Tiera Kennedy

One Liner: Nashville country with a voice that annoys me
Wikipedia Genre: Country, R&B
Home: Alabama

Poster Position: Third Quarter - Line 18
Day: Friday
Weekend One Only.

Thoughts:  Huh.  I am remembering last year, while writing up Brittney Spencer, and realizing that her top track was actually Beyonce's "BLACKBIIRD" cover.  Well, same thing here, and it is weird because you have no opportunity to understand which of the voices in that song belongs to the four extra names that come after Queen Bey.  So, this gal's voice is among there somewhere.

Her top single is kind of weird - some sort of industry thing that I just don't understand - because "Found It In You" has 6.8 million streams, and then "Found It In You (Tiera's Version)" has 21.9 million streams.  Aren't both versions her version?  Did that dickhead who bought Taylor Swift's back catalog already snap up this young lady's 2022 single so that she had to create a copy and her fans wouldn't pay that guy?  I dunno.  But here you go, the newer version, in its cheesy and terrible glory.

Its the little affectations to the voice that make me immediately want to turn it off.  I don't know if those are actually effects being added to her voice through a computer, but they kind of sound like it and they turn me off.

I need to write this up so that I can turn off this music.  She grew up in Gardendale, Alabama, which is a northern suburb of Birmingham.  She taught herself how to play guitar using YouTube videos, and would play anywhere around town that would let her - including restaurants like Chick-Fil-A and Buffalo Wild Wings.  She was planning to attend Belmont in Nashville, but ended up at North Alabama, where she studied for a year before ditching it to head to Nashville.  She was on a reality TV show called Real Country, where she was mentored by Shania Twain and won an episode (whatever that means).  She signed with Big Machine, was named MusicRow's Next Big Thing, and opened for Kelsea Ballerini.

One album, 2024's Rooted, although somewhat strangely, the songs on it are super low on stream count.  Most of them are under 100k, including a confusingly titled song called "Sweet Home Alabama" that is not a cover.  "Jesus, My Mama, My Therapist" wins for best title, even if the song is not great.  "Alabama Nights" is her second biggest streamer, a 2022 single.  2.1 million streams.

I refuse to listen to that song again, so just know that it is about her love for her home state and involves more of that voice that is making me cringe.  Happy for all of her success!  I hope that her show is amazing!  I will not be there to see it!