Genre: Pop
Released: Aug 9, 2019
16 Songs
Price: $11.99
203 Ratings
Inspired by
True Events
Tori Kelly
Fresh from her second studio album, last
year’s Grammy-nominated Hiding Place,
Tori Kelly has followed up with what she has
declared her most personal album yet, the
aptly-named Inspired by True Events. Long-
term fans of the former American Idol semi-
finalist may be surprised by the minimalist
tone to which Kelly has shifted with this
new release.
FIVE FACTS:
- One track on the new album is titled
“12/16/92” and is an interlude featuring
audio of Kelly’s family speaking to her on
that date, when she was only two days old. - Kelly first came to public notice during her
teenage years, when she posted videos of
her musical output to YouTube. - The new album follows Kelly’s first self-
produced EP, Handmade Songs by Tori
Kelly, in 2012 and debut studio album,
Unbreakable Smile, in 2015. - Many songs on Inspired by True Events
were actually written during the sessions for
the gospel-tinged Hiding Place. - “It’s almost like a big puzzle piece that fits
together,” Kelly told Apple Music, reflecting
on how the album was made.