Alessia Cara

The single came out at the time she was 19 years old. It was a huge hit and received praise from both listeners and critics alike. It reached number 19 on the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Hot 100. Even Rolling Stone called the track one of the Top Songs in 2015. The same year, she released Know It All. Scars to Your Beautiful is one of five songs she wrote that made it to the Billboard charts. In an interview that Cara gave in conjunction with Rap Up, this song had a lot of meaning for many of the listeners who related to her story about learning to accept and love your self. Cara's tracks often contain positive thoughts about mental health, and how important it is to love yourself. The inspiration for her music stems from her personal struggles in overcoming mental health issues as well as insomnia. According to a Reuters interview, she describes her album as half-tumultuous and half perfected. She describes her growth by therapy and is adamant about encouraging others to seek help when necessary. Alessia Cara has been a Canadian artist since the year 1996. Her parents come from Italian descent. Her parents bought her a new guitar that she was able to use to develop her passion for the music. In 2013, she performed the songs she loved for YouTube the most popular media platform. This was to demonstrate that she had both the ability and the confidence to become an artist. Sweater Weather is one of the covers that resulted in her being discovered to be signed by EP Entertainment. This record label gave her the opportunity to create new songs of her own.