Root Down is a recurring column that explores how artists hometowns influenced their music.
Its kind of in the middle of nowhere, admits the 24-year-old singer.
I think one of the most important things for creativity is boredom, she tells EW.
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And I was definitely bored.
But in the best way.
It forces you to create your own fun.
And for me, that was playing guitar for hours in my room, and learning to write songs.
I cant tell you the last time I went hiking, because Ive been on tour.
So I will happily be Nature Girl, but its certainly more complicated than that.
Rogers would return to her rural hometown after graduating from NYU.
It makes me feel small in a really perfect way.
Its me trying to understand my experience with the world around me, she says.
Obviously, the world has changed for me, but home looks and feels exactly the same.
