Chrissy Metz: I "Want to Share My Heart and Soul" in My Music Career

The singer and actress discusses the finale of This Is Us, the beginning of her City Winery

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concert tour, and the value of being your most genuine self in every endeavour you do.

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Chrissy Metz, an Emmy and two-time Golden Globe nominee, is showcasing her abilities on stage.

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The actress and country singer has recently started her City Winery Tour

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during which she will play original songs as she travels the East Coast.

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Fans of Metz may be shocked to learn that although the tour has just recently started

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she has been working toward a career in music for quite some time.

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Since the second season of This Is Us, "some people don't realise that I've been travelling back

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forth to Nashville for, oh, five years now," Metz, 41, tells PEOPLE.

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