K.Flay

L.A.-based K.Flay releases her newest single "Raw Raw” via GIANT Music thru The Syndicate. The song is her first new music of 2023 and first since confirming that she has gone completely deaf in her right ear due to a rare condition called SSNHL (Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss). “Raw Raw” is accompanied by the official music video which offers a psychologically chilling visual that taps into the disorienting effects of her real-life physical disability. It's the second single she has released on new label GIANT Music with a new full-length studio album due out in fall 2023. 

K.Flay said, "'Raw Raw' is the start of my next chapter. After losing half my hearing last fall, I was faced with a sudden and intense episode of fear and vulnerability. Like, could I even make music again? Once I got into my recovery and started writing and recording, I knew that I could. And what I wanted to create was music that felt properly rock but also properly future oriented. Uninhibited and different. With 'Raw Raw' I wanted to capture what vulnerability really feels like. Outwardly it might seem tender, but on the inside it’s messy and bloody and somewhat terrifying. It’s a chainsaw buzzing at your throat." 

Originally from Illinois, K.Flay, born Kristine Flaherty, started rapping and writing songs on a lark while attending Stanford University, and soon began releasing her self-produced mixtapes. Her breakout edgy radio single was "Blood In The Cut" in 2016. K.Flay has released three full-length albums to date: Life As A Dog (2014), Every Where Is Some Where (2017), and Solutons (2019). She has also released several EPs beginning with a self-released EP in 2010. She most recently released two EPs: Inside Voices and Outside Voices in 2021. At the beginning of 2022, K.Flay collaborated with Los Angeles-based producer Party Favor on a "Superhuman" single.  Through the years, she’s collaborated with everyone from Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda to Louis the Child to skate-punk bands like FIDLAR and Dune Rats. 

Last fall, K. Flay had to cancel her fall tour plans to deal with the medical emergency after releasing her single "It's Been So Long." Always vocal about her personal struggles, K.Flay has shared her journey trying to restore and ultimately learning how to accept and live with her disability. 

She begins a co-headline tour with grandson on May 12th. 

US Tour Dates

May 12 @ House of Blues in San Diego, CA

May 13 @ Orpheum Theatre in Flagstaff, AZ

May 14 @ Sunshine Theatre in Albuquerque, NM

May 16 @ Warehouse Live in Houston, TX

May 17 @ Boeing Center in San Antonio, TX

May 18 @ House of Blues in Dallas, TX

May 19 @ The Joy Theater in New Orleans, LA

May 20 @ Zydeco in Birmingham, AL

May 22 @ The Ritz Ybor in Tampa, FL

May 23 @ The Masquerade in Atlanta, GA

May 24 @ Skydeck in Nashville, TN

May 26 @ The National in Richmond, VA

May 27 @ The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC

May 28 @ Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh, NC

May 29 @ The Fillmore in Silver Spring, MD

May 31 @ House of Blues in Boston, MA

June 2 @ Toad’s Place in New Haven, CT

June 3 @ Webster Hall in New York, NY

June 4 @ Franklin Music Hall in Philadelphia, PA

June 5 @ Roxian Theatre in Pittsburgh, PA

June 6 @ Egyptian Room in Indianapolis, IN

June 8 @ Skull’s in Columbus, OH

June 9 @ St. Andrew’s Hall in Detroit, MI

June 10 & 11 @ House of Blues in Chicago, IL

June 12 @ Palace Theatre in Minneapolis, MN

June 13 @ The Rave in Milwaukee, WI

June 15 @ The Admiral in Omaha, NE

June 16 @ The Factory in St Louis, MI

June 17 @ Boulevardia Fest in Kansas City, MO

June 19 @ Mission Ballroom in Denver, CO

June 20 @ The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT

June 22 @ Revolution in Boise, ID

June 23 @ Showbox SoDo in Seattle, WA

June 24 @ Roseland Theater in Portland, OR

June 26 @ The Warfield in San Francisco, CA

June 27 @ the Wiltern in Los Angeles, CA

June 29 @ The Van Buren in Phoenix, AZ

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