A New York songwriter whose piano-driven catalog feels like conversation, from "The Way I Am" to "Stranger Songs."
If you want to hear what she does best, start with "The Way I Am" and then try "Breakable." Both have that plainspoken quality that makes her catalog feel lived-in.
Her 2007 single "The Way I Am" broke through to the Billboard Hot 100, but what sticks is how her songs feel direct and unguarded. Tracks like "Parachute" and "Breakable" have that conversational quality where she's talking with you rather than performing at you. Even when she faced criticism for that American Apparel collaboration in 2010, her apology felt consistent with music that centers on personal accountability.
She started playing piano and writing songs in New York City, drawing from jazz and folk influences. After early label rejections, she kept performing at open mics and putting out independent work until "The Way I Am" gave her debut album "Girls and Boys" its chart momentum. She's maintained that consistent voice through different production approaches, from 2012's "Human Again" to 2019's "Stranger Songs."
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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