Aly Michalka might play a teen in the high school flick “Bandslam,” but within seconds of talking to the 20-year-old, you’re met with such self-assuredness, you feel like you’re chatting with a seasoned 30-something.

“I’m kind of an A-type personality. I’m very driven as a person in general,” says the actress, singer and songwriter from her parent’s house in California, where she still lives with her 78violet bandmate and sister, A.J. Today, on a rare day off, she’s laying out and reading “A Wolf at the Table,” by Augusten Burroughs.

[1] What’s the last song you listened to on repeat like a maniac?

Actually, [a song] from my own record, called “Freak.” The record is now finished and it’s going to be coming out in the next few months. It’s something that you should love because it’s your own work, but I really love this album and I’m a fan of it. I know that if I was listening to this as a fan, I would be obsessed with it.

[2] What’s your guilty pleasure?

“The Bachelorette.” I don’t really support reality TV shows because I have so many great actor friends that should be in a real TV show. But that’s my guilty pleasure.

[3] What’s your favorite word?

Juxtaposition. And then a word that I say frequently is sick.

[4] The financial apocalypse is totally ___’s fault.

Our fault. I think as an economy and as people we can be really greedy and think, “it’s all good, we don’t need to cut back,” and then look at what happens. I think it’s a combination of everyone.

I'm putting my foot down
Not getting pushed around
They should be ashamed of all the drugs they fed to us

And while your having fun
Shaking hands and pleasing everyone
We're on a diet of manufactured fruit loops and bubble gum

They try to get into your heads
But in the end your only as good as
The next worst thing thats comming
Everybody should start running

We're not gonna back down
Everybody know how
We're not gonna back down
Back to being real now

It's monkey see monkey do
Simon says play along
But i don't want to
Who is he to tell me what to think and what to do

It's always greed, greed, greed
How many measurements do you really need
Don't wanna pump it
Master pumping on the swings

They try to get into your heads
But in the end your only as good as
The next worst thing thats comming
Everybody should start running

We're not gonna back down
Everybody know how
We're not gonna back down
Back to being real now

What are we living for
What are we longing for
What are we waiting for
I think you know
Lets Go

They try to get into your heads
But in the end your only as good as
The next worst thing thats comming
Everybody should start running

We're not gonna back down
Everybody know how
We're not gonna back down
Back to being real now