LOS ANGELES >> Indie singer-songwriter Victoria Canal has been repeating a common refrain in Spanish for years: depende de qué depende. It depends on what it depends on.

It is a line from Jarabe De Palo’s 1998 song, “Depende,” which her dad used to sing to her as a child. It’s also a snippet that Canal intensifies in the bridge of her song “15%” — a guitar-fluttering ode to hampering anxiety and the dread of being perceived, even if such self-thoughts are ultimately determined by one’s own state of being. Like a calming mantra, she sings: “It depends on me, on the drink I made, on the time of day.”

This conundrum, which Canal calls the “god and goblin complex,” is one of many themes explored in her debut album “Slowly, It Dawns,” released on Jan. 17. The 26-year-old has since taken her songs to the TV circuit, performing cuts from her new album on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” and “Live With Kelly Mark.” This week, the rising star kicks off her headlining West Coast tour by the same name.

Three years in the making, “Slowly” chronicles the L.A.-based singer’s journey through her 20s: from moments of severe overconfidence to crushing disappointment. “Depending on the day, I’m either destined to win and have this great life that I’ve manifested for myself ... or I am devoid of all value and am the ugliest person in the world and nobody loves me,” says Canal, who makes an evening transatlantic Zoom call from Normandy, France, where her family is establishing an artist residency.

And, depending on the moment, Canal musters up the occasional show of bravery. She recently made waves during her John F. Kennedy Center performance on Feb. 15, when she put on an “Anti-Trump AF” T-shirt before her final number. The act was a stance against President Donald Trump who, just days before, installed himself as chairman of the center’s board. Her first thought was: “Am I gonna get sued?”

Born in Munich to a Cuban father and American mother, Canal’s life was all about gaining new perspectives from every inch of the world. A self-described “third culture” kid, she’s lived in Shanghai, Amsterdam, London, Dubai, Atlanta, New York and Fort Worth, Texas.

“What I thought was Spanish culture was actually Cuban culture with some Spanish sprinkled in,” says Canal, whose grandparents and father moved to Barcelona following the botched Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961.

Born without a right forearm, Canal learned how to play piano at the behest of her grandmother, before advancing to acoustic guitar. Her body is an element that her critics heavily targeted following her comments at the Kennedy Center.

“It’s who I am. I have a limb difference. I’m Latina. I’m queer. I grew up in a lot of places. None of these things are things that I decided to be,” says Canal. “That choice is sometimes easier or more difficult depending on the day.”