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"    Photo: Jeff Schear/WireImage   Kat Graham is a true triple threat with singing, dancing, and acting credits to her name. The Switzerland-born, L.A.-bred starlet is best known for her role as teen witch Bonnie Bennett on CW&amp;#039;s The Vampire Diaries. But the gig is not all that&amp;#039;s keeping her busy: She has been touring this summer for her new EP, Against the Wall, which dropped in May. As a dancer, she scored the lead in the June 2011 movie Honey 2 and has been a backup dancer for Missy Elliot, Justin Bieber, and Usher. ELLE caught up with the busy 22-year-old in Chicago when she was hosting a party at the Studio Paris for the Samsung Galaxy S III phone. ELLE: Since you can act, sing, and dance, would you be interested in performing on Broadway?     KG:  I really want to focus on my music and getting through this season of The Vampire Diaries. If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic. I&amp;#039;d be really into something that took place before the 1960s. ELLE: What attracts you to a project like that? KG: I don&amp;#039;t know, I just feel like back in the day, there were so many different performers, like Dorothy Dandridge, who sang, danced, and acted. It was normal for you to walk into the industry having those three attributes. So, for me, I feel most comfortable in that era. ELLE: What inspired Against the Wall?  KG: I wanted it to be strong music for women, more aggressive then normal, and something that stood apart from everything else. I also look at love in a different way than a lot of people do. So I wanted to do a harder, more truthful view on love and relationships\u2014not getting what you want but still fighting for what you believe in. ELLE:  Do you have a favorite song? KG:  On the EP, which is the only thing out right now, is &amp;quot;Heartkiller,&amp;quot; which is really good. I wrote it with the idea of admitting that you&amp;#039;re into somebody, but it&amp;#039;s a dangerous idea. You pick yourself over that person, because you&amp;#039;d rather protect yourself than be brokenhearted, because you know where that road leads. I think the hardest thing to do in a relationship is something for yourself. ELLE: You&amp;#039;ve cited The Spice Girls as an inspiration. What did you think of their performance at the London Olympics Closing Ceremonies? KG: I love that they all came out in choreography and Posh was just doing her &amp;#039;vogue.&amp;#039; When you are such an iconic girl pop group, you don&amp;#039;t have to do that. But they were such a hugely international group, and I think that the idea of the Olympics is all about different countries coming together over one dream. That is kind of what they represent, everyone knows who they are, and it&amp;#039;s the world kind of coming together. Plus, girls rule. ELLE: There&amp;#039;s a Spice Girls musical, Viva Forever, coming to London. If you were going to play one of them, who would it be? KG: Oh, you already know. Scary Spice! She already knows I&amp;#039;ve been trying to get into her closet from like two Halloweens ago. She actually invited me over to her house to pick out Halloween costumes, because she heard that the girls from The Vampire Diaries and I wanted to dress up as The Spice Girls, which is still a dream, not yet realized. We couldn&amp;#039;t figure out a good time for me to go there. But I&amp;#039;m sure if she knew what a stalker I was, she would never let me near her property. ELLE:  You could definitely rock out as her. KG: It&amp;#039;s going to happen one day. ELLE: How has your style evolved while being in the spotlight? KG: It&amp;#039;s more focused. I think now I like to be event-appropriate. I never want to be a spectacle, but I also feel like a look should always have a little bit of an edge. I was going to wait to get into September to wear darker colors like black, but I decided that I wanted to end my summer with a black summer. ELLE: Why do you want to have a black summer? KG: I don&amp;#039;t know, there&amp;#039;s just something about black that I just think is so clean and edgy. I want to keep things simpler than normal, but still have flair and wear pieces that you would see in the &amp;#039;90s. I&amp;#039;m all about high-waisted pants and skirts, pencil skirts, and sheer, long-sleeves in the summer. People run from long-sleeves in the summer, but if the top is sheer and worn with a cute little bra top underneath, it&amp;#039;s so sexy. I run away from super-bandage-style Herv\u00E9 L\u00E9ger dresses. I think it&amp;#039;s sexier for a woman to be in something sheer and loose. ELLE: Wearing black seems very New York Fashion Week. Will you be attending? KG: I need to get there. If I do go, I&amp;#039;ll be doing something with MTV, and that could be really cool, but I don&amp;#039;t know yet. ELLE: What shows would you love to see? KG: Every year, I always go with the same people, like Jeremy Scott and The Blonds, who have the New York club kids vibe. I grew up with them and have stayed friends with them. This season, I would love to see designers that I don&amp;#039;t really get to see as much of, like Alexander Wang, Tom Ford, and Alexandre Vauthier. I absolutely love the Balmain Resort 2013, and I&amp;#039;m dying to get my hands on it. So I would also go to shows that feature clothing I want to wear, such as Marchesa, Monique Lhuillier, and Versace. ELLE: What are some beauty products that you can&amp;#039;t live without? KG: I think that with beauty, people jump to the end instead of starting from the beginning with a good lotion or prep. It&amp;#039;s so important to get your skin to look even, whether it&amp;#039;s with a MAC Cosmetics glow, a Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, or even just a solid foundation. Start off with a good prep and a good primer. I love Smashbox. I think Sephora is great; it&amp;#039;s so accessible, and there are so many different palettes that you can get. MAC Cosmetics is incredible for lips; I always wear it. ELLE: What can we expect from your character on season four of The Vampire Diaries? KG: There is someone who is going to get introduced into Bonnie&amp;#039;s life and have a big impact on her future.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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