Jake Miller Talks Fans, Fame & Freaking Out

Young rapper Jake Miller started as an internet sensation before launching into a surprising career. With his massive (mostly teenage and female) fanbase, he knows that with power comes responsibility. 

"I've always thought it is very important to put out music with a message, something positive, so I always try to put into my music what I know and what I experience," the heartthrob told Fuse. "If other people can relate to it, then that's just a bonus. I make the music that I like and that I want to hear and if other people love it and they can relate it, that's the perfect combination."

It must be going over well because Miller's popularity continues to explode. "My new EP Lionheart, it just came out, it went straight to the top of the charts when it came out. My fans are amazing. It was No. 2 with Taylor Swift! It's just something that I'm very proud of and something that I've been waiting for the world to hear for a very long time. A few years ago that was just me in my hotel room just talking into a computer and I was on live chat. This would be like a no-pants party with everybody and everyone's invited!" he continued. 

"I have a song called 'Dazed and Confused' on the EP featuring Travie McCoy, and it's something very different from anything that I've ever put out which was a little hard for me," he revealed. "It's out of my comfort zone but the fans love it and everyone at the label and my friends and family, they all love it. I kind of just had to trust them and do something new....It's featuring Travie McCoy and it's fun to perform. I rap on it, I sing on it. Travie raps on it and it's just a really fun song. It makes me want to dance."