On her debut solo EP, singer/songwriter Jenna Raine lights up each track with her infectious energy and insightful lyrics. Also an actress—and a multi-instrumentalist who plays piano, guitar, and ukulele—the self-driven 14-year-old matches her magnetic voice with a radiant presence and heartfelt spirit. Growing up in Westlake, Texas, Jenna first revealed her strength as a singer after taking the stage at a talent show in third grade. “I told my mom I wanted to be in the show and her first question was, ‘Wait, what’s your talent?’” Jenna recalls with a laugh. “She was crying her eyes out before the rehearsals, thinking everyone was going to make fun of me.” But when the show came around, Jenna delivered a crowd-thrilling cover of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep,” accompanied by the piano playing she’d developed since starting lessons at age five. “I wasn’t nervous at all onstage,” Jenna says. “I was super-excited to sing for everyone, and I just wanted to keep on doing that.” Jenna recently toured the UK with British music duo Max & Harvey. “When I’m onstage I want to try to reach out to every person I can,” says Jenna. “It’s important for me to connect with people on a genuine level.” And as shown on her original music, that longing for connection underlies Jenna’s main mission as an artist. “Whenever I listen to a song I always focus on the lyrics, to try to figure out what the singer really wants to get across,” says Jenna. “When people hear my music, I hope they do the same thing with my lyrics. I really want people to find out what each song means to them.”
Birthday: February 17th, 2004
