Sony/Columbia Nashville breakout artist Kameron Marlowe has shared his debut US country radio single âSober as a Drunk,â taken from his self-titled EP, out now (listen here). To celebrate, Marlowe released a live performance video of the âbar room heartbroken stomperâ (MusicRow).
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The track follows his breakthrough hit âGiving You Up,â which has over 30 million streams on Spotify, and 17 million views for the official music video.
Marlowe has quickly made a name for himself as the next big thing in country music, named as an artist to watch in 2021 by Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Sounds Like Nashville, Country Now, NY Country Swag, Everything Nash, and many more. The buzzed-about singer/songwriter released his debut EP in 2020 to critical acclaim, with Billboard celebrating the âsolid six-track collectionâ that âshow[s] his promise as a songwriterâ and Country Insider affirming the project âreveals a musical maturity and expertise beyond his 23 years.â MusicRow declares âThis kind of vocal conviction is what makes a star⊠I am more convinced than ever that this boy has what it takes.â
They say Nashville is a 10-year town, but it only took Kameron Marlowe seven months to launch himself from struggling singer-songwriter and into the spotlight.
Marlowe found success with his independent debut release, âGiving You Upâ â a heartbreak anthem that has topped more than 30 million streams and counting. Itâs the first song Marlowe finished writing and it came with a personal price. The singer was 20 years old and planning to propose when his would-be fiancĂ©e dumped him for someone else. To get his feelings out, he picked up a pen.
âI had things I wanted to say,â Marlowe said. âI started writing and over the course of several weeks, it turned into a song that means something to me and honestly, helped me through a hard time.
Born in the small town of Kannapolis, North Carolina, Kameron sold car parts at General Motors for a living before he got a call that changed his life forever. A recruiter from NBCâs The Voice found performance videos of Marlowe on YouTube and reached out with an offer to take him straight to the seriesâ live auditions. The offer was too good to pass up.
While he didnât win, Marlowe said âThe Voiceâ is responsible for getting him to Nashville. Some of his cast-mates were songwriters from Music City. He had dabbled in songwriting at home, but the concept of doing it professionally was foreign. When his new friends explained the collaborative nature of Nashvilleâs creative community, everything clicked into place.
âI knew that was just exactly where I wanted to be career-wise,â Marlowe said. âBut I just didnât understand how to do it.â
After The Voice ended, he began to make the 13-hour round-trip drive to Nashville multiple times a week to write songs. He soon decided the drive was too much, found some roommates and moved to Music City.
Influenced by artists ranging from Brooks & Dunn and George Strait to Travis Tritt and Ray Charles, Marloweâs sound is a culmination of his life-long love of country music. His first memories include riding around in his grandpaâs truck listening to Garth Brooks and Darius Rucker. But he didnât realise he could sing until he was a teenager. Marlowe played snare drum in his high schoolâs marching band for two years before he decided the experience wasnât for him. A praise and worship leader who found joy in performing, Marlowe approached the music teacher about starting an unstructured class he dubbed âRock Band.â Ten students formed two five-piece bands. They learned 10-to-20 cover songs a year and then performed them in a small club.
Now his goals are much higher.
âI want to sell out a stadium just one time,â Marlowe said. âItâs always been a dream of mine. I never thought in a million years I could do this for a job. I thought I would move here for 10 years and then go back home and sell car parts, but itâs happening!â
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