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Conan Gray
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Conan Gray Is An American Singer-Songwriter And Social Media Personality. He Was Born On December 5 1998 In Lemon Grove California. As An Infant His Family Moved To Hiroshima Japan And Shortly After Returned To California Before Settling In Georgetown Texas. He Started His Career On YouTube Under His Channel 'ConanxCanon' Before Officially Changing To 'Conan Gray'. While On His Time On YouTube He Released Multiple Original Songs With The Most Famous One Being 'Idle Town' The Lead Single Of His Debut EP 'Sunset Season' Released On November 16 2018. Before Releasing The EP He Signed With Republic Records In October Of 2018. He Supported The EP With The Singles 'Generation Why' And 'Crush Culture'. In 2019 Conan Officially Started To Release A Series Of Singles For His Debut Studio Album 'Kid Krow'. Since June He Has Released 3 Official Singles With The Most Notable One Being 'Maniac' Which Garnered Success In South Korea Australia New Zealand And On Many Spotify Charts Around The World. Two Days Before The Release Of His Album He Released The Third Official Single 'Wish You Were Sober'. On March 20th Conan Released 'Kid Krow'. The Album Debuted At #5 On The Billboard 200 Albums Chart And Following The Commercial Success Of Kid Krow Apple Music Named Conan As An Up Next Artist And Released An Exclusive Mini-Documentary About Him In April 2020. Conan Has Taken A Liking To Leaving Hints Of Future Events On His Instagram Stories Following In The Footsteps Of Taylor Swift Herself. In The Lead Up To His Sophomore Album Superache Which Was Released On June 24 2022 Conan Hinted Clues Of Letters In Coffee Cups Roses And A Week Before The Album Announcement A Timer Counting Down To The Album Release Announcement On His Website. On April 15 Conan Released His 4th Single For The Album Memories Which Has Had Success In TikTok And Reaching Over 130 Million Streams On Spotify. The Album Which It Is Featured On Superache Which Was Released On June 24 2022 Has Gained Global Attention With Conan Touring With The 'Superache Tour' In America Throughout September/ October 2022 New Zealand And Australia Throughout November And In Asia During February 2023.
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"The Story” Is A More Personal And Slow-Tempo Single Compared To Radio-Friendly Singles Like “Maniac” From Conan’s Debut Album "Kid Krow". The Song Tells The Story Of His Life Before Getting Recognized As Explained By Himself During "The Comfort Crowd Tour" In Saint Louis "It’s One Of The Ones That Means More To Me. … I Like To Tell Stories And This Song Is Kind Of A Story About My Life When It Was Before All Of My Fame ." Since The Song Is So Personal Conan Has Expressed Hesitation In Releasing The Song And Putting It On His Album. He Wrote The Song Purely For Himself And Played It For His Friends Who Convinced Him To Release It. “The Story” Uses A First-Person And Third-Person Storytelling Technique To Narrate The Listeners Through Conan’s Childhood Which He Has Summed Up As “less Than Ideal” Back In October 29 2019 At The Comfort Crowd Tour. "The Album Is So Chaotic And It Can Be Pretty Sad And Dark At Times In The Middle. I Wanted To End On A More Hopeful Note. I Had A Pretty Rough Childhood A Lot Of It Was Just Really Unsafe. There Were Times As A Kid That I Wished So Badly That I Just Didn’t Exist Anymore. I Wanted So Badly For My Pain To Stop And I Wanted To Just Stop Existing. Every Single Time That I Would Hit Those Rock-Bottom Moments Something Would Just Tell Me To Keep Going. I Wanted To Write A Song Talking About All Those Moments In My Life And All The Things That Happened To Me And My Friends Growing Up Where We Thought That Life Was Just Going To Stop But With The Smallest Amount Of Courage—and With People Who Can Show You That They Love You—you Can Keep Going And It’s Never Really The End." - Conan Gray Via Apple Music Conan Has Explained The Song’s Inspiration In The Description Of Its Lyric Video "Wrote This Song About Me And My Friends' Childhoods. There Were Times Growing Up That I Thought Life Would Never Get Better. That Life Would Always Be That Painful. But I Promise It’s Never The End Of The Story."
