BIO

There’s no question that 17-year-old KJERSTI LONG will be heard in 2024. It could be her single “Sad Song” that drops February 2 via Origin Entertainment/ModSquad (ADA); or the in-the-works and Broadway bound musical (Relative Space), based on her music and provisionally set for a 2025 debut; or via the lead single from Vanessa Williams next album that she co-penned, "Legs", also due out in February. 

In 2018, At 11 years old, her debut album, Stronger Than You Think I Am, dropped on Broadway Records and immediately created a firestorm. NEW HD’s Zach Martin, who interviewed her several times, called her a “force of nature,” and termed her writing and performance “off the charts.” Markos Papadatos in Digital Journal said of the future star: “She is precocious and proves to be a true force to be reckoned with in the contemporary music industry. Her vocal range is in a league of its own and she deserves to be the next big female star in music.”

An SRO performance at NYC’s Bitter End in 2019 cemented her performing chops; drawing plaudits from a host of industry stalwarts there to see her as well as the SRO crowd. Since then she has played and headlined at iconic venues across the country including the Delancey and Apollo in NYC, The Stone Pony in NJ, House of Blues in San Diego and The Velour in Utah and even an SRO show in Brazil to name a few.

In 2023 Kjersti successfully became a music influencer on Instagram and TikTok, producing 50 million + views and over 160k new followers in the year.  Also, she dropped 2 singles "IDC (Ask Me If I Care)", a collaboration with Ryan Follese, lead singer of RCA’s multi-platinum Hot Chelle Rae; and "Burn It Down", with each single hitting over 1M streams across all platforms.

Kjersti is determined to be a voice of women empowerment and hopes her music can be a pillar of hope to the downtrodden. She says "I just want my music to be a light to those that are in the dark. If my music can help just one person, then I'm happy."