What’s in a name change?

For nearly a decade Aubrey Anderson-Emmons graced TV screens as the wise-cracking Lily Tucker-Pritchett on Modern Family. However as the 18-year-old embarks on her journey as a musician, she’s doing so with a new moniker: Frances Anderson .

“Frances is actually part of my legal name—it’s my middle name, and it’s after my mom’s old family friend,” she recently told E! News ahead of August 8 release of her EP Drown . “I thought, one, it was bit shorter than Aubrey Anderson-Emmons. I do have a long, hyphenated last name.”

But that wasn’t the only motivator for the name change. “I wanted to switch it up and I wanted people to see a new side of me,” Frances continued. “I wanted to create a space, specifically just for music. And I’m so excited for e

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