Growing up, Victoria Justice had two posters pinned up in her bedroom. One was of her erstwhile crush Aaron Carter, the swaggy, young pop star and rapper who died tragically in 2022. The other was of the bouncy punk band No Doubt, fronted by Gwen Stefani. So this year’s Coachella—Justice’s sixth—was particularly meaningful: Justice was able to catch the high-octane Stefani performing. “She’s so badass and bold and has such incredible energy,” Justice says, just a few days after the festival, as we sit curled up on sunken couches at her music producer Toby Gad’s home recording studio in Los Angeles.
