Kevin Bronson on January 24th, 2018

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Sky Keller is a Connecticut native who moved to L.A. with long-shot musical dreams, sustained them with a day job as a registered nurse and got her first break thanks to an Uber driver. The synth-pop jam “Don’t Get It” is Keller’s first single, an aching but dance-worthy avowal that relationships can be bumpy if you’re riding on somebody else’s power trip. And it’s a reminder that honesty doesn’t always work. “She broke my heart into pieces,” Keller says of the dynamic, “and it all started with my confession.”

Now, about that Uber ride: Keller had moved to L.A. at the suggestion of Tae Bo guru Billy Blanks, who had heard about her through the owner of a fitness studio in singer’s hometown of Meriden, Conn. She had been working as an RN, waiting and hoping for something to happen, when, one night after a attending a show at the Echo, Keller and a friend called an Uber. The first driver canceled. The second — a guy, who it turns out, had a friend at Career Artist Management (CAM) — asked Keller what she did for work. “A nurse,” she replied. “No, you’re not,” Keller’s friend interjected. “You’re an amazing singer.”

That set things in motion. “Don’t Get It,” co-written by Alma Goodman, was produced by Danny Garibay (Justin Tranter, The Ceremonies) and is out today.

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