{{Short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1999)}} {{Notability|1=Biographies|date=August 2025}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Sara Kays | image = Sara_Kays_dehors_le_bar_Ritz_PDB.jpg | caption = Sara Kays photographed in 2022 in Montréal | alt = Sara Kays photographed in 2022 in Montréal outside the Bar Ritz PDB | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1999|2|18}}<ref name=kmgt-bio/> | birth_place = Indiana, US<ref name=kmgt-bio/> | years_active = 2018–present | occupation = {{Flatlist| * Singer-songwriter }}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{Flatlist| * Alternative Pop * Pop }} | label = {{Flatlist| * Atlantic Records * Version III }} }} }} '''Sara Kays''' (born {{Birth date|1999|2|18}})<ref name=kmgt-bio>{{cite web | title=Sara Kays | url=https://www.kmgmt.com/sara-kays }}</ref> is an American singer-songwriter.
== Early life == Kays grew up in Carmel, Indiana. After busking in her hometown as a teen,<ref name=flaunt/> she began posting covers online. Kays began writing and posting original songs after moving to Nashville, Tennessee for college.<ref name="first-avenue">{{cite web |url=https://first-avenue.com/performer/sara-kays/| title="First Avenue Sara Kays"}}</ref>
== Career == She released her first EP ''A House Too Big'' in 2018.
In 2020 she released ''Remember That Night?'' which a Billboard review said "demonstrates the full-bodied nature of her songwriting, which tells the story of post-breakup wistfulness while the vocals are layered during the most piercing stray thoughts."<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Ginsberg |first1=Gab |title=10 Cool New Pop Songs To Get You Through The Week: Tierra Whack, Jade Bird & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/pop-songs-playlist-tierra-whack-november-9-9480685/ |magazine=Billboard |access-date=18 July 2025 |date=9 November 2020}}</ref> In 2021 she made her network TV debut performing it on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - Sara Kays "Remember That Night?" |website=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/colbertlateshow/videos/sara-kays-remember-that-night/3872932099461719/ |access-date=18 July 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
She described ''Bored'', released in 2023, as being "about how I struggle to open up to people because of the fear that people will get bored of me" in an interview with Rolling Stone.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mier |first1=Tomás |title=Sara Kays Worries People She Meets Will Get 'Bored' of Her on Relatable New Single |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sara-kays-bored-video-release-1234706081/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=18 July 2025 |date=31 March 2023}}</ref>
== Musical influences == Kays cited Ed Sheeran, Mayday Parade,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Jason |title=Sara Kays Strips Down Viral Hit "Remember That Night?" |url=https://americansongwriter.com/sara-kays-remember-that-night-song-acoustic/ |website=American Songwriter |access-date=18 July 2025 |date=27 January 2021}}</ref> Jake Bugg, and Shawn Mendes<ref name=flaunt>{{cite web |title=Sara Kays / The Nashville-Based Artist Humanizing TikTok With Music As Therapy |url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/sara-kays |website=www.flaunt.com |access-date=19 July 2025}}</ref> as influences.
== Discography ==
=== EPs ===
* 2018: ''A House Too Big'' * 2020: ''Camera Shy'' * 2021 ''Struck By Lightning'' * 2025 ''Reasons to Call You''
=== Singles ===
* 2019: ''Under Covers'' * 2019: ''Down Low'' * 2019: ''Is There Anything Else?'' * 2019: ''Rich Boy'' * 2020: ''I'm Okay Though'' * 2020: ''Same House'' * 2020: ''No Matter the Season'' * 2020: ''Smaller Than This'' * 2020: ''Home for the Summer'' * 2020: ''Chosen Last'' * 2021: ''Remember That Night?'' * 2021: ''Traffic Lights'' * 2021: ''Future Kids'' * 2021: ''Backseat Rider'' <ref name=musicbrainz>{{cite web |url=https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d07540d-b17a-4b17-a160-1ea22730a392|title=Sara Kays on musicbrainz}}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [https://www.sarakays.com/ Official website] * [https://meaww.com/sara-kays-says-she-is-taking-the-steps-to-become-a-musician Article and interview on meaww.com by Barnana Sarkar on 15 October 25, 2018] * [https://flaunt.com/content/sara-kays Interview by Shirley Ju from flaunt.com, December 20, 2020] * {{AllMusic|id=sara-kays-mn0003981778}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kays, Sara}} Category:1999 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American women singers Category:American women singer-songwriters Category:People from Carmel, Indiana Category:Singer-songwriters from Indiana