Whitney Woerz

Whitney Woerz Is An American Singer-Songwriter Based In New York City New York. She Is Currently Signed With 10 22/Island Records A Sub-Label Of Universal Music Group. Her Music Career Began With A Poem Written To A Social Media Friend With Suicidal Thoughts. Light Positivity And Mental Health Continue To Be Prominent Themes In Her Music. Letting Out Jazzy Runs Hypnotic Hooks And An Unfiltered Operatic Scream From The Gut Whitney Woerz Sparks A Physical Reaction With Every Performance In The Studio And On Stage. With Over 135 Million YouTube Views 20 Million Streams And Acclaim From Billboard Vanyaland And More She Traces Her 2020 10 22pm/Island Records Debut Back To One Such Moment And A Life-Changing Realization… “I Fell To The Floor ” She Recalls. “I Discovered My Voice My Sound And My Genre In One Take. I Realized I Didn’t Have To Play By Any Rules. I Could Just Sing What Came Naturally. Rather Than Just Touching On It I’m Bringing Out What’s Underneath The Feelings And The Sadness. If You Analyze My Lyrics They’re Real. It’s Music That Might Help You Learn Something About Yourself.” Whitney Discovered Herself Through Music. Singing Before She Could Talk She Enrolled In Vocal Lessons As Early As Kindergarten Before Participating In Her First Musical Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat A Year Later. Falling In Love With Performance She Continued To Hone Her Voice Through Rigorous Traditional Training. Studying Opera Lyrical Classical And Jazz Her Range Encompassed An Expansive Swath Of Styles. Facing Turmoil In School She Retreated Into Her Art. “In My Hometown Everybody Was Skinny With Straight Blonde Hair And Played Sports ” She Says. “If You Weren’t Playing At A High Level You Weren’t Cool. I Got Bullied Because I Did Performing Arts. Can You Believe That? At The Time I Was Bigger Than Everyone Else And Had Curly Hair. It Could Be Really Tough.” She Siphoned That Struggle Into Songs. Retreating To Nashville With GRAMMY Award-Winning Producer Glenn Rosenstein Madonna U2 Talking Heads She Recorded Her Independent Behind The Smile EP In 2016. Written After A Friend Admitted To Suicidal Intent During An Online Chat The Single “Ghost Story” Took Off As An Anthem Of Encouragement And Empowerment. Citing The Song As “one Of The Most Significant Moments Of My Life Because My Friend Said It Saved Her ” The Accompanying Video Went Viral With 10 Million-Plus Views. Bring Change 2 Mind—the Organization Founded By Academy Award Nominee Glenn Close—sought Her Out As An Ambassador. Maintaining This Momentum “Love Me Not” Racked Up Over 60 Million YouTube Views And 4.5 Million Spotify Streams In 2018. Along The Way She Shared The Stage With Everyone From Jason Mraz And Jesse McCartney To Nina Nesbitt In Addition To Performing On The Today Show As Elvis Duran’s “Artist Of The Month.” During 2019 She Fully Realized Her Sonic Identity. Striking A Balance Between Jazz Phrasing Lo-Fi Production And Pop Power Whitney Introduces A Singular Style On Sad Love. “It’s Pop Fused With Jazz Influences And Urban Elements ” She Explains. “It’s Left-Of-Center And It Nods To Everything I Love. I Grew Up Practicing Opera. The Theatricality Is In There. I Love Standards By Ella Fitzgerald Frank Sinatra And Billie Holiday So It Has Some Of Those Elements. It’s Quirky Like Me. I Feel Like What I’m Doing Now Really Represents Who I Am.” The Lead Single And Title Track “Sad Love” Tiptoes Between Airy Keys And A Glitchy Beat As Her Soothing Vocals Give Way To A Sassy Bridge. Meanwhile Her Voice Ascends To Towering Heights With An Impassioned Refrain “Baby That’s Sad Love ” Backed By A Revival-Style Call-And-Response. “I Was With The Only Boyfriend I’ve Ever Had For My Junior Year Of High School ” She Remarks. “I Was Way Too In Love With Him. He Became My Life. I Didn’t Even Matter Anymore. One Day He Came Over And He Told Me He Didn’t Love Me Anymore. Then A Few Months Later When I Wrote ‘Sad Love ’ I Wasn’t Healed All The Way. But Then I Realized I Wouldn’t Be Anywhere If He Didn’t Break My Heart. I Became So Powerful In My Mind That I Took All Of Me Back. I Finally Became Myself Again. It’s An Oxymoron But The Sadness Brought Me To Self-Love. You Have To Break Before You Can Grow.” Elsewhere On The EP As Her Journey Carried On Lithe Guitar Wraps Entwine With Swells Of Strings As Her Angelic Delivery Emanates Through “Philophobia.” Once Again She Makes A Stark Confession “Philophobia Means ‘fear Of Falling In Love.’ I’m Admitting That I’m Scared Of Meeting My Match Getting Attached And Giving My Heart Without Getting It Back’.” The Droning Production Of “Weirdos” Gives Way To A Schizophrenic Performance As Her Voice Flutters Between Hushed Verses And Fits Of Triumphant As She Declares “The Odd Are Getting Even.” “If You’re Weird Embrace It ” She Continues. “That’s The Message Of The Song. Weird Is The New Cool. It’s Our Turn. Back In The Day I Was Bullied For Theater And Singing. I’m Taking An Awful Time In My Life And Adding Light Again.” In The End Whitney Might Just Move You Emotionally Physically And Spiritually. “I Want You To Take Away Positive Energy Encouragement And Unconditional Love ” She Leaves Off. “That’s The Most Important Thing To Me. I Want To Be A Light In The World By Being Real.” read less