Get to Know Grammys Best New Artist Samara Joy

Joy also has roots in musical theater, growing up performing in school musicals. Her first role was playing Erzulie, the goddess of love, in her sixth-grade production of "Once on This Island."

"I was scared about the acting part, because I was very shy — I still get that way sometimes," she told the New York Times. "But I wanted to sing, so I was like, 'We're going to learn these lines and try as best we can to get inside this character.'"