Artist
Kenna
Kenna
Kenna is an LGBTQIA+ identifying artist who stands for unapologetically living her truth. She feels passionate about using her art and platform to bring awareness to queer and social issues at large. She wants to use her voice to help others understand that we should never change ourselves for anyone. Her music creates a brave space of depth and meaning, combining heartfelt lyrics with memorable melodies and catchy rhythms. Nashville-based, her authentic lyrics serve as a transparent barrier to her soul, exposing the themes of love, release and growth that unite each and every soul on this planet.
For fans of: Maggie Rogers, MUNA, and HAIM
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 33.30% / Steven Patrick Wilson (BMI) 33.40% / Christopher Alan Young (BMI) 33.30%
Description
Indie pop anthem about being true to yourself, living your life to the fullest in each moment, and not giving into comparison. BPM 106.
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[Verse]
We're all in awe of something
Grass is always greener on the other side
It's like I'm always wondering
Why do I hear thunder in the blue sky[Prechorus]
I'm getting tired of chasing shadows
Running in circles after
Someone that's not me[Chorus]
don't wanna wait til it's over
Or waste all my colors
Don't wanna hide em
Don't wanna soften my edges
Or go on pretending
Don't wanna fight it /or/ don't wanna keep lyin'
Took me awhile to learn the lesson
There's beauty in the imperfection[Verse]
Everything's uneven
But the cracks and lines in the walls make it a real life
If there's a bigger meaning
Oh I'm trying to find it[Chorus]
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 50% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 50%
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Feel-good anthem about being there for someone no matter what life throws at you. BPM: 116
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Upside Down
If you're diving deep, oh I'll swim with you
If you're going places, oh I'm going too
You can say anything, I got your back
Living in a day dream, let's make it lastLike a shooting star
Like a light in the dark
I'm here for you
Even when we're upside down
If everything we know
Comes crashing down
I'm here for you,
Even when we're upside down
I'm here for you
Even when we're upside down
I'm here for you
Even when we're upside downLike an endless highway, got a way to set you free
We're forever finding a better way to be
You can say anything, I got your back
Living in a day dream, let's make it lastChorus
If you're spinning in the open
I can keep you going
I'm here for you
The world is what we make it
Together we can face it
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 33.30% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 33.40% / Jake Ohlbaum (ASCAP) 33.30%
Description
Shimmering song about finding magic in the ordinary. BPM 72
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Static
I’m coming undone
Trying to find what I’m running from
But I know that I can’t be the only oneI’m searching for reasons
To trust in the signs and the seasons
Giving grace to the way that I’m feelingIf I suspend my disbelief and stay where I need to be
Chorus 1
Magic happens
Its static, magic, madness
I hear a voice through the static
I’m finding the truth in the madness
Magic happensI’m coming uphill
Falling backwards and forwards forever
Like I’m looking for rain in the desertBut If I suspend my disbelief and stay where I need to be
Chorus 2
Magic happens
Its static, magic, madness
I hear a voice through the static
I’m finding the truth in the madness
Magic happens
There’s a melody in this static
I’m feeling it in this fabricIt’s worth waiting
And all of the time that it’s taking
We are what we get in the making
No matter how much we are breakingBreakdown:
Magic happens
(Static, magic, madness)
There’s a melody in this static
(Static, magic, madness)
Feeling it in this fabric
(Static, magic, madness)
There’s a melody in this static
Static, magic, madnessChorus 2
Something happens
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 50% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 50%
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When you find the one! Someone who brings light into your life, and who gives you both confidence to fly (gives you wings) and also grounds you (gives you roots). BPM 75
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Wings/Roots
Lose direction
Question questions
Lately I’m living in my own headI’ve been reaching
For some meaning
Just a little light shiningI fell apart in the dark
Then fell into something new
Made me strong, turned the light on
A feeling I never knewYou’re the angel on my shoulder
You make me warm when the world gets colder
You’re like the sun cause I spin around you
I don’t how to love without you
I hold you close, you pull me closer
You’re the angel on my shoulderI’m leaning on you
Learning how to
Trust how my heart is beating
Cause this feeling
It was fleetingTil you came around me
It feels like you found me
Stay awhile, surround me
Give me wings, dig me roots
Yeah you ground meYou’re the angel on my shoulder
You make me warm when the world gets colder
You’re like the sun cause I spin around you
I don’t how to love without you
I hold you close, you pull me closer
You’re the angel on my shoulderWhere you go, I’ll go with you
When you lead, I’ll follow you
