carolesdaughter

carolesdaughter is Thea Taylor. "violent" is the lead single from the 18-year-old San Diego singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She uploaded the single to Souncloud and amassed millions of streams independently, which landed her deal with Arista for her forthcoming 2021 debut album. She chose the name carolesdaughter in honor of her mom, Carole. She wrote “violent” during a toxic relationship over a somber beat laden with 808s and creaky acoustic guitar and sang into her iPhone late one night. carolesdaughter noted, "I was just fed up, and I released it. It was a real moment. I guess people recognize it."

Thea is the youngest of 10 kids born in Oceanside, CA in a strict Mormon household. The siblings shared a passion for music, singing together and teaching one another piano. An outsider since birth, Thea shuffled in and out of middle school, spending seventh grade and eighth grade in home school. In the face of various trouble, trials, and tribulations, she eventually attended five different high schools before dropping out. After seeing a tattoo, she researched Black Flag online and unlocked the worlds of punk, hardcore, and goth. Her tastes spanned everything from E.L.O., The Doors, and The Carpenters to Christian Death, Crystal Castles, Rico Nasty, Jinjer, and Lil Peep. Her wild young life has included drug addiction and multiple trips to rehab. 

"It’s in my genes,” she sighs. “I’ve experienced some pretty traumatic events that steered me towards drugs. I always felt like I didn’t fit in. I found a bunch of people who felt the same way. The last time I went to rehab, I was there for six months, and I had a guitar. I wrote prolifically all the time. It clicked, ‘This is what I was meant to do’. I told myself I would record and release music when I got home."

"I want people to see me behind the songs and understand a real person wrote them,” she continues. “My music is everything to me. carolesdaughter is who I am."

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