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How Zoe Wees Managed To Write “Control” In Her 1st Ever Songwriting Session · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest. Eighteen year old Zoe
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Speaker 1: Weeves made a big splash last year with her powerful
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Speaker 1: valid Control, which showcases an incredibly powerful voice and songwriting
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Speaker 1: knack for somebody so young. But what's even more remarkable
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Speaker 1: was that Zoe was actually only fifteen when she made it,
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Speaker 1: and it was born out of her first ever professional
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Speaker 1: writing and recording session. One reason she was able to
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Speaker 1: channel such potent emotions was the song was inspired by
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Speaker 1: a major challenge she faced growing up and dedicated to
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Speaker 1: the person who helped her get through it. She tells
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Speaker 1: songwriter Universe. I had a form of child epilepsy when
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Speaker 1: I was younger, and I had a teacher who helped
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Speaker 1: meet with my anxieties and my epilepsy. I wanted to
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Speaker 1: say thank you to her with the song because I
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Speaker 1: really appreciate her, and I think we should all appreciate
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Speaker 1: our teachers a little bit more. We were in the studio,
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Speaker 1: I was so nervous, but I wanted to write about
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Speaker 1: something really deep. We discussed epilepsy, anxiety, and depression, and
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Speaker 1: Control just came out. Zoe's latest track, Girls Like Us,
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Speaker 1: is out now. That's Direct from Hollywood