When singer Molly Grace was growing up in Lexington, she did every performing arts hobby she could get her hands on.

“I did theater in school, I did community theater, I did choir, I did a cappella, I did improv comedy,” she said. “I feel very lucky to have grown up in Massachusetts [and] in a place that really nurtures the arts.”

Now sitting at over 250,000 followers on TikTok and nearly 150,000 on Instagram , Grace has had several videos from her live shows and new single “ F.E.M.M.E. ” reach more than a million views.

“And that was just a crazy experience to see so many people making dances to my song and making videos,” she said. “And now that I’m on tour and we’ve done a couple of shows, hearing crowds of hundreds of people scream the lyrics back at you, it’s just so surreal.”

The 23-year-old singer, now based in Nashville, embarked on her “But I’m a Pop Star!” tour earlier this month. The tour features stops at eight venues across the East Coast — including the Sinclair in Cambridge on Friday and the Drake in Amherst on April 5.

Often described as high-energy pop-funk, Grace said her music takes inspiration from a wide range of artists.

“I was a big Taylor Swift fan, which is kind of why I fell in love with songwriting,” she said. “And I also really just love the 1970s funk and soul greats like Earth, Wind and Fire, I also love Stevie Wonder, I really love 'Off the Wall’–era Michael Jackson, and things like that.”

While Grace has performed in Massachusetts before, she said this tour feels like a homecoming.

“Especially now playing the Sinclair, it’s so funny because it’s something me and my manager would talk about,” she said. “And now the day is here and honestly, probably sooner than the two of us expected.”

As an artist with a primarily LGBTQ+ fan base, Grace said writing music helped her come to terms with her own identity.

“It’s funny, sometimes I think my music knew I was a lesbian before I did,” she said. “And I feel like my music really started moving and my career really started moving once I found out who I was and started like really walking in just the most authentic version of myself.”

She added that the goal of her shows is to make her fans feel “empowered” and comfortable in their own skin.

“I feel like a big part of that is me just being myself, you know, like me being openly queer and comfortable in my personality, in my body,” she said. “And that makes other people feel safe as well, like, 'Hey, I’m doing it. So this is a place for you to be able to do it too.’”