Together with American Songwriter, we had the pleasure of interviewing Tori Kelly over Zoom video!
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Stream Tori’s new EP 'Solitude' here: https://ToriKelly.lnk.to/SolitudeID
Even as Tori Kelly evolves her artistry, her warm vocal presence and heartfelt lyrics remain at the core of what makes her one of pop's most luminescent figures. That’s been true ever since she debuted with 2015’s breezy, soulful Unbreakable Smile, which entered the Billboard 200 at No. 2. Her multi-octave range and emotional might helped her take home two Grammys, for the 2018 passion project Hiding Place and its uplifting single “Never Alone.” And with her third full-length, 2019's Inspired by True Events, Kelly transformed tremendous personal loss into a brave and bracingly candid work that brought greater depth and maturity to her songwriting than ever. Now, Kelly’s Solitude EP is the beginning of a new, happier chapter. Self-recorded at home during the spring 2020 quarantine, the five-song effort sports a fresh musical outlook inspired by both the '90s R&B she grew up with and her early days as a guitar-toting singer-songwriter. “I’ve never been more thankful for my home studio,” she says. “It felt like I was going back to my roots, when I would be in my room making songs and posting covers on YouTube.”
Despite the melancholy vibe of her spare remake of Drake’s “Time Flies,” the time spent at home with her husband put Kelly in a joyous headspace. Here, summery throwback "Unbothered" — produced remotely by Jorgen Odegard (P!nk, Yungblud) — finds Kelly sounding empowered while describing the exhilaration of getting over an ex. And gentle ballad "Glad," which she wrote, produced, and recorded completely by herself, is a gratitude-filled ode to her husband's unwavering patience and grace while navigating her imperfections. "A lot of change has happened since my last album, so it felt great to just freely write what was on my heart and be inspired by different stories," Kelly says. "I had so much fun creating this EP, and I’m excited to share this new chapter of my music." Dovetailing perfectly with her recent “QuaranTEA” livestream series, Solitude is both intimate and powerful — a jumpoff point to an even more creatively free future.
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