#BBMAS [1]: @ImJMichaels [2] takes the stage to perform "Issues" pic.twitter.com/2WNI1RxseS [3]

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 22, 2017 [4]

Julia Michaels has written songs for the likes of Justin Bieber and Britney Spears, but it's her own debut solo single, "Issues," that's climbing up the pop charts [5]. The 23-year-old performed the song for the very first time during the Billboard Music Awards [6] in Las Vegas on Sunday and seemed to get choked up with emotion while singing; with soul-baring lyrics like "When I'm down, I get real down / When I'm high, I don't come down" and "I get angry, baby, believe me / I could love you just like that / And I could leave you just as fast," it's not hard to see why. Enjoy her debut performance above now.