Mandy Moore has an album, Wild Hope, coming out on June 19th. Moore gave an interview to LiveDaily and spoke about her musical tastes and how she balances two careers.

 

Here are the highlights:

 

LiveDaily: Why did you decide to name the album Wild Hope?

 


Mandy Moore: Well, we had a dartboard ... no. To be honest, we had a dry erase board with a bunch of different potential album titles. It was the first one on the list. It was a song title on the album. I thought it was quite fitting and I really liked it.


Why do you feel it's fitting?


I think, with the album, there's a bit of sadness, but, overall there's a general idea of hope on it. I think it's quite fitting.


I read the much-publicized story of your depression. I thought that was very brave of you to come out and talk about it.


Oh, thanks. I've never been officially diagnosed. But I definitely am a fairly happy, glass-half-full kind of person. The last year and a half, right around the time when I was in thick of writing this record, I was having a very, very low period and it as quite confusing for me. I don't know if I could officially call it depression, but I was definitely not myself and very out of sorts. I still have my daily bouts with it and struggle with it, but I think it's important to be honest.


That must have made working on the album tough, if you're really not yourself and you want to make a totally different record.


Yeah, it definitely has to factor in at some point.


How did you chose who you wanted to work with?


I think it was just people I was a huge fan of. Really, that's it. I found their music either online or through friends or people I wanted to meet and work with.


They were a bit of unconventional choices too. I wanted to work with people who hadn't necessarily worked with everybody.


Like Rachael Yamagata and Lori McKenna. Those aren't the typical choices.


They're not necessarily mainstream, but they have fantastic music that people should be aware of.


Who are you listening to on your iPod?


Beside the people I worked with, Patti Griffith, Wilco, lots of different singer/songwriter stuff.


How do you balance your film and music career?


I'm not quite sure. I think it's just about prioritizing. I enjoy having a full plate, so it doesn't feel like too much work.


Are you going to tour in support of Wild Hope?


I hope so. That's the ultimate goal--end of summer, beginning of fall.

 

 

You can read the entire interview here.