By Katie Saltz

Q. “Supergirl” got over 2 million plays on your MySpace and had a lot of exposure, but is a different sound than most of your songs. It has more of a dance beat to it. Why is that?

A. It was just a fun song. I was actually over in Sweden, and it was my last day there, and, I don’t know, I woke up in a really good mood and wanted to do something fun and started singing that little melody in the shower and it kind of went from there.

Q. (Female racing star) Danica Patrick and (U.S. Olympic gymnast) Nastia Liukin have used “Supergirl” as their theme song. What was it like to watch the song get national attention?

A. It was really cool, and they are the kind of women that I wrote the song for — women who are empowered and women who are role models for young girls.

Q. Your songs are really down to earth and honest, like “Girl Next Door.” Did you ever expect that song to become such an anthem?

A. You never realize, at the time when you’re writing, what’s going to be what. You’ll think something is amazing and nobody else likes it but you. Or then you’ll think well, this is kind of a cool song and then all of the sudden everybody loves it. I think that I was surprised, but excited, too, because of the feeling that I had, to see so many people relate to that. It’s a good feeling to know they’re not alone.

Q. What is your writing process?

A. Normally I’ll get an audio and a lyric in my head at the same time. I hardly ever write lyrics and then put them to music or vice versa. And a lot of times it will be driving in the car or sitting in the shower and I’ll start singing, and then when I get a chance, I’ll sit down and work on it.

Q. Where did the name “Saving Jane” come from?

A. Saving Jane was a comic strip I used to draw, like stick figure people — it was terrible — when we first got together. But we were all like these misguided superheroes and that’s what the comic strip was called.

Q. “Butterflies” is a real sweet, happy song, unlike some of your other songs that have a more bitter edge. Is one kind more fun for you to write?

A. That’s so funny that you asked that. I tend to write when I’m upset, when my feelings are hurt or when I’m angry. So for that reason, a lot of my songs sound like I’m a really angry person but I’m not. I had been writing for my next record and my manager was like, “Hey, you’ve got to lighten up here, you’re writing all these angry, sad songs.” So I got off the phone with him and I was like, “Gosh, what do they want me to write about, butterflies?” And I said, fine, so I wrote the song … and it turned out to be a really good song.

Q. What do you guys have in the works right now?

A. We just released “Butterflies” two weeks ago, so we’re starting a tour to support that. And we’ve got a couple really cool shows coming up and we’ll just see what happens, and work on the full length album that will go out to support “Butterflies.”