![]() She wanted the project to be "DIY self-motivated". In late April 2014, K.Flay announced the release of her album Life as a Dog, by offering fans the ability to pre-order via PledgeMusic, reaching 196 percent of her initial goal. K.Flay has described her time with RCA Records as similar to "an ill-advised marriage". Upon leaving RCA Records, she left behind more than 60 songs she had written while signed under RCA Records, but no longer owned the rights to. She parted ways with RCA Records in 2013 because of differences of opinion. K.Flay signed with RCA Records in 2012, releasing two EPs: Eyes Shut in 2012, with songs produced by Liam Howlett from the British band The Prodigy, and What If It Is in 2013. In 2010, K.Flay released her self-titled EP, and in 2011 self-released the mixtape I Stopped Caring in '96, which she later remarked was a career turning point. ![]() She released a mixtape called Suburban Rap Queen in 2005, which she produced on her laptop, and began performing. She continued to experiment with music by writing songs and performing and recording them on her computer. ![]() After writing and performing the song, Flaherty realized that she enjoyed writing and recording music. After bragging to a friend that she could write similar songs, she wrote "Blingity Blang Blang", which she described as a "low budget rap parody that contained far too many obscenities". K.Flay began her music career in 2003, believing that most hip hop hits on the radio were "simplistic, misogynistic and formulaic". K.Flay rapping at Stanford University in April 2007 Career 2003–2013: Self-released material and RCA Records According to Flaherty, many people she met during her time at Stanford influenced her musical style. In 2003, she enrolled at Stanford University, pursuing a double major in psychology and sociology. She has described herself as a tomboy during childhood, preferring baggier clothing and rejecting "all things girly". Flaherty's stepfather helped raise her and later adopted her. When she was 14 years old, her biological father-a guitarist who loved all musical genres-died of undisclosed causes related to his alcoholism many of her songs include references to him. When she was seven, her parents divorced and her mother remarried soon after, bringing in a stepbrother and a stepsister. She attended nearby New Trier High School. K.Flay was born Kristine Meredith Flaherty in Wilmette, Illinois, on June 30, 1985. 2.4 2019–2020: Solutions and Don't Judge a Song by Its Cover.2.3 2016–2018: Crush Me and Every Where Is Some Where.2.1 2003–2013: Self-released material and RCA Records.
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