After her hit single “Austin” catapulted her to country stardom, Dasha learns to put her mental health first.
Speaking to PEOPLE on the red carpet at the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards on Thursday, September 26, Dasha (whose real name is Anna Dasha Novotny) opened up about how she manages her newfound fame.
“The past few months have been up and down, I’ve had to learn how to balance my mental health as a human being and being an artist,” she told PEOPLE exclusively.
“I had a pretty busy schedule and I had to learn, ‘Oh, I’ve got to make time to go play pileball and ride my horses because that’s just as important as going and writing that song,'” Dasha, 24, continues. “This really needs to be a career for life.”
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The “Talk of the Town” singer says she realized she had to “prioritize my heart, health and soul.”
“I learned that at the end of the day, you’re still a person,” she adds. “You can’t let yourself get lost in the picture.”
Still, she’s grateful that her work is paying off – and can only describe her presence at the awards as “surreal”.
Dasha attends the 2024 People’s Choice Country Awards at The Grand Ole Opry on September 26, 2024.
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“Honestly, a year ago, if you had told me I would be standing at the Opry and attending the People’s Choice [Country] Awards with five nominations behind me, I would tell you that you are lying to me. I’m very grateful to the local community and all the fans here,” says Dasha.
In April, she opened up to PEOPLE about the songwriting process behind “Austin.”
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“I was so upset about this whole situation and I had so much anger to get out. I really wanted to write a song that channeled that because I needed help in that area,” she said at the time. “Adam Windler was playing guitar on it … and the rest of the song just flew out. It was crazy.”
At the awards, Dasha received nominations for Best New Artist, Best Female Song, Best Music Video and Song of the Year for “Austin.”
PCCA 2024 will air live on Thursday, September 26 at 8:00 PM ET/PT on NBC and Peacock from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.
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