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Rooted in her dreaded trek to the beloved studio, the Mexico City-born musician learned to embrace duality and overcome self-judgment through the making of her most recent EP “Blush.”

After the 2022 release of “El Sur” — the project she describes as “Blush’s” more-restrained older sister — she hit a low point in the cycle where everything she made faced harsh self-judgment.

Yes, the Simmons oeuvre prizes weight loss but not at the cost of self-judgment.

So L.A. has freed me of a certain amount of self-judgment.

So the self-judgment piece is really key.