Kayla
Kayla currently works at a record store and is an undergraduate psychology student, but her dream is to be a musician. She’s been writing music as long as she can remember and hopes to start releasing it this year. The only thing Kayla loves as much as she loves music is her dog, Nico. She started Off The Record as a place to pursue both her passion for music and writing, but mostly to connect with other people who love music as much as she does. Three albums she would use to describe herself are Come What(ever) May (Stone Sour), Breach (twenty øne piløts) and Good Riddance (Gracie Abrams).
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Gracie Abrams Spills The Secret Of Us In Toronto At Her Sold-Out Show
By Kayla Harper Singer/songwriter Gracie Abrams is one of the biggest names in modern pop music and is currently on the last leg of her The Secret Of Us tour in support of…
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Five Years Of Folklore: A Journey Through Each Song
By Kayla Harper For many, the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns meant sitting at home in total isolation, the only human contact being through a screen, binge-watching hours of tv, trying out new recipes to…
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Celebrating Five Years of Minor by Gracie Abrams
By Kayla Harper It was five years ago today that early fans of Abrams, myself included, sat down and listened to Minor for the first time. It was the first time Abrams released a…
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BLEACHERS Headline the Calgary Stampede!
By Kayla Harper For an otherwise irrelevant and forgotten city, the one thing Calgary is known for is it’s annual Calgary Stampede taking place in the first two weeks of July every…
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Born Again – Lorde Summer Officially Kicks Off With New Album: Virgin
By Kayla Harper The New Zealand born singer/songwriter Ella Yelich-O’Connor known professionally as Lorde released her highly anticipated fourth studio album, Virgin, this past week on June 27. First announced on April 30 following…
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Blurryface Rebørn: A Rock Sound Tribute
By Kayla Harper In honour of the ten year anniversary of Twenty Øne Piløts break-through record, Blurryface, Rock Sound, a UK-based alternative music publishing magazine, put together a tribute version of the Blurryface…
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The Secret Of Gracie Abrams: Celebrating One Year Of ‘The Secret Of Us’
By Kayla Harper Before she was headlining arenas worldwide and dominating the charts with hits like “That’s So True”, Gracie Abrams was playing small shows in garages, 1000 capacity venues and from…
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Can Sabrina Carpenter “Please Please Please” Stop? Sabrina Announces New Album, Man’s Best Friend
By Kayla Harper Like many girls, I grew up with Sabrina Carpenter, who at the time was best known for her role as Maya Hart on the series Girl Meets World. She started…
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The Night Things Changed: Taylor Wins the Fight For Her Masters
By Kayla Harper For years to come, May 30th will be known as Swiftie Independence Day: the day Taylor Swift announced the long overdue and well-deserved ownership of her first six albums,…
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How The Music We Love Shapes Who We Become
By Kayla Harper As someone who is heavily involved in the music community from working at a record store, going to concerts, to actively engaging in an online space, I participate in…
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Olivia Rodrigo Sour Album Ranking
By Kayla Harper INTRODUCTION Disney star, Olivia Rodrigo shocked the world in 2021 with the release of her debut album, Sour. Initially, many people didn’t assume much of it since most childhood Disney…
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Celebrating Ten Years Of Blurryface
By Kayla Harper It’s 2015 and the lyrics “my name is Blurryface and I care what you think” are blaring out of every radio in the city. Normal people are singing along, laughing…
