Soon after joining the popular combo, she and another member of the band began seeing each other and moved in together; he taught her Portuguese, the language of his.
She played herself as a backup singer in the 1980s-inspired music video by a fictional teen Canadian pop-star who was inspired by real-life singers like Tiffany making a career out of performing in malls.
At 18, she dyed her red hair black and got a nose piercing.