Rosie Hughes has been in the spotlight since she was 7, starting as a child actress. Now, at 19, she has become one of Hollywood's most familiar faces while at the same time being one of its biggest triple threats out there: an actress, a dancer, an...
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As I pressed play on the remote, the music started to blare from the speakers filling the studio and clouding my mind, letting all the outside stress and responsibilities leave my body. One of my favorite freestyle songs was playing, "Trini Dem Girls" by Nicki Minaj ft. Lunchmoney Lewis, and I was a completely different person, confident and weightless. I had been dancing for as long as I could remember, before I even landed my first gig, so it always came naturally to me, every song speaking differently to my soul.
I was teaching a master dance class today at the studio that I basically grew up in, always trying to give back when I'm free in between promos, interviews, recording sessions, and shooting. I decided that I'd teach the class my dance to this song because I hadn't had time to make anything new for the class, it was also one of my famous choreographies that I've put up on my youtube channel. I could feel all the students eyes on me which brought a little pressure, but nothing I haven't handled before. Once the song finished and I ended in my final pose, the room bursted into applause and hollers, bringing the smile that never fails to come to my face when i get praise for my hard work.
"So whose ready to learn the dance?!" I yelled over their screams to hopefully get everyone's attention, which succeeded. After about 45 minutes of me teaching the number, I sat up against the mirror wall, ready to see the final product and see if they could get it right all together. As I started the song for about the 20th time this session, I looked around at all the dancers, trying to figure out who was here to just dance, who was here for me, and who was here to be able to dance with me. After eleven years of this industry, it almost like I have a fan radar in my head telling me who has no idea who I am and who I should take a step back from before they grab a piece of my hair to clone me.
When I was seven, I got my first big acting role in the remake of The Parent Trap, playing both parts of Annie and Hallie, the twins who were able to launch me to stardom. After that, I continued acting, landing my own show on Disney channel which ran for a few seasons. During my time at Disney, I met people I'm still great friends with and had experiences (good and bad) that still influence the decisions I make in my career. However as much fun Disney was, it wasn't long before I started to want something more than just acting. At 14 I started my own youtube channel, where I posted videos of a ~mystery girl~ (lol me) dancing. It was almost like a clean slate. About a year later, I had been getting contacted by different management teams looking for this mystery girl to dance for some of their biggest clients. I kept declining until one day I got an offer I couldn't pass up, Jason Derulo wanted me as one of his background dancers on his world tour. Man, was him and his team surprised when I walked through that door.
I danced for Jason on his U.S. leg of the tour and thoroughly enjoyed every second of it, and became super close with him. He was like the older brother I never had, always looking out for me but still goofing off. He had even brought me out on stage a couple times to sing with him, which caused me to leave the rest of the tour. Not because I was mad he did that, but instead because my management realized that I was a triple threat that could slingshot me to complete fame. I started recording an E.P. and when my first single dropped, all my fans went CRAZY. I continued recording music, producing and released two albums, all of them selling, except my music only really blew up a couple months ago when I dropped my latest release. It was my first album in two years because I had gone through a lot of personal family stuff where I kinda left Hollywood for the two years (oops!). My music drastically changed from the cute Disney sound to a more pop/R&B/electronic sound. I heard more of my songs on the radio and gained more recognition from huge artists such as Logic, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, and so many more.