You’re the angel on my shoulder
You make me warm when the world gets colder
You’re like the sun cause I spin around you
I don’t how to love without you
I hold you close, you pull me closer
You’re the angel on my shoulder -
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 50% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 50%
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Instead of looking for someone else to 'complete you', realizing that you are complete entirely on your own. Walking in that self-assuredness. BPM 110
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Better Half
There’s a beating in my chest
A dreamer, believer, I feel her
There’s a voice inside my head
She sees the better in meThere’s a light behind my eyes
Reaching for meaning, I’ll lean in
When I look up at the sky
I see the better in meGo, go, go
I’ll fa-lah-low
Where she goesI don’t to have to look too far
I feel her right within me
I already have my better half
I don’t to have to look too far
I feel her right within me
I already have my better halfShe’s a messy beautiful
A hopeless romantic, lives her life without planning
She does things I wish I could
She goes to the parties herself, she’s not sorryI don’t to have to look too far
I feel her right within me
I already have my better half
I don’t to have to look too far
I feel her right within me
I already have my better halfI’m not alone
Cause when I go
I got her with me
I got what I needGo, go, go
I’ll fa-lah-low
Where she goes -
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 50% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 50%
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Powerful yet comforting song about being patient amidst waiting for change. A song about growth and progress; 2020. BPM 70
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I've been digging in the dirt
Going deep as I can go even when it hurts
Can I find the root, can I make the space
For something that'll ground me through the changeOh plant that seed, maybe it'll grow
We give the best we can and hope that it holdsCHORUS
Now it's time to let go
Follow the unknown
Remember where you started
And know where your heart is
It's a leap of faith
But it won't go to waste
Remember where you started
And hope for the harvestIt's always winter til the spring
And you never get to know what each season brings
Under the ice below the noise
Life keeps on surviving through it allCHORUS
There's power in waiting
A new ground is breaking
Remember where you started
And don't lose hope for the harvestCHORUS
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 33.30% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 33.30% / Emily Ronna (ASCAP) 33.30%
Description
Beautiful song about not knowing what's next but trusting as you go. BPM 72
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Feeling Around In The Dark
I’ve been scared to let the light in
Oh I’ve tried just to ignore it
Feeling around in the dark
I don’t know what I’ll discover
If I come out from the covers
Feeling around in the dark
Can we follow the shadows
search through places we don’t know
Will it make us or break us
Can we find what we’re looking for
Take what we’re given
Hope it turns into something good
Trust in what we’ve hidden
Dust it off, never thought I’d get this far
Feeling around in the dark
No monsters hide under my bed
But every night i find them in my head
Feeling around in the dark
We get terrified by what’s inside
We’re shutting all the light out
There’s only one thing left to do now
Take what we’re given
Hope it turns into something good
Trust in what we’ve hidden
Dust it off, never thought I’d get this far
Feeling around in the dark
Can we follow the shadows
will it make us, or break us
Can we follow the shadows
will it make us, or break us
Take what we’re given
Hope it turns into something good
Trust in what we’ve hidden
Take what we’re given
Hope it turns into something good
Trust in what we’ve hidden
Dust it off, never thought I’d get this far
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Mckenna Elizabeth Kaleina Flaherty [Kenna] (ASCAP) 33.30% / Hadley Kennary (BMI) 33.30% / Jared Anderson (ASCAP) 33.30%
Description
After spending a lot of time being comfortable in the shadows, she's finally had enough of not living her the life she wants to. This is an anthem for the ones who aim to please or are more shy. BPM - 93
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Back in the shadows again
I’m comfortable hiding
Nobody’s paying attention
It’s dark here i like itI’m out of the spotlight,
Floating in familiar places
Maybe I’ve lost sight
Suspended in my safe spacesAll of a sudden I’ve spent my time
Just survivingI’m done being on the back burner
Won’t let myself slip further away
Take all that I am, put it in my own hands
Can’t live my life on the back burner
I’ll strike a match, igniting a flame
If I don’t get it right, I’ll dance in my own light
Can’t put me on the back burnerI blamed the weather
And put it all on the timing
I’ve never moved with the seasons before
But I’m trying
I’ve been so cautious
Finger on a loaded lighter
In the darkness
And I want to play with fireI’m done being on the back burner
Won’t let myself slip further away
Take all that I am, put it in my own hands
Can’t live my life on the back burner
I’ll strike a match, igniting a flame
If I don’t get it right, I’ll dance in my own light
Can’t put me on the back burner
