AltPop singer/songwriter K.Flay has one of the more magnetic voices in music right now, moving between a creeping soulfulness and silky raps that flow together seductively in her Trip Hop-adjacent sound.
Born Kristine Flaherty, K.Flay began releasing singles and mixtapes while in college, later signing with RCA Records. She was still finding her voice and RCA didn’t know what to do with her, pushing her toward a more straight-up Pop sound. She extricated herself from that deal and DIY-released her debut full-length, Life as a Dog, which helped earn her considerable attention.
Imagine Dragons’ frontperson Dan Reynolds was one of the people captivated by K.Flay’s music, making her the first signing to his Interscope-distributed label, Night Street, and also taking her on his band’s arena tour as an opener. She’s continued her ascent in the music world with regular headlining tours (much to the delight of her fervent and growing fanbase) and getting her music into a lot of people’s ears via commercial placements — her vocals on Louis the Child’s “It’s Strange” featured in a recent Nissan TV ad has certainly caused tons of people to fumble for their phones and Shazam it.
When she returns to Cincinnati this week, K.Flay will likely be playing some new material — her anticipated new album, Solutions, is coming out on July 12.
One new song she'll definitely be playing is her latest single, "Sister," which was released last week. (She released another single, "Bad Vibes," in March
She’ll also be showing some love to a couple of local acts: Synth Pop duo Moonbeau were booked as direct support and she put a call out on Twitter last week to find another artist to kick off the show.
8 p.m. Wednesday. $22. Bogart’s, 2621 Vine St., Corryville, bogarts.com.
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