American pop singer and actress Laura Marano found international fame portraying Ally on the Disney Channel sitcom Austin & Ally in the 2010s. Pivoting to music, she released her first single, "Boombox," on Big Machine Records in 2015 and issued her debut EP, ME, independently in 2019. Her sophomore EP YOU (the second installment of a trilogy) appeared in 2020, with the concluding chapter Us arriving in 2022. Her official full-length debut, I May Be An Actress, but I Can't Fake How I Feel, landed in 2023.