Julia Michaels Delights in Having ‘Creative Freedom’ After Starting Her Own Record Label: ‘It’s Just Life-Changing’ (Exclusive)

Julia Michaels is precisely wherever she wants to beryllium aft taking a immense leap of faith. 

While attending nan iHeartRadio Music Festival successful Las Vegas, Nevada, connected Saturday, Sept. 20, nan "Issues" singer, 31, said exclusively to PEOPLE astir her determination to time off Republic Records successful 2023 aft complete 7 years astatine nan awesome label.

“It feels amazing. I started my explanation past year, and it conscionable feels really awesome to beryllium capable to person imaginative control, imaginative freedom, to beryllium capable to return my powerfulness back,” she tells PEOPLE.

“I get to merchandise songs again. I get to make euphony videos again," Michaels adds. "I get to spot my fans again, execute again. So it's conscionable life-changing.”

On Friday, Sept. 19, she released caller azygous “No Heartbreak’s Killed Me Yet" alongside a music video that shows her roaming nan streets of New York City.

The opus follows her May 2025 EP, Second Self, which was besides released nether her GFY Records.

“I conscionable felt for illustration I was stuck connected a explanation wherever location were possibly bigger priorities than me,” Michaels says of her clip astatine Republic Records. “It's really difficult to get group to judge successful you sometimes, and past successful move you commencement to not judge successful yourself.

"It took being capable to time off my explanation for maine to want to put euphony retired again," she adds.

The “Scissors” singer’s life has been afloat of alteration lately, arsenic earlier this twelvemonth she got engaged to tattoo creator Mat Rule.

Michaels showed a close-up of her engagement ring, which has an oval-shaped gem group connected a golden set successful an Instagram post.

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“Yes to you everlastingly and always,” she captioned nan photos connected April 25. “Thank you for being nan astir unthinkable man I’ve ever met. I can’t hold to wed you.”

Speaking astir nan wedding, she precocious said, will beryllium "nothing for illustration crazy."