The Masked Singer is a singing competition, and I've often wondered why Grammy-winning artists compete. At best, they win and prove something the world has already decided: that they're talented singers.

The singer-songwriter performed as Ship on season 12 of the Fox competition and tells PEOPLE that when she unmasked on the Oct. 9 episode, "I died, basically"

TooFab spoke to the musician following her exit from the singing competition series, where she dished on her experience performing as "The Ship," and shared what it's been like to have a whole new audience discover her music thanks to 'Dawson's Creek.