Catching Up with "Dance Moms" Celebriteen Nia Sioux Frazier

If you’re a “Dance Moms” fanatic, you might be feeling a little blue today. The Season 5 midseason finale aired last night, and although there’ll be more mom madness to come, you’ll have to wait a little while for the rest. Luckily though, the true stars of the shows—the dancers—are seemingly everywhere these days. Chloe Lukasiak recently teamed up with dance video maven Kyle Hanagami and singer Jess Godwin. And just last night, Maddie Ziegler performed on “Dancing with the Stars,” augmenting Josh Groban’s sweet yet snoozy rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

For those of you on Team Nia Sioux Frazier, the teen recently debuted her first single, “Star in Your Own Life,” complete with a pretty fab music video choreographed by Mikey Minden. I caught up with Nia Sioux to ask about the show and her burgeoning singing career.

Nia Sioux Frazier, age 13 going on 14 (on June 20!) going on 26 (Photo by David Hofmann, aka @sharkcookie)

Dance Spirit: With more than 1.6 million Instagram followers, and hundreds of thousands on Twitter, you’re becoming quite the celebrity.

Nia Sioux Frazier:
Well, I don’t really think of myself as a celebrity—I think it’s just being well-known. But that’s been my dream since I was little, and it’s incredible how my dream is coming true.

DS: Who are your favorite people to follow on social media?

NSF:
Beyoncé and Zendaya, all of my friends from school and my dad. He posts funny things about my family.

DS: What’s the best part about being on “Dance Moms”?

NSF:
Getting to perform as much as we do. And also having so many fans. It’s amazing to think about how many people are out there supporting me.

DS: What’s been challenging?

NSF:
Not getting to see my family that much. Since I’m in L.A. now, I’m away from my dad, my brothers and my dogs. I miss my friends back at home, too. But we try to keep in touch with Skype and FaceTime.

DS: What do you love about singing?

NSF:
It makes me feel good. I love hearing something on the radio and singing along—it makes me feel like I can just be me. I love when the music gets in me and I can just flow with it. It’s similar to the feeling I get when I’m dancing.

Headed for pop-star stardom (a still from “Star in Your Own Life”)

DS: Is there a message behind “Star in Your Own Life”?

NSF:
It’s about self-confidence. You’re already a star, and no one can take that away from you. Know your own worth and be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.

DS: What are your goals for the future?

NSF:
To be myself and to keep inspiring others to be who they are. I’d love to be on Broadway, in movies or on Disney or Nick. I’d love to have my own reality show. But my dream job is just to perform. That’s what I love.

Watch Nia Sioux’s “Star in Your Own Life” below, and you can follow her on Twitter and Instagram to get all her latest news.