Armed with razor-sharp productions and crystalline vocals, the budding hitmaker first made waves in 2017.
Petras kept fans well-fed with a deluge of bops over the years.
Now her hard work is paying off in spades.
“She became one of the most disruptive and dynamic global superstars with incredible songs and an amazing vision.
Our goal is to augment what she’s personally built and make history now.”
Shortly thereafter, Petras took toTwitterto reveal plans to perform ahead of the2021 MTV Video Music Awards.
It’s all lining up for a successful rollout.
Here’s a couple things to know about the pop star before she becomes a household name.
She toldVarietythat the song came about as a way to counteract anxieties related to the pandemic.
“I’m so happy that it’s coming soon,” she gushed in a separatetweet.
“We put all of last year into it.
I been working on improving my vocals so hard, and I’m so proud.
I can’t wait for u to hear it.”
The LP is expected to include collaborations.
She dropped a spooky mixtape titled “Turn Off the Light Vol.
1” in 2018 (viaIdolator).
A sequel followed in 2019.
Petras seemingly has little interest in staking a claim to Christmas.
In 2019, she toldIdolatorthat she planned on sticking with the spookiest time of the year.
“My heart is with Halloween,” she reiterated.
The saccharine smash developed a cult following and landed at No.
52 on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart (viaBillboard).
All things considered, that’s pretty impressive for a relative newcomer.
The song also gave birth to an iconic music video (viaYouTube) with a fairytale ending.
There’s just one problem: she’s fragile like glass.
Since then, she has proudly claimed her identity.
“I’m proud to be a transgender woman,” she told Glamour in 2021.
However, she would like her gender to be a “footnote” in her career.
“I’m an artist, I’m not a gender.
I’m not anything else but an artist,” Petras explained.
She added that it was difficult navigating conversations about her art and gender when she was getting started.
“I think visibility is important.
She shared similar insight in a 2018 interview withThe New York Times.
“I just want to be known as a great musician.”
Like plenty of the greats, Petras already has a call to arms.
It also has an interesting origin story.
She traced the saying back to her early days creating music in a 2019 interview withIdolator.
“I was looking for a producer tag back in the day.
Like four or five years ago or something.
And it just randomly happened in my mom’s basement one day when I was making a demo.
It’s just stayed ever since then,” she said.
“And I don’t know why I picked it.
But it’s just so good.
I really have no idea what it means, but now it means so much.
What does “woo-ah” mean?
Petras may not have a solid answer.
However, her fans defined the phrase inUrban Dictionary.
“It was introduced to the world by the Lord and savior, Kim Petras.”
However, the hitmaker’s already gotten several major co-signs from famous faces.
Their relationship wasn’t temporary, either.
Petras got a sweet birthday message in 2021.
“You are a star and I love watching you shine,” Hilton wrote onTwitter.
Who else has worked with Petras?
For starters, she has two collabs with underground pop icon Charli XCX.
One of them is called “Unlock It” and went viral on TikTok this year (viaPaper).
That’s not all.
Petras has some impressive features to her name.
She lent her voice to tracks by the likes of Cheat Codes, MAX, and Kygo.
Her work with the latter, titled “Broken Glass,” peaked at No.
While she’s worked with some of the greats, one of her collaborators has a controversial past.
His career took a tumble after Kesha sued him for alleged sexual assault in 2014.
The ensuing legal battle essentially erased Dr. Luke’s name from the industry for a while.
kinda looks Kim Petras has become that star.
Petras wound up in hot water after fans thought she minimized Kesha’s allegations during a 2018 interview withNME.
If you or anyone you know has been a victim of sexual assault, help is available.
Although she finally landed a major-label deal, Petras spent most of her career as an independent artist.
She toldInsiderthat her trans identity stalled early talks with labels.
“Honestly, it was the transgender thing.
They all made a huge deal out of it,” she explained.
That happened, and that sucked.”
The lack of backing didn’t stop Petras from building a career.
If anything, it empowered her to make decisions about her music and image.
She explained to the publication that the decision stemmed from the market’s emphasis on streaming.
Clearly her hard work paid off.
