The singer and actress discusses the finale of This Is Us, the beginning of her City Winery concert tour, and the value of being your most genuine self in every endeavour you do.
Chrissy Metz, an Emmy and two-time Golden Globe nominee, is showcasing her abilities on stage. The actress and country singer has recently started her City Winery Tour, during which she will play original songs as she travels the East Coast.
Fans of Metz may be shocked to learn that although the tour has just recently started, she has been working toward a career in music for quite some time.
Since the second season of This Is Us, “some people don’t realise that I’ve been travelling back and forth to Nashville for, oh, five years now,” Metz, 41, tells PEOPLE.
“When Kelly Clarkson’s musical director Jason Halpert and I first met, he said, “I don’t know how to say this to you but literally a voice is prompting me to question you about music,” he stated. Oh my god, I want to sing country music, I thought. I had the chance to collaborate with some amazing songwriters, and I immediately knew that this is what I wanted to do. In a writers’ room working with individuals I’ve never met before, I’m so delighted to have a song that may radically alter someone’s life four hours later.”
Although Metz’s transition from acting to music is challenging, she claims that they aren’t all that dissimilar. “Music and acting are so similar, but I enjoy acting and telling stories and connecting with the characters and then letting other people connect with them. Acting is basically like a song without any actual instruments. A monologue is merely a tale that we are all telling, like a song.” Metz is most known for playing Kate on the popular NBC series This Is Us, and even though the programme has ended, she is incorporating themes from her character into her songs.
She says that having the opportunity to develop both her confidence and vulnerability via the programme has made her choose to reveal her heart and soul in real life rather than only through a fictional persona. “The lyrics of the song are actually about going through the healing process and coming out the other side. The only way out is through, and on sometimes it entails experiencing a lot of loss, love, and grief. the greater picture of forgiveness and life.”
In everything she does, including acting, singing, and even starting her own wine company, the Joyful Heart Wine Co., the actress and singer strives to be her most genuine self. “In whatever I do in life, I have to put all of my heart into it, be completely committed to it, and act authentically. Actually, it is how we got started.” By offering a share of the proceeds from each bottle sold to World Central Kitchen, she also emphasises the value of giving back. This donation is made “in support of initiatives to feed communities and boost economies in times of crisis and beyond.” Even someone as accomplished and composed as Metz has anxiety when embarking on new endeavours, but she overcomes it. She is reminded not to sing the “Since “everyone who is on their deathbed or who has experienced truly horrible things always says, ‘I wish I would have done more of what made me happy,'” the song shoulda, coulda, woulda was created. Real success is just contentment.”
Metz reminds herself that “we’re here to develop, to evolve, to change, to learn, to teach, and that is something that has nothing at all to do with other people’s judgments” when she feels pressure or concern that others would evaluate her musical career. She constantly reminds herself of this and wants to instil it in others by saying, “Why not?” if it would make you happy. She advises PEOPLE to pay close attention to that quiet, little voice.
