This interview ran on May 7th, 2009, in The Weekly. The full version can be found here.

Kelsey Wild is not just another college singer-songwriter-pianist - she’s a college singer-songwriter-pianist at your school. Marvel at how her soft-spoken voice transforms into a strong, assertive alto devoid of jejune collegiate aloofness once she’s on stage at Evanston venues, such as Bill’s Blues. The Communication freshman, who’s been playing live since high school, shares her feelings on performing, being compared to Avril Lavigne and how it feels to play in front of classmates.

What kind of songwriter do you think you are?

That’s a hard question. It’s hard to look at my own music from an unbiased perspective and say exactly what it is.

What would you like it to be?

What would I like it to be? I would like to be considered … I don’t know, I guess the easy genre would be singer-songwriter or like, indie or something, but I don’t even think indie is a genre. You can be metal and be indie or you can be anything … it’s hard. I guess I would just like to be looked at as an artist (laughs).

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