K.Flay
K.Flay is a singer, rapper and songwriter who brings candid lyrics to alternative rock and electronic music, from “Blood in the Cut” and “High Enough” to her project 2XT.
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Overview
- Name
- Kristine Meredith Flaherty
- From
- Wilmette, Illinois
- Makes
- Alternative rock, hip-hop and electronic music
- Studied
- Psychology and sociology at Stanford University
- Breakout
- Every Where Is Some Where and “Blood in the Cut”
- Also creates as
- 2XT, with Jason Suwito
Mini bio
How it started.
K.Flay began writing songs and playing campus shows while studying at Stanford. What started as a break from schoolwork grew into something she wanted to build her life around. After graduating, she moved to San Francisco and kept playing shows, gradually finding her audience.
Finding her place.
Her debut album, Life as a Dog, arrived in 2014. The 2017 album Every Where Is Some Where brought “High Enough” and “Blood in the Cut” to more listeners, alongside touring with Imagine Dragons. “Blood in the Cut” earned a 2018 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Song, and the album received a Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical nomination.
Learning to listen again.
After losing hearing in her right ear, she released MONO in 2023. Single-sided deafness and tinnitus later led her to reimagine six of its songs for the quieter EP I’m Making Friends with the Silence. Her newer work includes the electronic project 2XT with Jason Suwito and the 2026 singles “Ants” and “Blood Cells.”
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026SPECIAL FEELINGSCo-writer with Jason Suwito, as 2XT
- 2025Fight Like a GirlFeatured vocals and co-writer, with Evanescence; created for Ballerina
- 2024I’m Making Friends with the SilenceRecording artist
- 2023MONORecording artist
- 2017Every Where Is Some WhereRecording artist
- 2016Blood in the CutCo-writer with JT Daly and performer
Awards
Quotes
When you are inhabiting yourself, you are free.K.Flay, official biography via twnty three
On making music as an independent artist. https://twntythree.com/roster/k-flay/
Trivia
- She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2022.
- She celebrated her first Grammy nominations with Egg McMuffins and coffee.
- The idea for “Ants” began with recurring ant infestations at her Los Angeles home.
- She told AMPED she does not keep a songwriting journal; her ideas tend to come in the moment.
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