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" We totally fell in love with Rachel Crow when she was on The X Factor. This summer, she&amp;#039;s back and better than ever with her debut album \u2014 and performing on tour with Big Time Rush! We got to know the little girl with the BIG voice! Teen Mag: What inspired your new album, Rachel Crow? Rachel Crow: I really wanted this EP to be about me and who I am. The first song is &amp;quot;Mean Girls,&amp;quot; and I wanted to get across the message to bullies to stop what they&amp;#039;re doing. Stand up for who you are, just be yourself, and I promise everyone will love you. TM: It&amp;#039;s so true. So what else are you loving about this album? RC: There&amp;#039;s this song called &amp;quot;Rock With U,&amp;quot; that&amp;#039;s upbeat and makes you want to dance! It&amp;#039;s got this sick guitar in it, which I love. The final song on the album, &amp;quot;What A Song Can Do,&amp;quot; is one of my favorites. It means a lot to me because it says how I feel about music\u2014about picking your head up and not letting anything get you down, and about being happy with who you are. TM: So what was the most memorable part of making this album? RC: I think just the amazing people I got to work on it. I wrote &amp;quot;Mean Girls&amp;quot; with Toby Gad\u2014the man who wrote, &amp;quot;If I Were a Boy&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Big Girls Don&amp;#039;t Cry.&amp;quot; Those are amazing songs and I got the honor to write with him! I&amp;#039;ll never forget all the experiences I shared with these people. TM: That sounds amazing! What are you up to this summer? RC: I&amp;#039;m going on tour! It&amp;#039;s going to be exciting. I&amp;#039;m looking forward to the tour bus and getting to perform again. I think it&amp;#039;s going to be cool going from city to city. TM: What are you going to do in each of the cities? RC: I&amp;#039;m thinking about buying t-shirts in each place. I want to take pictures of me in each t-shirt in every city for my Twitter followers! TM: That would be really cool! Let&amp;#039;s talk about fashion: What trends are you loving? RC: I. Love. Shoes! I have shoes in my room and in my closet\u2014baskets everywhere! I have these heels that look like Converse in white, pink, and green. They&amp;#039;re so cool! And then there are some Steve Madden shoes that I have just fallen in love with. TM: Can you perform in those heels? RC: I probably will. I&amp;#039;m sure! TM: We&amp;#039;ll stay tuned. Any style advice for girls? RC: My style is kind of funky. I think girls should always try and be unique in their style. I wear pink pants with a bright green shirt\u2014I don&amp;#039;t care! TM: So you&amp;#039;re loving the neon trend for summer? RC: I do. I&amp;#039;m trying to be bright and cheery! I&amp;#039;ll wear black lace over my bright colors to change it up. TM: Tell us about your beauty loves? RC: Makeup is my favorite thing ever! When I was on The X Factor, they taught me tricks for my hair and makeup, so I&amp;#039;ve actually become good at it myself! TM: Any tricks you can share? RC: Well, I don&amp;#039;t have long eyelashes, but I learned if you wear eyeliner on just the rim of your eyes, it makes them look longer! TM: Very cool. Is there one thing you can&amp;#039;t live without? RC: Lip gloss\u2014honestly, it&amp;#039;s on right now. I love Beauty Mint. It&amp;#039;s super shiny and smells really good! Check out Rachel&amp;#039;s self-titled EP on Columbia Records/Syco available June 26th!  Are you going to see Big Time Rush and Rachel Crow on tour this summer? Let us know in the comments section! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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