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This interview is based on the song "Born This Way" (song that is written to criticize bullying" Why did you write this song? I wanted to speak out to bullies who makes people feel like a loser no matter how many people is a fan of you, or how many number one hits you have! Who was your worst bully at school? There were a lot of bullies.yo u have to open the wound and pour salt and arsenic and poison in that wound and you must get out a needle and poke and prod then sew it back up again. And when I’m handed a beat that sounds amazing, that beat is the scissors, and then I cut the wound I’ve just sewn up, and I go back in. I go back in and I ask myself the same questions again and again and again: why am I here? Because I MUST be here. Because I know it is my purpose to be an artis t even thought I might be hurt inside. You can’t look me in the eye and tell me I’m one of them: I know I’m not. And I never will be. What was the purpose of this song?

           When I was 8, I went to United States for the second time. On my first experience, I was terrified at how everyone is speaking in a foreign language. Being terrified at a young age of 3, I had phobia of English itself. Consequently, our family had to move back to Korea in a year because of my extreme aversion of English. Whatsoever, my parents have decided to move back to United States- all because of my dad’s work!            My first expression of my new school was horror. I saw the “not Koreans” walking around (which reminded me of my old experience ) and those tall, scary-looking teachers talking in English. My parents have prepared me with English before coming to United States by making me study with a bunch of private tutors. However, when it comes to reality I could not say a thing when my teacher said, “Hello, my name is Ms. Pierson. What’s your name?” My teacher, Ms. Pierson, probably thought I had some mental problems since I could not understand the most s