KASSI ASHTON RELEASES DEBUT SINGLE "CALIFORNIA, MISSOURI"
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Promising newcomer Kassi Ashton, recently named "Who to Watch" by Huffington Post, The Tennessean, and radio personality Bobby Bones' Class of 2018, today released her debut single, "California, Missouri". The song is available now via Universal Music Group Nashville and Interscope Records. Listen HERE.
Quickly
making a name for herself with her soulful voice and authentic
songwriting, Kassi shares, "This is the song I always knew I wanted to
write. It's an intro in to everything I am." In the deeply personal
song, Kassi digs into her experience as a self-described black sheep,
ridiculed for her individuality and ready to break away. "I want the
people who live here [California, Mo.] to hear it and know that I love
them, but I also want them to know how bad it hurt," she continues. "I
also want them to realize that the hurt and the beauty is what made me
who I am completely."
In
addition to writing the autobiographical "California, Missouri," Kassi
created the concept and graphics for the song artwork. "This is my
introduction to the world," she says. "I wanted people to get more than
just a pretty picture." Comprised of seven layered images all shot at
her father's farm, Kassi aimed for "high fashion editorial in front of a
cliché, but honest, rural country background." The multiple layers each
have significant meaning and range from one of her high school senior
pictures, a time when the young songwriter says, "dreams were still
dreams," to a pile of junk outside her dad's shop and a horse trailer.
Kassi explains, "I've always tried to make beauty out of a mess - and
I'm kind of a creative mess - and it's unconventional. I like things
that are unconventional and skipped over." One of the final images is of
three-year-old Kassi performing at her grandparents' home. Thinking
back on all of those years with one goal in mind, Kassi shares, "I've
thought about this my entire life - every day since I was that age - and
now I'm living it."
For a more in-depth, unapologetic view into Kassi's "California, Missouri," visit www.KassiAshton.com.
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