Lauren Presley: "Torturing Myself"
Growing up in the small town of Redwater, Texas, there wasn’t much opportunity. At only 12, Lauren Presley uploaded videos on YouTube of her performing cover songs. A TV production company found her videos and wanted to cast her for a TV show called ‘Chasing Nashville’ about four girls trying to make a name for themselves in Nashville. She made the cuts, her mom quit her teaching job, and they hit the road to Nashville to film for the show. After months of filming, unfortunately, the show didn’t get renewed after the first season. Although, she ended up staying in Nashville to work on her career. The past six years have been busy with co-writes, meeting new people, performing live, and finishing high school. At 18, Lauren released her first single ‘You and Me’ in May 2018. She followed with her first EP, "Sleepless" in August 2018. The songs on the EP dive deep into heartbreak and broken relationships. As she believes music is a coping mechanism for pain, she hopes her honesty in these lyrics can relate to others; while still having a feel-good vibe. As a rapidly growing artist, there’s much more in store for her career.
Now her new single “Torturing Myself” has just been released. According to Lauren ‘This will be the first song I've released that I haven't written on. A friend of mine wrote this, and the first time I heard it I fell in love with it. I think all of us at some point have been in a relationship that wasn't good for us, and I think 'Torturing Myself' perfectly describes that experience for me.’
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