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| “A hugely ambitious alt-pop voice, she’s a star on TikTok, with Katy For Kings often being compared to American breakout star Olivia Rodrigo.” – Clash “The Essex-born rising star has been gaining a hard and fast set of fans who flock to hear her folk-pop melodies and storied lyricism.” – tmrw “Possesses the ability to pull listeners inside of the worlds of her tracks through her lyrics and imagery.” – Clout |
| Every new release from Katy For Kings finds the 20-year-old winning new admirers for her whole-hearted, pop-focused songwriting. She raised her game earlier this year with ‘City’, before ‘Impersonator’ became a tastemaker tip, earning Track of the Day from Clash and an introductory profile from Clout. That trend continues as she today shares her new single ‘Middle Ground’. LISTEN HERE. Straddling mainstream pop and the acoustic singer-songwriter tradition, ‘Middle Ground’ is the kind of instantly memorable, highly accomplished songwriting that would be equally at home on daytime radio as it would be soundtracking a teen Netflix drama. Her voice also grows with every release – and it’s one deservedly destined to reach a far wider audience. Katy says, “For me, ‘Middle Ground’ represents the feeling of uncertainty around what people’s intentions are with you. It’s about feeling lonely in a crowded room, and the fear of being dropped as soon as something better comes along. It’s not knowing your worth whilst not trusting that things in your life aren’t just down to chance.” As with ‘Impersonator’ and ‘City’, Katy wrote ‘Middle Ground’ on acoustic guitar with Chris Bourne (5 Seconds of Summer), with production courtesy of John Fields (Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus). All of Katy For King’s tracks to date have been collated in the modestly titled Spotify playlist i guess i have enough songs for this now. Her other playlists on the platform explore her influences in much more detail, spanning modern pop (Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes), contemporary country (Taylor Swift, Kacey Musgraves) and the all-time greats (Carole King, Joni Mitchell). The Chelmsford-based artist first picked up a guitar just six years ago, when she decided to teach herself how to play ‘Hey Stephen’. An all-encompassing love of songwriting quickly followed, with Katy further developing her craft by playing pubs she was too young to drink in. More recently she’s been building a following on TikTok, with her interpretations of songs by the likes of Billie Eilish and Madison Beer. |
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