Betty Who Knows Exactly 'Who' She Is

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You might not know Betty Who (yet), but surely you recognize her uplifting, romantic song "Somebody Loves You" from a Home Depot marriage proposal video that went viral and was viewed more than 12 million times. And when it comes to the subject of love, especially love of oneself, the rising Australian pop singer has much to say.

"I'm not Britney Spears circa 2001 no part of me wants to take off all my clothes at the VMAs," Betty, whose real name is Jessica Anne Newham, tells Yahoo Music. "I think that makes me kind of a wholesome role model. If I can teach anybody anything, it's that you've got to love yourself before you can love anybody else."

In an era when most female pop stars shake their half-naked booties in order to attract attention, it's refreshing to see a strong, young female singer who does things her own way. With her platinum pixie-cut and impressive stature (she's 6'1"), Betty Who definitely stands out from the crowd.

Betty admits that she sometimes feels pressure to conform to entertainment industry expectations to fit a certain image. "I'm a young woman in music and the media, and I feel I have to look a certain way I don't think there's a single girl in media who doesn't feel that pressure," she says. "But I think people think my music matters, number one. We work a lot with what we've got and I'm lucky that people like the way I look rather than pressure me to look better. If I came into a team that said, 'You need to lose 20 pounds, grow your hair and dye it purple, and make an album that sounds like Kesha,' I'd say, 'Wait, I don't want to do that.'"

Revealing a wisdom and confidence far beyond her 22 years, Betty has been making quite a splash Stateside. She recently performed on the Today Show and Late Night with Seth Meyers, and her EP, Slow Dancing, debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Pop Chart. She released her debut full-length album, Take Me When You Go, late last year via RCA Records.

With all the craziness in her life right now, the classically trained cellist (who switched to writing and performing pop music when she was a teenager), finds solace in listening to other people's music.

"It's been a really tough process making an album it's really hard," she says. "So for me it's been a battle of listening to my record and different versions of songs and going, 'My head's going to explode. I need to listen to something else.' For me it's nice to have a selection of music to just listen to and feel it. Plus I like the fact that I get to sit back and say, 'I'm tired of listening to my Britney Spears record,' and I get to listen to one of my favorite symphonies and know what it's like to play that.'"

As if Betty didn't have enough going for her, she'll also be opening for Katy Perry on her Prismatic World Tour during her Australian dates in November, which Betty is over the moon about. "I'm nervous, but I'm super-excited," she says. "I'm such a fan of hers, to be perfectly honest…I'm like, 'This girl is cool, she's actually a songwriter.' It's supercool for me to go and study what she does. Also Australia is where I grew I up, so it's a very fun way to go home."

Indeed.