September's Country Rookie of the Month: Callista Clark

"Too old to cry and too young to drive/ Smart enough to know better, too dumb not to try... but the way that I feel is real to me," she sings, infusing youthful experiences with a beyond-her-years wisdom. Meanwhile, on"Change My Mind," she spells out exactly what it will take for her to let an ex-lover back into her life after being wronged.

I’ve been singing since I could talk. The first place I ever sang at was my very small church in Georgia that my family leads worship at. Growing up I listened to Gospel music, '80s and '90s country, Motown and rock. All of these genres have impacted my sound and the music that I write and perform.I have been doing gigs since I was eight years old, but I only did cover songs until I was 13 because I was too scared to play original songs in front of people. I thought, “I’m just a kid.

I’ve had several cover videos get into the millions of views, and I feel like the ones that get the most views are the sometimes the ones that I prepare for the least. It’s the ones where I’m wearing my pajamas, no makeup, and my hair is going every direction. The immediate feedback can be overwhelming at times, but it’s amazing to be able to reach people who are literally all over the world.You are with Big Machine Label Group.

Prior to this, the only person I had ever written with was my mom. I was 14, in Nashville, writing with some of the best songwriters, and I didn’t even really know what a co-write was. At first I felt like I didn’t have anything important to say -- because I was young, I didn’t drive, I didn’t drink, and I didn’t know what to write about. Then I just decided to write about that feeling, and I got my song “Real to Me.

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