The most obvious thing to start with is your name, which is your real name, and you are named after the character in the Lord of the Rings. Are you a fan of the Lord of the Rings?
My dad was a huge fan of the books even before the movies, and he had all the calendars, and he just loved the fact that [Eowyn] was the king's daughter, and Jesus is the King, so there's a whole lot of spiritual meanings for him, but definitely, [he's] a big fan. I've personally watched all the movies and stuff - I kind of have to.
The LOTR books and movies have a lot of artistic element to them, as does your artistry and music. Can you tell us a little bit about why you incorporate the type of presentation that you do?
The theatrical element - I tend to like it, in that it captures people's attention. Especially to use it to right out the gate and grab their attention - I think musically and performance wise it kind of does that.
So mostly just for that sake, to get people's attention?
Well, I've kind of morphed over the years; I started out as a typical kind of CHR artist, which isn't bad, but I didn't move around a lot on stage - I was just behind a mic, never even took it out of the stand. And then over the years, I really started really finding myself and my individuality. And especially, even with this album being called Identity, I really felt that when I get on stage, God wants me to be up there, and [the live show] has been a really awesome testimony to Him.
And also it does, [the theatrics] grab people's attention. It might scare some people, just in general if you move at all on stage; I know Christian rock bands can scare some people. But I think especially for the youth, a strong stage performance really does it - it gets their attention and it's definitely a ministry opportunity.
You said that you started off as a typical CHR artist. Has your music morphed along with your stage act?