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Conan Gray Is An American Singer-Songwriter And Social Media Personality. He Was Born On December 5 1998 In Lemon Grove California. As An Infant His Family Moved To Hiroshima Japan And Shortly After Returned To California Before Settling In Georgetown Texas. He Started His Career On YouTube Under His Channel 'ConanxCanon' Before Officially Changing To 'Conan Gray'. While On His Time On YouTube He Released Multiple Original Songs With The Most Famous One Being 'Idle Town' The Lead Single Of His Debut EP 'Sunset Season' Released On November 16 2018. Before Releasing The EP He Signed With Republic Records In October Of 2018. He Supported The EP With The Singles 'Generation Why' And 'Crush Culture'. In 2019 Conan Officially Started To Release A Series Of Singles For His Debut Studio Album 'Kid Krow'. Since June He Has Released 3 Official Singles With The Most Notable One Being 'Maniac' Which Garnered Success In South Korea Australia New Zealand And On Many Spotify Charts Around The World. Two Days Before The Release Of His Album He Released The Third Official Single 'Wish You Were Sober'. On March 20th Conan Released 'Kid Krow'. The Album Debuted At #5 On The Billboard 200 Albums Chart And Following The Commercial Success Of Kid Krow Apple Music Named Conan As An Up Next Artist And Released An Exclusive Mini-Documentary About Him In April 2020. Conan Has Taken A Liking To Leaving Hints Of Future Events On His Instagram Stories Following In The Footsteps Of Taylor Swift Herself. In The Lead Up To His Sophomore Album Superache Which Was Released On June 24 2022 Conan Hinted Clues Of Letters In Coffee Cups Roses And A Week Before The Album Announcement A Timer Counting Down To The Album Release Announcement On His Website. On April 15 Conan Released His 4th Single For The Album Memories Which Has Had Success In TikTok And Reaching Over 130 Million Streams On Spotify. The Album Which It Is Featured On Superache Which Was Released On June 24 2022 Has Gained Global Attention With Conan Touring With The 'Superache Tour' In America Throughout September/ October 2022 New Zealand And Australia Throughout November And In Asia During February 2023.
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"The Story” is a more personal and slow-tempo single compared to radio-friendly singles like “Maniac” from Conan’s debut album "Kid Krow". The song tells the story of his life before getting recognized, as explained by himself during "The Comfort Crowd Tour" in Saint Louis:
"It’s one of the ones that means more to me. […] I like to tell stories and this song is kind of a story about my life when it was before all of [my fame]."
Since the song is so personal, Conan has expressed hesitation in releasing the song and putting it on his album. He wrote the song purely for himself, and played it for his friends, who convinced him to release it.
“The Story” uses a first-person and third-person storytelling technique to narrate the listeners through Conan’s childhood which he has summed up as “less than ideal” back in October 29, 2019, at The Comfort Crowd Tour.
"The album is so chaotic, and it can be pretty sad and dark at times in the middle. I wanted to end on a more hopeful note. I had a pretty rough childhood; a lot of it was just really unsafe. There were times as a kid that I wished so badly that I just didn’t exist anymore. I wanted so badly for my pain to stop, and I wanted to just stop existing. Every single time that I would hit those rock-bottom moments, something would just tell me to keep going. I wanted to write a song talking about all those moments in my life and all the things that happened to me and my friends growing up where we thought that life was just going to stop, but with the smallest amount of courage—and with people who can show you that they love you—you can keep going and it’s never really the end."
- Conan Gray via Apple Music
Conan has explained the song’s inspiration in the description of its lyric video:
"Wrote this song about me and my friends' childhoods. There were times growing up that I thought life would never get better. That life would always be that painful. But I promise, it’s never the end of the story." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Published: 12 Dec 2023, 03:06
Kid Krow Is The Debut Studio Album By American Singer-Songwriter Conan Gray. It Was Released On March 20 2020 Through Republic Records. The Album Includes The Singles "Checkmate" "Comfort Crowd" "Maniac" "The Story" And "Wish You Were Sober" All Of Which Have Accumulated Over 92 Million Streams Online. Kid Krow Received Positive Reviews From Music Critics For Its Production Songwriting And Gray's Vocal Performance. Commercially It Debuted At Number Five On The Billboard 200 And Further Topped The US Pop Albums Chart Also Debuting At Number Two On The Top Album Sales Chart. Kid Krow Received A Boost In Sales And Re-Entered The Charts Of Several Countries When Its Track "Heather" Became A Sleeper Hit After Gaining Popularity On The Online Platform TikTok. Gray Told People That The Album Was Inspired By His "pretty Rough" Childhood In Texas Explaining "When You're Young It's Really Hard To Imagine Life Not Always Being Hard. I Lived In A Really Unsafe Household And Life Just Wasn't Very Good For Me. And So As A Kid I Was Just Like There's No Way That I'm Gonna Make It There's No Way That I'm Going To Survive Or There's No Way That There's Going To Be Anything More To My Life Than Just Dealing With Pain." Gray Told Teen Vogue That Growing Up As A Child Of Mixed Race In Texas Affected Who He Is As A Person As He Felt That "he Didn't Really Belong Anywhere." He Told Clash "The Record Is A Study Of How I Perceive The World. I Talk A Lot About My Friends And People I've Met Touring Over The Past Year. It's Me. I'm Not The Coolest Person But The Album Is Me Accepting The Fact I'm Weird And I Don't Need To Be Anybody Else. It's Also A Chance To Encourage Others To Embrace Who They Are And Be Unapologetic About It."