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K.Flay (born Kristine Meredith Flaherty, June 30, 1985, Wilmette, Illinois, United States) is an American alternative artist, and an alumna of Stanford University in California, where she graduated with degrees in psychology and sociology. Although her dual degree may seem unnecessary, Flaherty is still an advocate for staying in school for the “supportive community” that it provides. In 2014, she began to get major recognition following the release of her first full-length album ''Life As A Dog''. She tours extensively and has performed alongside Snoop Dogg, Passion Pit, as well as on the Vans Warped Tour 2014. She thought of Warped Tour as a great learning experience and “was almost like an exercise in becoming a better performer,”. She has also recorded two sessions with Chicago-based music company Audiotree, best known for their in-studio live sessions. The first of these sessions was recorded and released in 2013, and the second was released in August 2015. Flaherty herself describes her sound as “genre-defying,” and draws from lo-fi pop and hip hop influences with a strong indie component. This lack of genre lends itself well to touring and collaborating with diverse artists, but also led her to conflict within a major label. K.Flay successfully stumbled into the rap game by looking to artists such as M.I.A. and Missy Elliott for inspiration,〔 and by having, as she calls it, “an almost existential level of humor about everything.” This self-diagnosed lack of self-consciousness is a major contributor to the ultimate success that K.Flay has seen over the past decade.〔 ==Early life== K.Flay was raised in a suburb North of Chicago, Illinois. Her parents divorced when she was seven, however remarried soon after, making her family a little bit larger with the addition of a step-parent and two step-siblings. She was a self-described tomboy growing up, often opting for baggier clothes and rejecting “all things girly.” This is reflected in her current style, with an adult twist. It’s this signature comedic attitude and lack of self-consciousness that helped her break the mold of a regular suburban girl growing up, and ultimately what set her apart in the rap game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「K.Flay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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