Children of rock royalty have to tread lightly while pursing careers in the music biz. For every Jakob Dylan, there's a Julian Lennon who's talented but could never successfully come out from under his iconic father's shadow. But that doesn't scare Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of the King, who has lived her entire life in the public eye. With a major-label record deal, two albums and a slew of tour dates under her belt, Presley is already on her way to establishing an identity divorced from her famous rock lineage ‑- and her infamous, short-lived marriages. "I'm just doing my own thing," she says.

Now What, her sophomore release, is a manifesto to this point. She confidently croons on the album's title track, "Dammit if I didn't try to do everything that I was supposed to." She says lyrics like this that bare it all are her way of reaching out to people who "feel like they're an outcast or not where they're supposed to be."

With the experience from her first album, To Whom It May Concern, Presley expands her musical boundaries on her new release. Where her smoky and husky pipes previously wavered, they're now solid. "I had to find my way with my voice, because it's not like a technically trained, perfect voice in any way, but I'm good at emoting. I had to finally get comfortable with that. So my finding confidence with that was a big step," she reveals. And where Presley's lyrics were once self-deprecating, they're now fearless. On "I'll Figure It Out," she sings optimistically about self-growth, and on "Dirty Laundry," a remake of the Don Henley classic exposing the malicious intent of tabloid journalism, she offers a growling tirade against mainstream media.