At just 12 years old, Grace VanderWaal performed her original song “I Don’t Know My Name” while playing the ukelele on America’s Got Talent.

Original Performance:

VanderWaal wowed the panel of judges and viewers with the song—a poignant ballad in which she explores her identity.

“It’s about how I’ve gone through so many different phases and styles and friendships, and it’s about how now, I think that this is who I want to be and this is what I want my life path to be,” she told Rolling Stone.

She received the “golden buzzer” on the show and Judge Simon Cowell referred to her as “the next Taylor Swift.”