Everything You Wanted to Know About ‘WYD Now?’ Singer-Songwriter Sadie Jean
Sadie Jean is pretty much the queen of the heartbreak ballad at this point, and her latest single, "Just Because," is further proof.
The rising singer-songwriter first rocketed onto our radars with the viral yearning anthem "WYD Now?" before following it up with "Locksmith," and "Just Because" feels like another essential part of that musical trilogy. This time around, she embraces the pain and realizes she's better off leaving that relationship in the past—a message that plenty of fans (us included) need to hear. We got the chance to discover more about Sadie's inner workings, in her own words, as our latest Woman Crush Wednesday.
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Name: Sadie Jean
Hometown: Santa Ana, California
Birthday: May 15
Fun Facts:
1. If a movie were made about Sadie's life, she'd love for Maude Apatow to play her.
2. She thinks her zodiac sign is pretty accurate.
"I'm a Taurus, so I can be stubborn sometimes, but I'm also very loyal. Although one of my best friends and favorite people in the world's zodiac sign is supposed to be completely incompatible with mine, so I have my doubts!"
-Sadie Jean
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3. Back in the day, she used to run a Dance Moms fan page.
"I was so obsessed with that show during my prime developmental years."
-Sadie Jean
4. She was voted "most enthusiastic" in the seventh-grade superlatives.
5. Since she was born in 2002, if she could go back in time to any decade, she'd love to see the early 2000s to fully grasp what that era was like, outside of how she perceived it as a kid.
6. At the moment, her favorite fashion trend is long, long skirts.
7. If she could live in any fictional world, it'd have to be Pixie Hollow (inhabited by the Never Fairies, including Tinker Bell).
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8. She loved sports growing up.
"My favorite team I was ever on was my AYSO soccer team in first grade. Our team was called the Purple Pandas. It was so much fun, and we lost every single game of the season. Although I do remember I ran into my coach in the grocery store a year later, and it sent me into a downward spiral trying to comprehend how he could exist outside of the soccer field."
-Sadie Jean
9. She's a massive Taylor Swift fan.
"'Teardrops on My Guitar' was the first song to ever make me cry and also the first song I learned on guitar, and I would do anything for her."
-Sadie Jean
10. She lived in Paris for a year.
11. She relates to Rapunzel more than any other Disney princess.
"I spent so much time alone in my room growing up. It was more by choice on my end, and obviously under different circumstances, but I just loved being in my room."
-Sadie Jean
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12. Her pre-show ritual is all about getting pumped up.
"Before I go on stage, I'll YouTube search 'Dua Lipa performance' and just watch whatever comes up first. Even though our shows are very, very different, she really brings out my inner pop star."
-Sadie Jean
13. Sadie actually kept her songwriting a secret from the time she was 8 until she was 17.
"I thought it was so embarrassing, and I was so scared because I never imagined anyone would want to hear what I had to say. It was a hard and very long period of my life, but now that I'm really pursuing it, it feels like I'm able to prove my extremely insecure younger self wrong, and I'm just so grateful to anyone who has listened to my music because you are really out here healing my inner child!"
-Sadie Jean