Storm Reid longs for her latest musical work to reveal the real person behind the public persona to her audience.
The 22-year-old performer, widely recognized for her parts in Euphoria and A Wrinkle in Time, stepped into the music scene this month with her first single, Clean Sweep.
Before unveiling a formal music career, the Emmy-winning actress spent years creating music with friends just for the joy of it.
In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, Reid expressed that she hopes listeners will discover the person beneath the on-screen roles she has inhabited.
“It’s been a really fun journey trying to figure out how I want to present myself, and how I want the world to see me,” she shared. “(People) don’t really know me, especially if they don’t follow me on social media. (The music)’s really an opportunity to get to know me a little better.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Storm, who played Gia Bennett in the first two seasons of HBO’s Euphoria, reflected on the influence the hit HBO drama has had on her professional path.
“I love Euphoria,” she insisted. “I will be forever indebted to Gia and what Euphoria has done for my career.”
The Last of Us star also lauded Zendaya, who portrayed her on-screen sister Rue Bennett.
“I love Zendaya. I love Rue, and I had no idea that that was going to be her fate,” she admitted, referring to the series finale, in which Rue died of a fentanyl overdose after taking a laced pill.
She also revealed that she regrets a social media post she shared during the show’s final season after learning how Rue’s story would end.
“I probably wouldn’t have posted the TikTok or made that my caption if I knew, but it is what it is,” she acknowledged. “At the end of the day, as much as we love it, it’s a show, so we can be attached and we can love it for what it is and it could be forever held in our hearts, but it’s also not real.”
The star was referring to a video she posted with the caption, “Sorry, Rue. I’m busy in the stu (studio).”
