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New York-based singer-songwriter Carly Glenn has dropped her debut album, The Beauty of It All Pt. 1, crafted with the boldness featured in Chappell Roan’s songwriting and the dynamic energy and upbeat tones present in Dua Lipa’s music.
The New York native holds a BFA in musical theater from The Hartt School and completed studies in comedic filmmaking at The Harold Ramis Film School. She also graduated from the conservatory program at The Second City—studying improv and sketch comedy.
Now she’s turned her attention to music, expressing herself in a sound likened to late noughties pop that gets hips swinging and fingers snapping. “I am the type of artist that sees something I love, whether it be a TV Show or film or an album or even a Broadway show, and I always think, ‘oh I could do that too!’ And once I set my mind to do something, it absolutely gets done,” Carly Glenn told Digital Music News.
Glenn says writing music has been a creative medium for her to process a lot of what has happened in her life. She says the music creation process has been therapeutic, “My secret sauce is that I am not afraid to be vulnerable—I write what I know. I sound like Carly Glenn. I really don’t know anyone else who sounds like me, and I sure am not trying to sound like anyone else. My sound comes naturally, and I don’t imitate other artists.”
Glenn says her musical works are a form of storytelling for her, with her first EP Who Is Carly Glenn dropping in 2018. Glenn has released three music videos and three more singles since—with The Beauty of It All Pt. 1 marking her debut album.
“My art quite literally imitates life. If nothing significant is happening to me, then I usually have nothing to say. I have so much to say after a major battle with mental health that I have won! I hope that as an artist, my platform can reach a lot of people. I love to perform, but I mostly love being able to share things about myself that others can relate to. Life is lonely if you don’t share your stories and everything I do is just that—storytelling,” Glenn tells DMN.
Carly’s experience in all things film, performance, voice, business, marketing, and music combines to make an album that captures a sincere moment in time for an emerging artist. You can listen to The Beauty of It All Pt. 1 on Spotify (or your favorite DSP) now.