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Country newcomer Kylie Trout has long subscribed to a particular mindset when it comes to pursuing her passion for music. “They might be more talented than you, they might be more educated than you. So, if you have a Plan B besides music, then your Plan A wasn’t that strong,” she recalls of past advice. “That’s how I’ve always looked at it.”

Like many of her fellow graduating seniors, Trout has a bright future on the horizon. But perhaps unlike many of her peers, she is carving a path to stardom. “Everybody that I meet always tells me you’re not 17, you’re an old soul,” she laughs. “And I love that.”

After experiencing abuse from her biological mother at a young age, Trout spent the first eight years of her life being raised by a single dad and her grandparents in Southern California. “Growing up without my mom, it still gets to me to this day,” she says thoughtfully. “But that really led me to music. Music was my saving grace because I feel like I had to mature very quickly when I was little because there was a lot of things going on that other kids might not understand with my mom.”