Originally appeared on E! Online

This Modern Family star is embracing a new chapter.

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Though she was known as Aubrey Anderson-Emmons while portraying Lily on the beloved sitcom, the 18-year-old has changed her moniker to Frances Anderson as she steps into a new era as a musician .

“Frances is actually part of my legal name—it’s my middle name, and it’s after my mom’s old family friend,” she shared in an exclusive interview with E! News’ Francesca Amiker . “I thought, one, it was a bit shorter than ‘Aubrey Anderson-Emmons.’ I do have a long, hyphenated last name.”

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Plus, she noted, “I wanted to switch it up and I wanted people

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