You could say Lauren Lovelle was born to make country music.

It’s in her blood. Born in Harvey County, Kansas, Lovelle remembers her first gig at four years old, singing “Your Cheatin’ Heart” by Hank Williams with her dad’s honky tonk band at American Legion Post 2. By age 10, she was fronting them through entire sets. Now leading her country band in Kansas City, the 24 year old musician showcases her uncompromising voice and songwriting, with long-destined debut EP, Other Dreams.

Lovelle conjures images of the endless, sprawling plains she grew up on, crawdad hunting in her hometown creek, and dim-lit dive bars filled with cowgirls spilling beer, spinning each other across the floor. Lovelle sings with buoyant vocal flips and an emotive drawl, as her lyrics trace the ancestral storyline that brought her here. Combining classic country with emotive indie rock sensibility, Lovelle’s raw storytelling is adorned with playful, poetic turns of phrase.

Shortly after graduating high school, a nightmare upended Lovelle’s life. Lovelle and a friend were assaulted and together fought a subsequent years-long court battle, only to be denied justice in the end. Grief and rage waged a war on her brain and body. During this time, country music brought her back into herself. Music was the only endeavor that felt natural to Lovelle. She sang for cover bands, playing biker bars and casinos to get her feet wet and pay rent, while writing her own music on the side. Lauren Lovelle and the Midnight Spliffs formed in 2023. After meeting producer and fellow Kansas native Isaac Flynn of Hembree, her debut EP, Other Dreams was recorded at Crooked Shack in Lawrence, Kansas, and released in September of 2025.

Though her songs are often themed in heartbreak and loss, Lauren Lovelle has one great love that has sustained her entire life: country music; her love for its working-class, anti-fascist, indigenous, diverse roots, and the home she found in the endless plains, rolling creeks, smoky honky tonks, and in the arms of beloved friends.