: "I hope [listeners] feel inspired to know growth isn’t linear. I am still very unsure of who I am or who I will become, but the acceptance of that uncertainty is all we can strive for."

mxmtoon: "My goal with my project is to always allow myself the chance to try new things, whether it’s a new genre or something entirely new."

mxmtoon: "I’ve been around for a good while now and the music I’m making and releasing in this chapter feels so much more accurate to my own personal creative desires."

mxmtoon: "I think I’m probably just ridiculously anxious, so it’s harder to look forward to things when I have no idea how they’ll go! I don’t have a balance quite yet, but I’ll get back to you when I do."

mxmtoon: "I have so much love for the girl who made the masquerade, but I am so incredibly proud of the progress I have made as an artist. I want to honor the chapters that have come before rising, but to also let people know I’m ready for something new and fresh."

mxmtoon: "I wrote a lot of the songs on my first record when I was 17 or 18 years old, and while that wasn’t that long ago, I can definitely say I’m a much different person now. I’m a much more confident individual. I want to help other people feel that they’re worthy of celebrating their growth in life, so I felt it best to try and make a record about celebrating my own growth to help inspire others to do the same."

mxmtoon: "I still have days where I wish I could disappear, but I also feel so thankful for the chance to build a community of people and a space online that other can feel accepted and understood."

[On what her album 'Rising' is about]

mxmtoon: "It’s about the uncertainty of growing up, the exhaustion of understanding yourself, but also finding confidence to claim your experience and sense of self even if you don’t have it all figured out."

mxmtoon: "I’ve been penned as the 'relatable teenager making songs in her bedroom,' but I haven’t been that for some time now. I’m turning twenty-two next month. I’m ready for something new."

mxmtoon: "I think I’ve spent a lot of my life minimizing myself, my work, and largely not feeling like I am worthy of putting a spotlight on myself. I literally have a song called “wallflower” on my EP dusk, that is entirely about not wanting to stand out."

mxmtoon: "I have such visceral memories of dancing around in my room at the age of six to 'Mamma Mia' for the first time, and I wanted to try and capture that joy in this project."

[On the meaning behind the name of her record, 'Rising']

mxmtoon: "I wanted the name to be reflective that I’m growing into a different person than the previous version people may know from past music. I am 'rising' into a new chapter, stepping up into something new."

Atwood Magazine: Self-described as a “fun existential crisis,” rising is sweet and stunningly intimate; the artist holds nothing back in capturing the highs and lows of her past few years, taking audiences with her on this invariably personal, yet nevertheless universal journey.