With a deep-rooted passion for R&B, an energetic personality, and a voice smoother than silk, KX has all the perfect ingredients for creating music that inspires people across the globe.
Born and raised in South-East London, Katy Lora Heffernan Smith is a rising singer and songwriter with the potential of becoming the next big artist in the country. Growing up, Katy started dance training at Swindon Dance aged 16 and continued at BodyWork in Cambridge.
After completing two years of the course, without the funds for a diploma, she decided to move back to London and focus on her music. In 2011, she was asked to join a girl pop band, where for three years she built up all the experience needed to break off into her solo career.
‘We attended the same college in Cambridge. I felt her spirit to be always kind and I was not surprised when she started really going for her music. Being a good person takes you further and Katy has those qualities,’ says Naomi James, professional dancer and choreographer from London.
Since 2016, KX has been working on different projects with producers like Ayo Beatz, PEP and Fanatix. Her debut EP, ‘1AM’, talks about heartbreak from relationships and her father, but it also spawned some of her most streamed tracks that ventured her towards a deeper and sexier body of work.
‘As much as I like to make music that’s really deep and meaningful, I also like to have fun,’ KX says. ‘I don’t want to just write music that people are like: oh she’s sad again, she’s crying over a guy. My mantra is that everything should be balanced.’
Her latest project titled Saint Laurent is an unapologetic statement of sticking to your guns while having fun, as KX herself puts it. The track meshes a powerful trap beat with the blend of sweet vocal tones and bold statements that stay very authentic to her sound.
‘At the time, I was kind of feeling very much like I didn’t wanna be told what type of music to do and it’s time to just really be authentic, no matter what anyone says,’ says KX.
Jevon Alexander, an emerging producer and R&B artist from Michigan, USA, collaborated with KX on the production of the track. The two worked together online due to the continental distance and the ongoing pandemic, of course.
‘I’m not familiar with the UK scene. So the fact that it was different for my ears, I’m going to support it, because I love different. I was more excited that someone from that far away was willing to work with me,’ says Jevon.
This year is set to be an exciting one for KX and her music, starting from a ‘three-tracks project’ that includes her latest single, a new one titled P.R.O.B.L.E.M. and the third one yet to be revealed which will be released soon.
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