K. Flay

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K.Flay (2015)
K.Flay (2015)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Life As a Dog
  US 133 07/12/2014 (1 week)
Every Where Is Some Where
  US 118 04/29/2017 (1 week)

K. Flay (born June 30, 1985 in Wilmette , Illinois , real name Kristine Meredith Flaherty ) is an American alternative singer. She has been signed to Night Street Records , a sub-label of Interscope Records , since 2016 .

Life

K. Flay grew up in a suburb of Chicago . Her parents divorced when she was 7 years old. Her father, who was a guitar player and who, according to his own admission, shaped her musical style, passed away during her senior year at school . Various pieces from her debut album are therefore dedicated to her father. In 2003 she began studying psychology and sociology at Stanford University , which she completed. During her university years , she began to parody blingity blang blang and write rap lyrics. This was followed by her first mixtape, Suburban Rap Queen , which was released in 2004.

From 2008 to 2014 she released several mixtapes. Then she left her previous music label RCA Records to produce a studio album. The label is said to have spoken out against a studio album because "nobody is interested in their problems". On June 10, 2014, she released her debut album Life As a Dog , in which she combined elements of rap, electronic music, the indie genre and pop music. The album reached number 14 on the rap charts and number 133 on the official album charts .

The EP Crush Me was released in Germany on August 19, 2016 . The single Blood in the Cut is the trailer song for the US series Scream Queens .

Discography

Studio albums

  • 2014: Life as a Dog (Bummer Picnic Records)
  • 2017: Every Where Is Some Where (Interscope Records)
  • 2019: Solutions

EPs

  • 2010: K.Flay
  • 2012: Eyes Shut
  • 2013: What If It Is
  • 2016: Crush Me

Mix tapes

  • 2004: Suburban Rap Queen
  • 2009: Mashed Potatoes
  • 2011: I Stopped Caring In '96
  • 2013: West Ghost

Singles

  • 2011: 2 weak
  • 2011: Fuck & Run
  • 2012: Rest Your Mind (feat. Felix Cartal)
  • 2012: LA Again
  • 2013: Hail Mary (feat. Danny Brown )
  • 2013: Rawks
  • 2014: Make Me Fade
  • 2016: FML
  • 2016: Blood in the Cut (US:goldgold)
  • 2017: Black Wave
  • 2017: High Enough
  • 2017: Giver
  • 2017: Dreamers
  • 2019: Bad Vibes
  • 2019: This Baby Don't Cry
  • 2019: Sister

Guest Posts

  • 2009: Coastin ' ( Zion I feat. K.Flay)
  • 2015: It's Strange (Louis the Child feat. K.Flay)
  • 2018: Favorite Color Is Blue (Robert DeLong feat. K.Flay)
  • 2018: Make It Up as I Go ( Mike Shinoda feat. K.Flay)
  • 2019: Called You Twice ( FIDLAR feat. K.Flay)
  • 2020: Peaches (Grandson feat.K.Flay)

Web links

Commons : K.Flay  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart data: K. Flay - Chart history
  2. ↑ She's Got the Beat , Stanford Magazine. March 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2016. 
  3. ↑ Album of the week: K.Flay - "Life As A Dog" . Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  4. ↑ High on k. - Page 2 - The erstwhile suburban rap queen comes into her own - and lands a spot on the Warped Tour . Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ a b K.Flay finds her mojo with Life as a Dog (English) .
  6. ↑ Exclusive video premiere “Can't Sleep” - K.Flay mixes indie hip hop and headbanging into the perfect combo . In: Der Tagesspiegel . May 18, 2015. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ K.Flay - Chart history . Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  8. ↑ Exclusive video premiere: K.Flay's 'Make Me Fade' . Retrieved January 28, 2016.
  9. ↑ Quick-witted Indie-Electro-R'n'B from Illinois: K.Flay releases their EP "Crush Me"
  10. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME K. Flay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flaherty, Kristine Meredith (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American alternative singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmette , Illinois , United States