KIRBY

By the time she released her debut EP, Sis, in 2020, R&B singer and songwriter KIRBY had written songs for some of the biggest names in the business. • While growing up in Southaven, Mississippi, KIRBY studied at the Stax Music Academy in Memphis. • In 2012, after attending Boston’s famed Berklee College of Music, she began writing a song a day and posting them online. She was signed to Roc Nation on day No. 302. • She has written songs for major artists like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kanye West, Ariana Grande, Demi Lovato, and Jennifer Lopez. One of her most notable cowrites is “FourFiveSeconds,” the 2015 hit by Rihanna, Kanye West, and Paul McCartney. • Released in 2020, the seven-song Sis is about female empowerment and being in love.