‘Schmigadoon!’ Star Dove Cameron Reveals How Life Has Changed Since Pop Superstardom: ‘I Just Feel More Myself Than Ever’

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Focusing on the work. Before they returned to AppleTV+’s Schmigadoon! for season 2, stars Dove Cameron and Aaron Tveit each picked up prestigious accolades — an MTV Video Music Award and a Tony Award, respectively — but the trophies haven’t totally changed their lives.“The only thing I can say that really changed in my life is now I’m just so much busier,” Cameron, 27, exclusively told Us Weekly.She and Tveit, 39, were both on the Schmigadoon!

season 1 soundtrack, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. The “Breakfast” singer also picked up several solo honors, including Best New Artist at both the American Music Awards and the VMAs in 2022.

The challenge, she says, has been balancing her careers.“Before I really, really became a musician in real life — and I wasn’t just writing songs in my studio — I was very like, ‘I don’t know why more people don’t do music and film and TV,’ and now I’m like, ‘I understand why nobody does this!’” the Washington native laughed.In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesCameron has been working for over a decade, and Schmigadoon!

is far from her first musical project, with Hairspray Live! and the Descendants franchise among her TV credits. However, since her song “Boyfriend” dropped in 2022 and went viral on TikTok, her music career has soared.“It is so difficult because it’s just, like, they’re both full-time commits, and they’re really incongruous with each other,” she told Us. “So it’s definitely been, like, more complexified.