Artist:K.Flay
Song:High Enough
Album:Every Where Is Some Where
Singer songwriter K.Flay has a quirky sound. It's maybe a little too quirky for commercial success. The 2017 single High Enough is her biggest hit to date. And she's not on a major label anymore so it's probably her only chart single. She was born Kristine Flaherty June 30, 1985 in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, IL. Her parents divorced when she was seven. Her mother remarried and she was raised by her stepfather. But her father was a guitarist so that influenced her to get into music. She studied psychology and sociology at Stanford University. She believed that most hip hop hits on the radio were "simplistic, misogynistic and formulaic" and she bragged to a friend that she could write similar songs. She started recording music on her computer and released a mixtape in 2005. She continued to self release music until a 2011 mixtape got her a deal with RCA Records. After releasing two EPs on RCA, K.Flay left due to creative differences. She described her time at RCA as "an ill advised marriage". She returned to self releasing her music with the 2014 album Life as a Dog. The album did pretty well for a self released album and K.Flay toured to support it. She was starting to get attention. Taylor Swift liked her 2015 song It's Strange and it appeared on the FIFA 16 soundtrack. And that's when Imagine Dragons leader Dan Reynolds came calling. Reynolds was starting his own label Night Street with Interscope distribution. And he wanted K.Flay to be his first signing. She released the 2016 EP Crush Me and the single Blood on the Cut appeared in the film XXX: Return of Xander Cage and other things. So now Interscope thought K.Flay had commercial potential. That led to the 2017 album Every Where Is Some Where. K.Flay toured to support it. High Enough reached #20 on the Alternative chart. K.Flay wrote all the songs. High Enough was produced by Dr. Dre protege Mike Elizondo. The album is available as a digital download. Interscope had to be disappointed with record sales. And after the 2019 album Solutions did worse, K.Flay parted ways with Night Street and Interscope. Since then she has released two albums on BMG. They used to own RCA. But now they are a publishing company who release occasional albums. It's kind of like K.Flay is self releasing again. BMG doesn't have a promotion budget and there are no sales expectations. Maybe that's what K.Flay wants, no pressure to produce hit singles. Her new album Mono was released a couple of weeks ago. It was written and produced by K.Flay. Here's the video for High Enough by K.Flay.
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