Kalie Shorr
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kalie Shorr
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| birth_name = Kalianne Frances Shorr
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|07|11}}
| birth_place = Portland, Maine{{cite web|title=#LetTheGirlsPlay: Kalie Shorr Knows What It Takes to Break|date=May 7, 2015 |url=http://tasteofcountry.com/letthegirlsplay-kalie-shorr|publisher=Taste of Country}}
| genre = Country, rock, pop rock
| occupation = Singer-songwriter
| instrument = Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin
| years_active = 2009–present
| associated_acts =
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Kalie Shorr (born July 11, 1994) is an American rock and country music singer-songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. In 2016, her debut single "Fight Like a Girl" began to receive national attention and airplay on the SiriusXM radio station The Highway. She released her debut album, Open Book on September 27, 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://tasteofcountry.com/kalie-shorr-open-book/|title=REVIEW: Kalie Shorr's 'Open Book' Is Not for the Timid|first=Billy|last=Dukes|website=Taste of Country|date=September 26, 2019 }}
Career
Shorr grew up in Portland, Maine. She wrote her first song at age 6, and picked up the guitar for the first time at age 13. Shorr began posting covers of popular songs on YouTube when she was 13.{{Cite web |title=Kalie Shorr |url=http://www.kalieshorr.com/ |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508030008/http://www.kalieshorr.com/ |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |website=Kalie Shorr}} She was also in a couple of bands, including a Nirvana Cover-band, back in middle and high school. She visited Nashville for the first time when she was 16, and when she was 19, moved to Nashville to pursue a career in country music. In 2010, she was the Southern Maine winner of Maine's Got Talent.{{cite web|title=About Kalie Shorr|url=http://www.cmt.com/artists/kalie-shorr/biography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706163151/http://www.cmt.com/artists/kalie-shorr/biography/|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 6, 2015|publisher=CMT}} Celebrity Blogger and now friend, Perez Hilton took notice of Shorr's covers and original songs on YouTube, and invited her to perform at his birthday party in March 2012, opening for the Backstreet Boys.{{cite web|title=Maine musician Kalie Shorr performs on 207|url=http://archive.wcsh6.com/news/article/229407/50/Maine-musician-Kalie-Shorr-performs-on-207}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
In March 2014, Shorr became involved in a weekly live show, Song Suffragettes, featuring only female singer-songwriters. Shorr has continued performing in the show almost every week since then, and was the first artist highlighted by Taste of Country for their Let The Girls Play campaign.{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6356985/song-suffragettes-female-country-artists-nashville-showcase?mobile_redirection=false|title=Song Suffragettes Provides Boost for Young Female Country Artists in Nashville|date=December 4, 2014|magazine=Billboard}} Her YouTube covers continue to be successful, as did her cover of Taylor Swift's "Blank Space," highlighted by Popdust."{{cite web|title=This Country Cover Of Taylor Swift's 'Blank Space' Will Make You A Believer|url=http://popdust.com/2014/11/05/taylor-swift-kalie-shorr-blank-space-country-cover}} In February 2015, she released an EP full of demos she had recorded over her time in Nashville, named The Nashville Sessions.{{cite web|title="The Nashville Sessions" Autographed EP|url=http://www.kalieshorr.bigcartel.com/product/the-nashville-sessions-autographed-ep|access-date=2015-07-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705203617/http://www.kalieshorr.bigcartel.com/product/the-nashville-sessions-autographed-ep|archive-date=2015-07-05|url-status=dead}}
In 2016, her single "Fight Like a Girl" began to receive airplay on Sirius XM The Highway, and she released her debut mixtape, The Y2K Mixtape, heavily inspired by the 2000s. In May, she signed a publishing deal with the publishing company Writerslist.{{Cite web|url=https://musicrow.com/2016/05/kalie-shorr-sings-publishing-deal-with-writerslist/|title=Kalie Shorr Signs Publishing Deal With Writerslist|date=May 6, 2016}}
Shorr released her second single, titled "He's Just Not That into You" on September 30, 2016.{{Cite web |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/kalie-shorr-hes-just-not-that-into-you/ |title=Kalie Shorr, 'He's Just Not That Into You' [Listen] |first=Billy |last=Dukes |website=Taste of Country |date=September 30, 2016}} Shorr released a five-song EP, Slingshot, in March 2017 and told Sounds Like Nashville that the project combined pop and country sounds to reflect, "huge part of my sound and how I identify myself."{{Cite news|url=http://www.soundslikenashville.com/music/kalie-shorr-uses-girl-power-and-clever-songwriting-to-guide-her-new-ep-slingshot/|title=Kalie Shorr Uses Girl Power and Clever Songwriting to Guide Her New EP, 'Slingshot'|date=March 3, 2017|work=Sounds Like Nashville|access-date=March 9, 2017|language=en-US}}
Shorr released her debut album Open Book on September 27, 2019. The album was named the seventh best album of 2019 by The New York Times.{{cite news| title=Best Albums of 2019|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/arts/music/best-albums.html|work=New York Times|date=December 5, 2019 |last1=Pareles |first1=Jon |last2=Caramanica |first2=Jon }} She signed with New York-based tmwrk records in October, 2020. A reissue of her debut record Open Book, titled Open Book: Unabridged was released on December 4, 2020 under her new label.
