{"id":1303138,"date":"2019-02-01T10:40:48","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/?p=1802630"},"modified":"2019-02-01T10:40:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T17:40:48","slug":"kalie-shorr-evolves-with-diaristic-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/music-news\/kalie-shorr-evolves-with-diaristic-awake\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalie Shorr Evolves with Diaristic \u201cAwake\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cmt.mtvnimages.com\/uri\/mgid:ao:image:cmt.com:667165?width=1200&amp;height=675&amp;.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline\">by <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/author\/tinglel\/\" title=\"Posts by Lauren Tingle\" rel=\"author\">Lauren Tingle<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"date\">7m ago<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Kalie Shorr\u2019s \u201cAwake\u201d is a courageous reflection in the vulnerability of being an emotional support system for those who don\u2019t deserve it.<\/p>\n<p>Filmed by directors Quinton Cook and Helena Capps, Shorr\u2019s new video gives a visual interpretation of the drama that plays out when she is there for an ex on the wrong side of midnight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Awake\u2019 started off as a voice memo at a bar in Nashville. Around 2 a.m.,\u201d Shorr tells CMT.com. \u201cI got a phone call from an ex-boyfriend, who needed someone to be there for him, and I am always that person for the people I love. But over the course of this phone call, I started to realize that he\u2019s never been that person for me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"deferred_content\">Embedded from <a href=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/embed\/mgid:arc:video:cmt.com:db377caf-ff80-4d47-8d57-c27f305392ec\">media.mtvnservices.com<\/a>. <noscript class=\"deferred_content\" data-deferred-info=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;iframe&quot;}\"> <\/noscript><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not your typical, \u2019You only call when you\u2019re drunk,\u2019 song because it\u2019s not about him coming over. It\u2019s not about getting back together. It\u2019s about being his emotional support system after we\u2019re not together anymore. And it was the final straw in me setting that boundary in not doing that anymore. Towards the end of the video, start to get my self-respect back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAwake\u201d is the final release from her current EP of the same title. Read more from Shorr in her own words below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CMT.com: So many people blame their feelings on being drunk when they should own up to them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I always make this joke that I can send a drunk text completely sober. I\u2019ll just say what I want to say period. I don\u2019t need to be drunk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s why you\u2019re respected. You can be trusted to say exactly what\u2019s on your mind no matter what. How do you tap into that courage as a songwriter? Is that a challenge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Awake<\/em> was a transformative project for me because it was the first time I allowed myself to be vulnerable. It was the first time in a few years that I felt like I was a teenage girl when I was writing that song because I was so unfiltered. It was getting back to my teenage self who just said how she felt and didn\u2019t worry about what anybody thought. I think vulnerability is strength, and to get to see that evolution in myself through listening music is a really cool feeling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Male-led singles outnumber female-led songs 43 to seven in the Top 50 singles on Billboard\u2019s country airplay chart. Do you think the music industry puts too much pressure on women to make a meaningful change on the lack of women on the radio or do you think it\u2019s a systemic problem?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think that if you ever see anything in the world that you don\u2019t like, you should be that change. There\u2019s a great quote, \u201cBe the change you want to see in the world.\u201d But that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s going to happen just because you will it.<\/p>\n<p>Every girl in Nashville wants to change the radio problem. But the truth is we need men to get on board, as well. We can\u2019t do it without them. There\u2019s plenty of really great men and women at the top of the industry who are doing everything in their power to change it, but it\u2019s the ones who aren\u2019t who are being apathetic and hoping it fixes itself. I don\u2019t know what their process is, and I definitely would love an explanation. It\u2019s intensely frustrating. I totally get that perspective. A lot of times it is amazing that women are bringing out all female tours, but there should be men out there comfortable with bringing out two female openers. It doesn\u2019t seem like it would be that difficult. I definitely there is a lot of pressure to fix a problem that we never asked for in the first place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When you hear the myth in public that female voices don\u2019t cut through, what is your reaction?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve just gotten progressively more comfortable calling people out on their [expletive] in general \u2013 music industry, boyfriends, if someone cuts me in line. I was talking to a couple of guy friends in the music industry at a bar talking and one of them made a comment about how girls just need to make better music and then that would fix the problem. I think everybody at the table was prepared to let it go, but I was like, \u201cWhy do you feel that way?\u201d You keep asking why and you make them explain themselves and then over them hearing their own words, they realize it\u2019s a ridiculous thing to say. Asking why is a really great technique.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"description\">Lauren Tingle is a Tennessean and storyteller who eats music for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When she\u2019s not writing or rocking out, she enjoys yoga and getting lost in the great outdoors.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmt.com\/news\/1802630\/kalie-shorr-evolves-with-diaristic-awake\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: CMT News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Lauren Tingle 7m ago Kalie Shorr\u2019s \u201cAwake\u201d is a courageous reflection in the vulnerability of being an emotional support system for those who don\u2019t deserve it. 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