Her song “Capital Letters” was featured on the Fifty Shades Freed Soundtrack. Her current single “Let Me Go” features Florida Georgia Line, Alesso, and watt. “My mom is probably the best advice-giver.” “I started my career with some of the most incredible people and I’ve had my parents to guide me the whole way,” she explains. She attributes her success to having fierce mentors. The crazy ride continues as Steinfeld’s proverbial candle is burning from every possible end. The music journey has been a whole crazy ride.” “I’m so glad that it came when it did because I couldn’t have been more ready. It all ended up coming together,” says Steinfeld who starred in Pitch Perfect II and then released a cover version of the song Flashlight that she sang in the film.
I didn't want it to be, here I am, a movie came out last week and now I’m dropping an album. I thought, I would really love for it to happen through a film. “I realized, I really wanted to get into music,” she says.Īs much as she wanted share her musical voice with the world, she was also mindful of the timing. “Acting became my full-time focus for a couple of years,” she explains. The role was a total breakthrough and Steinfeld was nominated for an Academy Award. She starred opposite Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Barry Pepper. By the time she was 13, Steinfeld was cast as Mattie Ross in the Coen brothers western True Grit. Since she was eight she worked in commercials and on television. At same time, she was auditioning every day for acting gigs.
While Steinfeld was singing and recording cover songs, she had a parallel career.