Young Singer-Songwriter Performing at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater for CMA Fest June 9
New Song “I Know How To Make A Boy Cry” Coming June 1
Nashville, Tenn. (April 18, 2018) – Thousand-watt Warner Music Nashville and Sweety High phenom TEGAN MARIE has left her mark on one of the world’s BIGGEST stages, releasing an eye-popping video for “Keep It Lit” filmed on top of New York City’s iconic Empire State Building.
Performing high atop the Big Apple on the famous tower’s 86th Floor Observatory, the clip is still more proof that the rising star stands head and shoulders above her peers. As longtime supporters, Radio Disney has partnered with Warner Music Nashville and Sweety High to host the out-of-this-world video the Radio Disney and DisneyNOW apps. The singer is also featured on a recent episode of the Radio Disney ‘Insider’ on Disney Channel.
“In my 25+ years at Disney, I’ve been blessed to be part of supporting the music career launches of Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, the Jonas Brothers, Justin Bieber and many others,” says Vice President of Music Strategy for Disney Channels Worldwide and General Manger of the Radio Disney Network, Phil Guerini, who was on hand for the breathtaking film shoot. “These stars all have possessed from a very young age the rare and indefinable 'it' factor, which has propelled them to superstardom. From her undeniable vocal talent, natural stage presence and charisma, I see 'it' in spades in Tegan Marie!”
Check out country star TEGAN MARIE’s Empire State Building performance here.
Still only 14 years old, “Keep It Lit” marks the Michigan native’s first release – and its official video has already gathered nearly 5 million YouTube views, helping earn the singer-songwriter big-time attention from ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today, Billboard, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone and more.
In related news, Tegan Marie has also been announced as a featured performer during Nashville’s upcoming 2018 CMA Music Festival. Taking the stage as part of Warner Night’s Cracker Barrel Country Roads Stage at Ascend Amphitheater on Saturday, June 9, Tegan Marie will join a lineup that also includes Cole Swindell, Cale Dodds, Morgan Evans and Michael Ray. The show is free and open to the public.
Tegan Marie just wrapped up a busy weekend in Las Vegas surrounding the Academy of Country Music Awards, making a splash on the show’s glitzy blue carpet and performing twice; once as part of ACM Party for a Cause: Tailgate Party at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country and again during the ACM Lifting Lives Topgolf Tee-Off.
The rising star’s new song, “I Know How To Make A Boy Cry” – produced by Scott Hendricks and co-written with Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift), Nelly Joy and Jason Reeves - is slated for release June 1. She is currently working with Hendricks and Chapman on her first album for Warner Music Nashville.
About Tegan Marie:
With a larger-than-life voice, media and fans alike have already taken notice of Tegan Marie’s talent after being first discovered by leading Gen Z girls’ media company Sweety High. Landing on several high-profile emerging artist lists, Rolling Stone has named her as one of the “10 New Country Artists You Need To Know” while HuffPost and Billboard featured her in their 2018 Country Artists to Watch lists. Also a Radio Disney Country artist, Tegan Marie has catapulted into the national spotlight with several high-profile media performances and appearances including ABC’s Good Morning America, NBC’s Today, PBS’ star-studded special Smokey Robinson: The Gershwin Prize and the 2017 Radio Disney Music Awards. First releasing the song “Lucky Me” to benefit the children affected by the water crisis in her home state of Michigan, Tegan Marie’s momentum swelled with her breathtaking rendition of Florida Georgia Line’s #1 hit song, “H.O.L.Y.,” racking up over 17 million views on Facebook. In 2017 alone, she garnered over 100 million video views, had 270 million social engagements and gained two million social followers, appearing at the CMA Music Festival on the Radio Disney Country stage and at California’s massive Stagecoach festival along the way. Tegan Marie also scored a string of coveted opening slots, sharing the stage with artists such as Cam, Hunter Hayes and Kelsea Ballerini as critics praised her performances. USA Today hails, “[Tegan] Marie has the personality and the voice of a future star, and she definitely has the always hard-to-define ‘it.’” Last summer she partnered with Pepsi MidAmerica for a six-city tour and is currently working on her debut album for Warner Music Nashville. Her infectious first release “Keep It Lit” is out now.
For more information on Tegan Marie, visit teganmarie.com
