[1][2] Born in Michigan, Liggins grew up in a military family and lived in multiple states throughout her youth.
[1] Her uncle, a rapper, had a home studio in her grandmother's basement, which he let Liggins use to record her own track in middle school.
[1][3] Liggins began writing for artists at Assemble Sound, a Detroit-based development hub for independent musicians, and was eventually noticed by enough producers to release her debut single, "Flowerbomb".
Liggins stated she released Ms. Out Tonight as a visual album "in order to really drive the point home: it's beyond time to disrupt the norms and there's room in the pop space for all of us.
[8] Billboard's Stephen Daw described the track as "a deeply introspective, chaotically sad breakup song," while Earmilk's Malkiva Padin called it "a relatable exploration of unhealthy coping mechanisms wrapped up in luscious hyper-pop soundscape.