In 2021, she released her EP I Got Here By Accident, produced by Butch Walker. This project marked a sonic departure for Shorr, and her first release outside of the Country genre.{{Cite web |title=Kalie Shorr Jumps Genres But Stays True To Voice: 'I Don't Feel Boxed in Anywhere' |url=https://people.com/music/kalie-shorr-releases-i-got-here-by-accident-ep/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=People.com |language=en}} In support of the release, they performed together at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, which was Walker’s debut on the iconic stage.{{Cite web |last=Leimkuehler |first=Matthew |title=Kalie Shorr champions pop-rock with Butch Walker-produced 'I Got Here By Accident' |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2021/09/24/kalie-shorr-enlists-butch-walker-powerhouse-pop-rock-release/8378340002/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=The Tennessean |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poV_jb_bYuo |title=Butch Walker {{!}} My Opry Debut |date=2021-12-18 |last=Grand Ole Opry |access-date=2025-02-22 |via=YouTube}}
After a several year hiatus, Shorr started a multi-part series on social media detailing the reasons behind her absence called “How I Got Unfamous”.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/C85cXdryJMz/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.instagram.com}} The series went viral, amassing several million views across all platforms. This led to a resurgence of popularity and ultimately, an end to her unofficial hiatus.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Mark |date=2025-01-12 |title=How Kalie Shorr Got Back Up After Being Knocked Down |url=https://www.inc.com/mark-miller-2/how-kalie-shorr-got-back-up-after-being-knocked-down/91105004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250117083315/https://www.inc.com/mark-miller-2/how-kalie-shorr-got-back-up-after-being-knocked-down/91105004 |archive-date=January 17, 2025 |access-date=2025-02-22 |work=Inc |language=en-US |url-status=live }}
On January 30, 2025, she released “Unkiss”, her first solo single in over a year.{{Cite web |title=Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/5STeyVdtOtCJS82R3BJdrg?si=mgJcw6FrRCSBEn2m4ETl9g |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=open.spotify.com}}
Personal life
Shorr has identified as queer.{{cite podcast |last=Shorr |first=Kalie |title=Let's Get One Thing Straight... I'm Not |series=Too Much to Say with Kalie Shorr |url=https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-too-much-to-say-with-kali-71494452/episode/lets-get-one-thing-straight-im-111883094/ |website=iHeartRadio |date=March 20, 2023 |access-date=February 21, 2025}}
On January 5, 2019, she announced on Instagram that her older sister, Ashley Rhiannon Coffman, had died from an accidental drug overdose.{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BsUGvzBF_I0/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=www.instagram.com}}{{Cite web |last=Savitsky |first=Sasha |date=2019-01-07 |title=Country singer Kalie Shorr reveals her sister died of heroin overdose |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-singer-kalie-shorr-reveals-her-sister-died-of-heroin-overdose |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} On publicly sharing her sister’s cause of death, she told Taste of Country: “I wanna tell my story … but I also wanna be respectful of other people. But my dad had that same approach with that to us sharing how my sister passed away, because I wrote the obituary too. Be honest about it.”{{Cite web |last=Dukes |first=Billy|date=2019-10-10 |title=INTERVIEW: Kalie Shorr's Very, Very, Very Bad Year |url=https://tasteofcountry.com/kalie-shorr-bad-year-interview-open-book/ |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Taste of Country |language=en}} As a result of her sister’s passing, she has done numerous interviews and television appearances advocating for harm reduction access and legalization.{{Cite web |title=The Push to Test Drugs for Fentanyl - The Journal. - WSJ Podcasts |url=https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/the-push-to-test-drugs-for-fentanyl/19548768-a144-4c16-b19e-9b6885b83b6b |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=WSJ |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Joseph |first=Jamie |date=2024-03-29 |title=California offers free fentanyl test strips for 'safe' drug use, advises 'never using alone' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-offers-free-fentanyl-test-strips-for-safe-drug-use-under-states-harm-reduction-strategy |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}} In 2024, she was nominated for a Webby Award in “Best Individual Podcast Episode - News & Politics”{{Cite web |title=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2024/podcasts/individual-episodes/news-politics-ind-episodes/280849/in-the-room-with-peter-bergen--can-the-fentanyl-epidemic-be-stopped |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=NEW Webby Gallery + Index |language=en}} for her episode of In The Room with Peter Bergen covering the opioid epidemic.