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Director Yarrow Kraner organizes the set at Kayla Adams’ music video shoot at Casey’s.
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON
KAYLA ADAMS – MONTANA REAL
Local country singer shoots music video in Whitefish
By XAVIER FLORY
Kalispell native and country singer Kayla Adams was back in the Flathead Valley last week to record the music vid- eo for her hit single, “Sober & Sorry.” The shooting took place over two days – one at Casey’s in Whitefish, which the owner made available free of charge, and at an- other location at a farm outside of town.
Adams grew up in Kalispell and said coming back to Montana to shoot her first video was a no-brainer. “It’s the first a lot of people will see of me ... and it’s where I grew up. This is me,” she said.
Certainly at Casey’s, it seemed as much a community celebration as a music video shoot. More than 40 locals, friends and family members volunteered to be extras in the video, and they cheered rau- cously every time the song was played over the loudspeakers.
Although it would have been easier to shoot in Nashville, Tennessee, where Adams lives, she insisted that the video should be set in Montana, and Dean Scal- lan, the producer of the song, agreed de- spite the logistical difficulties.
“It’s just such a big part of who she is,” he said.
Yarrow Kraner, the director of the video who himself is based in Montana, added, “Kayla is a girl who at first just looks like a beautiful blonde, but she’s a badass, a Montana girl.”
The song itself shows off the fiery el- ements in Adams’ personality. “I’m tired of waiting by the phone / Gonna have a little party of my own / You’ll wake up sober and sorry / Start a fire, bring the hurt / Pile it up, watch it burn.” It’s a “re- venge-y song, a girl power song. Boys, be scared!” she says before launching into the first take of her video.
Scallan describes the theme of the video as “gritty meets pretty,” and on stage, with her glittering guitar and wavy hair, vapor all around her and a baying crowd beneath her, Adams looks like she might just burn up the stage.
As with all of her songs, Kayla drew the inspiration for “Sober & Sorry” from personal experience.
“I dated this guy, who would just dis- appear for the weekend, and then text ‘sorry’ on Monday. It made me so mad.” Her songs start off as the need to convey an emotion or experience, and then she works on the lyrics and melody concur- rently. “If I don’t have the idea, I don’t even know what key to write in.”
No matter how far she goes, Adams
wants to stay true to herself and to her sound. On the return leg of a three-month tour, she wrote “Montana Bound,” a song about coming home. The state remains central to her identity, and this new video by Virgin Produced is a way for her to in- troduce herself and her hometown to the world.
Once it’s released, Adams’ music vid- eo will be available locally and featured on Virgin flights all over the globe.
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“I’M TIRED OF WAITING BY THE PHONE / GONNA HAVE A LITTLE PARTY OF MY OWN / YOU’LL WAKE UP SOBER AND SORRY.”
- Kayla Adams, “Sober and Sorry”
A detail of Kayla Adams’ guitar as she records her a music video for the song “Sober and Sorry.”
GREG LINDSTROM | FLATHEAD BEACON