Hey TWIST girls!
Seventeen-year-old aspiring singer/songwriter Carruthers stopped by the TWIST office yesterday and gave us a concert and interview! Mia is one of the stars of MTV's new reality show "Taking The Stage," which follows five students who go to the School for Creative and Performing Arts. Every episode has a performance plus all of the drama of a regular school. Listen to the songs she sang for TWIST and check out the questions she answered for us:
TWIST: How did the opportunity to be on the MTV show "Taking the Stage" come about?
Mia: I think it all started with Nick Lachey. He loves the school and he's an alumni. He pitched it to MTV and MTV liked it. So he came out and wanted to talk to the student body and see who it would want to follow and whose stories they wanted to tell.
T: Can you give us any hints about what is coming up in the next episodes?
M: It's high school. So imagine what it is like in your school and then add "Fame" to it.
T: Why should people watch the show?
M: I think everybody is drawn to art. It's so cool when it's kids doing it. We are professionals but we still have a lot of other stuff to go through too. Like we get our hearts broken, we fight, we love each other. Just everything that everyone is going through, except we express it through our art. It' really cool because it will show kids that instead of talking about it or not talking about it, you can do dance it out or sing it out. It's another outlet.
T: Do you get nervous before you perform?
M: No. I get really anxious because I want to be on stage. I'm just like, "I want to be out there!" That what makes me a little bit uncomfortable, but right when I get on stage, I'm like "Yes!"
T: Do you have any celebrity crushes?
M: John Mayer. Chace Crawford. Daniel Radcliffe. I'm obsessed with Harry Potter.
T: Have you read Twilight?
M: Yes, I'm obsessed with Twilight books as well. I love Edward. I'm Team Edward, all the way.
Watch "Taking The Stage" Thursdays at 10p.m. on MTV.
xo,
Emily
