1. Lauren Elizabeth Jenkins was born on September 16,1991 and is an American singer-songwriter.
26 Facts About Lauren Jenkins
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Lauren Elizabeth Jenkins was born on September 16,1991, in Arlington, Texas, and raised in South Carolina.
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Lauren Jenkins has a younger sister which she considers one of her role models.
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When Lauren Jenkins was six years old, her father took her to her first concert and around the age of eight, she began writing songs.
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Lauren Jenkins stated that her musical inspirations include "acts like Tom Petty and The Allman Brothers Band".
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At age 15, Lauren Jenkins bought a car and an acoustic guitar and moved to Memphis, Tennessee.
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Lauren Jenkins briefly resided in Charleston, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Lauren Jenkins began homeschooling so she could travel and pursue a career in music.
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Lauren Jenkins sang in nightclubs using a fake identity document on the East Coast following her relocation to Memphis.
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Lauren Jenkins attended open mic nights and sought out coffee shops and airports where she could perform throughout North Carolina.
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Lauren Jenkins left Memphis and moved to New York City to follow her acting career "more seriously".
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Trey Bruce, Lauren Jenkins's producer, sent demos he had worked on with her to various record labels in 2013.
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Bruce received a phone call from Big Machine Records's CEO Scott Borchetta which resulted in Lauren Jenkins booking a flight to Nashville, Tennessee, the next day.
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On May 27,2016, Big Machine released The Nashville Sessions EP as Lauren Jenkins's debut extended play which "captures [Lauren Jenkins's] love of country, Southern rock and Americana", according to James Reed of Rolling Stone.
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Lauren Jenkins co-wrote four of the songs and included her covers of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and "Looks That Kill" on it.
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Furthermore, Lauren Jenkins was an opening act for Lady A and LeAnn Rimes during the summer of 2016.
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On November 16, Lauren Jenkins announced that her debut studio album, titled No Saint, was set for release on March 15,2019.
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Two days before her first album's release, Lauren Jenkins premiered its accompanying short film Running out of Road, which she co-wrote, co-produced, and starred in, at the Violent Crown Cinema during the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
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In early 2020, Lauren Jenkins was the supporting act for the European leg of Brett Eldredge's tour.
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Additionally, Lauren Jenkins was going to embark on a European and United Kingdom tour in the same year, which was ultimately canceled.
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Lauren Jenkins revealed in July 2021 that her second EP, Miles on Me, would be released in three parts, with its first part being released in the same month.
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Lauren Jenkins told American Songwriter that when the COVID-19 pandemic began, she abandoned work on her second studio album and instead conceived Miles on Me over three studio sessions throughout 2020.
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Lauren Jenkins regarded her lower resonance as "haunting and spooky" as well as her upper register being "biting and forceful".
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Marissa R Moss of Rolling Stone stated that Jenkins was "never afraid" to showcase her vocal delivery on No Saint.
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Lauren Jenkins's vocals have been compared to those of Norah Jones, Sheryl Crow, and Stevie Nicks.
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Lauren Jenkins moved to Nashville in 2013, where she resides with Davis.