Digby first hit the national stage last year when a homemade video of her performing an acoustic cover of Rihanna's "Umbrella" made her a YouTube phenom (to date the clip has over 12 million views). "That was a really wonderful way to start.  I could present myself exactly as I wanted," says Digby, who first started writing her own songs at age 15 on a $50 guitar she bought on a whim. Her first album, Unfold, debuted at #29 on the Billboard chart, # 2 on the iTunes album chart, # 3 on Billboard's Digital Top 100 album chart and prompted a successful string of film and television placements for her songs including ER, Greek, The Hills, One Tree Hill, and Smallville.Prior to her YouTube fame and the success of Unfold, Digby was set on a much different course. The first child of a Japanese mother and Irish-American father, the Los Angeles native went off to college at Berkeley where she studied philosophy and figured she'd eventually follow in her dad's footsteps and go to law school.So when she came home after finishing her freshman year and promptly announced she was dropping out to become a full-time musician, her parents were understandably baffled. In some ways, Digby surprised herself too. "I'm not one of those kids who was always in the school musical or was the star of the high school play," she says.  "And even when I tried to get involved, I was often rejected. I figured I must be really bad."Despite the odds, Digby couldn't ignore her inner voice. "I knew making it in music was impossible, but I didn't care what it took."