Get to Know 'It's Not U It's Me' Singer Bea Miller

"Her name was Charlotte. I named her, I was very excited."

Miller, who was born in Manhattan and grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, tells Billboard that she got her first guitar when she was 12 years old. “Her name was Charlotte. I named her, I was very excited,” she admits. “That was kind of what started my writing career.” Miller is no stranger to songwriting herself, having written nearly every song for her2018 album, Aurora. That experience, her first major project as a writer, greatly impacted her process in creating tracks for the new record. "[Aurora] was when I finally had freedom to discover who I was as a songwriter and the things that I wanted to say," says Miller. "That was really a huge step towards the music I'm making now." The singer's first headlining tour, the Nice To Meet U tour, kicks off later this April, and Miller says she's been waiting to do this since she started making music years ago. "I'm excited to make the stage and the show just look and feel the way that I've always wanted it to, the way I always knew it could," she says. The idea of being the tour's main act, rather than an opener, is also thrilling. "It's one thing to know your fans are out there listening to your music. But it's a completely other thing to walk out onto stage and see them screaming words that you wrote that came from you that really represent a part of who you are," Miller says. "It's really a beautiful thing to be reminded that something that you did in a little studio... ended up connecting to so many people and being meaningful to people beyond just yourself." “I thought it was time that I wrote a song about people not being right for you, but that being okay,” she explains. “Nobody needs to be upset about it, nobody needs to shed any tears. It's just, you can part ways and have it be cordial and just try to move on and live a happier life.” Miller may just be hitting her momentum in the music game, but she has a clear vision for who she wants around her, what she wants to sing, and how she wants to present herself on tour — self-care goals, for sure.