VERITE

Vérité
Vérité at the El Rey in Los Angeles.
Background information
Birth name	Kelsey Byrne
Born	Circa 1990 Orange County, New York, U.S.
Origin	New York City
Genres	Alternative pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals piano
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Independent
Website	veriteofficial.com

Kelsey Byrne, also known by her stage name Vérité, is an American pop singer-songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York. Her first single "Strange Enough" was self-released in July 2014, reaching No. 1 on Hype Machine and becoming the #1 Most Viral Twitter Artist the week of release. Described variously as indie pop or alt pop, Liza Darwin of Noisey wrote that her 2014 Echo EP is "packed with crisp, delicate vocals, soaring melodies, and glistening production." Her most recent EP, Sentiment, was self-released on June 8, 2015. The EP was praised by TIME, who called her vocals "rich and ethereal." She has toured internationally and performed at events such as Neon Gold Popshop,South By Southwest,The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn Bowl, the Firefly Festival and Lollapalooza.

Kelsey Byrne was born in 1990 in Orange County, New York, where she was raised. Introduced to music at a young age, her father was a rock musician, and Byrne began performing at small local venues while still in elementary school. She learned piano when young, and also grew up listening to 1990s alternative rock bands such as The Cranberries, The Breeders, Nirvana, and Green Day. In middle school she was in an all-girls punk cover band, and she started writing her own music around the age of sixteen. She supported her schooling at SUNY Purchase by waiting tables, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in studio composition.