It started in her bedroom with just a guitar, but Paris Jackson has turned coping with the heartache after a recent breakup into her debut solo album.<\/p>\n
Jackson, 22, has been a devoted music fan all her life and dabbled in making her own, but has been hesitant to call herself a singer-songwriter until now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s one of the greatest feelings I\u2019ve ever experienced,\u201d Jackson told the Associated Press in an exclusive interview this week.<\/p>\n
She describes her ethereal acoustic sound as alternative folk \u2014 a far cry from the genre of her father, Michael Jackson. Being the daughter of the King of Pop adds an extra layer of scrutiny to the vulnerability required to put personal songs out into the world.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited, I\u2019m nervous, but I feel confident that the people that are supposed to hear this record are going to hear it. It\u2019s going to reach them. And with regards to critics and stuff, I don\u2019t really think they\u2019re going to know how to critique it,\u201d Jackson says.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Jackson was one half of acoustic duo \u201cThe Soundflowers\u201d with boyfriend Gabriel Glenn, until the two split. She describes nursing a broken heart as a literal \u201caching in your chest,\u201d but Jackson turned her pain into art. \u201cYou were my all\/And now I fall to the ground,\u201d she sings on her new single \u201cLet Down,\u201d which drops Friday.<\/p>\n\n