Premiere via Guitar Girl – View Here
(Nashville, Tenn. – December 17, 2020) – 17-year old Country music talent Kylie Trout releases the music video for her Gen Z dating song “Extra.” With the release of the track in October, Trout continues to gain the attention of the media and the industry with her distinctive vocals and signature R&B-meets-country sound. The music video premiered via Guitar Girl Magazine and can be view HERE.
Filmed in Trout’s hometown in Southern California, the new music video follows the dating life of the younger generation, filled with playing games and unfollowing of pages. The County newcomer tells the honest and relatable story of the dating world as a current high-schooler as she and her friends continue to spot her ex around town with his new blonde. Refusing to drop to his level, Trout knows her worth is more than that of a boy singing, “Now it looks like you’ve lost your touch, and now you’re just Extra.”
Written by Trout (after multiple rewrites with the help of Jason Hamer and Mark Addison Chandler), “Extra” is now available via all digital retailers HERE.
This 17-year-old talent brings forth a lively song that takes a modern twist on classic country storytelling. Inspired by the aftermath of a breakup and an ex who made a habit of “going the extra mile.” Trout sings of the unraveling of events after the breakup as her ex further proved his “extra” status by continuing to air past grievances as she continued to process and move on. When discussing the upcoming release, Trout said, “I love the vibe of this song. It is a little different for me, with a little more of that R&B influence, but that’s what I love so much about it. It’s fun, it’s sassy, it’s how everyone feels after a breakup. Anyone can relate!”
As a senior in high school, Trout has a bright future on the horizon. “Everybody that I meet always tells me ‘you’re not 17, you’re an old soul,” she says, “And I love that!” After experiencing abuse from her biological mother at a young age, Trout lived with her single dad and grandparents in southern California for the first eight years of her life. Trout turned to music to help convey her feelings and process emotion. The singer-songwriter describes her journey to music as her “saving grace,” saying, “Growing up without my mom, it still gets to me to this day. But that really led me to music… I feel like I had to mature very quickly when I was little because there was a lot of things going on that other kids might not understand with my mom.”
Throughout her childhood, Trout continued to discover her love of music. After having a bout of stage fright during a vocal lesson that led to tears and running out of the room upon her turn to sing, Trout’s loved ones were shocked when this same shy girl commanded the stage at her fourth-grade talent show singing Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together.” “I just didn’t want to get off the stage,” Trout remembers of the moment that confirmed her love for performing.
From writing about her mother, to writing light-hearted, relatable songs like “Extra,” versatility is truly Trout’s strong suit. “I think all of my songs hold a different story,” she narrates. “I want to mix everything around and tell completely different stories.”
To learn more about Trout, follow her journey via her Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, or visit https://www.kylietrout.com/