{{Cite web |title="In the Room with Peter Bergen" transcript: Episode 12 |url=https://www.audible.com/blog/in-the-room-with-peter-bergen-transcript-episode-12 |access-date=2025-02-22 |website=Audible Blog |language=en}}
On March 30, 2020, Shorr announced via Twitter, that she had recently been diagnosed with COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/country-singer-kalie-shorr-coronavirus|title=Country singer Kalie Shorr announces coronavirus diagnosis|first=Nate|last=Day|date=March 30, 2020|website=Fox News}}
In 2021, she confirmed to People Magazine that she was in a relationship with fellow musician, Sam Varga. The couple reportedly began dating in 2020.
Discography
= Albums =
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| scope="row"| Open Book
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| scope="row"| Open Book: Unabridged
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= Extended plays =
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| style="width:12em;"| Title
! style="width:16em;"| Details |
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| scope="row"| The Nashville Sessions
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| scope="row"| The Y2k Mixtape{{cite web|title=The Y2k Mixtape|website=iTunes |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-y2k-mixtape/1088651196|access-date=May 22, 2016}}
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| scope="row"| Slingshot
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| scope="row"| Awake
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| scope="row"| I Got Here By Accident
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=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| Year
! style="width:12em;"| Single ! Album |
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| 2012
! scope="row"| "Cloud 9" | {{n/a}} |
| 2016
! scope="row"| "Fight Like a Girl" | align="left"| The Y2k Mixtape |
| 2016
! scope="row"| "He's Just Not That Into You" | align="left"| Slingshot – EP |
| 2017
! scope="row"| "Nothin New" | align="left"| Slingshot – EP |
| 2018
! scope="row"| "Two Hands" | align="left"| Awake – EP |
| 2018
! scope="row"| "Candy" | align="left"| Awake – EP |
| 2019
! scope="row"| "Lullaby" | align="left"| Open Book |
| 2019
! scope="row"| "F U Forever" | align="left"| Open Book |
| 2020
! scope="row"| "My Voice" | align="left"| Open Book: Unabridged |
| 2020
! scope="row"| "Lying To Myself" | align="left"| Open Book: Unabridged |
= Other appearances =
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! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Title ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Artist ! scope="col"| Album |
| scope="row"| "Reazon 2 Rhyme"{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-direct/id1109204001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031090534/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-direct/id1109204001|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 31, 2016|title=Live & Direct by Ben Shorr|website=iTunes Store (US)|publisher=Apple Inc|accessdate=October 30, 2016}}
| 2016 | Ben Shorr | Live & Direct |
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| scope="row"| "I Didn’t Die"
| 2024 | |
=Music videos=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Year
! style="width:12em;"| Video |
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| rowspan="2"| 2016
! scope="row"| "Fight Like a Girl" |
| scope="row"| "He's Just Not That Into You" |
| 2018
! scope="row"| "Two Hands" |
| rowspan="3"| 2019
! scope="row"| "Awake (Country Mix)" |
| scope="row"| "Awake (Pop Mix) ft. Jonny Brenns" |
| scope="row"| "Lullaby" |
| rowspan="2"| 2020
! scope="row"| "Escape" |
| scope="row"| "My Voice" |
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150508030008/http://www.kalieshorr.com/ Official website]}}
- [https://m.youtube.com/user/EmmaKalieParodies YouTube channel]
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Category:Musicians from Portland, Maine
Category:American women country singers
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