"Whatever body you have, you deserve to feel empowered and hot. That's part of the beauty of being alive," Canal, who has a limb difference, tells PEOPLE exclusively is redefining what it means to be beautiful — and it's not one dimensional. On Wednesday, Aug.
7, Canal, 25, unveiled the music video to her song "California Sober." Sonically, the song represents a step in a different direction. With the music video, she's embracing her sexuality.
"The music video is inspired by my very exciting summer last year where I went to a lot of queer parties and started exploring my queerness in London," Canal tells PEOPLE exclusively of the music video, which takes place at a house party. "I connect with someone and there's a lot of just tactility and energy, sensual energy. I just wanted to paint a montage of feeling free with someone to explore.
" Her hope for fans is that they feel like "no matter what body they come in, they deserve to feel sexy." "If you're disabled, if you're fat, if you're trans, if you're non-binary, whatever body you have, you deserve to feel empowered and hot. That's part of the beauty of being alive.
We're so hard on ourselves constantly," the "Drama" singer says. Maris Jones Related: "If you feel different in any way, I feel like it's so easy to pick yourself apart about it. I am so over that for myself," she continues.
"I just want to celebrate my body. And I want other people to celebrate their own bodies and connect with each other and dance and let go .