about kirsten
Writing songs before she could even hold a pen, pop artist Kirsten Arian grew up daydreaming about the moment she would see her name in lights. The youngest of four, the Los Angeles native moved to Nashville at 18 and hit the ground running, winning Music City Breakthrough, a one-time competition that helped Arian set up her first full-length album, Higher Than Heaven. The debut garnered the singer/songwriter airplay on MTV and Radio Disney. Her follow-up, 3, attracted the attention of major labels with breakthrough hits “Please Don’t Try To Stop Me” and “Girls Hate Girls,” which became the theme song for the national Love Is Louder anti-bullying campaign. In addition, her original recording of “Invincible” earned placement in 2017’s The Lego Batman Movie. Ever the creative, time off the road throughout the global pandemic has found Arian sharing new recipes during her regular “Cooking with Kirst” segments and hosting a virtual Happy Hour with friends via her “Cocktails and Convos” series. Her latest song, the sigh-inducing, autobiographical “i just wanna be right,” is the first in a line of single releases previewing her new EP, dreamer, arriving Spring 2021.