For country music singers and songwriters, performing at the Grand Ole Opry is the ultimate dream. When Kalie Shorr took the stage, something happened that made all her nerves go away!<\/b>
\nKalie Shorr, 23, has fought (like a girl) to get to the top of the charts in country music. Her hit \u201c Fight Like A Girl\u201d is a total girl power anthem, and it was a song she got to perform at the Grand Ole Opry on March 31! \u201cIt was super emotional for me because in country music that is the pinnacle of anything that you can do, and there\u2019s just so much tradition in that building,\u201d Kalie explained to HollywoodLife.com in an exclusive interview. \u201cEven though I want to be an artist who\u2019s known for bending the genre, I have so much respect and so much love for the history of country music .\u201d While Kalie tried to calm herself before walking onto the famous Opry circle, she heard herself announced as \u201cKatie Shorr,\u201d instead of Kalie. \u201cIt\u2019s my sister\u2019s name!\u201d She said laughing. \u201cI thought it was a great story and I\u2019m personally happy it happened, if everything goes great, it\u2019s not a good story. I walked out and made a joke and was like, \u2018Well, this is how it\u2019s gonna be.’\u201d
Obviously, Kalie\u2019s performance was amazing, and, she admits she may or may not have cried\u2026 three times. \u201cMy mom and a bunch of my family friends flew in from Portland to be there, and I sang \u201cFight Like a Girl,\u201d which is an emotional song for me, period,\u201d she explained. \u201cI usually cry when my mom\u2019s there in the audience because the whole second verse is about her, but playing that and looking off to see her side-stage was super, super emotional. And I got to bring two of my band members who\u2019ve been with me for the past two years, and it was their first time playing the Opry, so it was just so much good energy and good vibes.\u201d
The 23-year-old, who is oftentimes compared to Taylor Swift \u2014 for both her songwriting, music and overall vibe of sparkles and golden long hair \u2014 just released her newest EP, Awake, and pulled inspiration from Tay and a few other artists. \u201cI feel like with my new project, where it\u2019s a little more in that pop\/rock vein and still country but borrows from that. I feel like I really was super inspired by Michelle Branch during the making of it,\u201d Kalie said. \u201cMy first concert was in New York City when I was nine years old, and it was the Dixie Chicks with Michelle Branch opening at Madison Square Garden.\u201d She continued, \u201cI remember everything about that night, being there and just seeing those girls up there and being like, \u2018Yep, well, that\u2019s what I wanna do, so sorry mom, I\u2019m not going to college.\u2019 I was nine.\u201d Let us be the first to tell you, this girl was born to be a star! Make sure you check out her new EP, Awake!<\/p>\n

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