BLUEBIRD

  TDLR:  hello hello !! i’m happy to be here & excited to get writing with y’all ! kenz is a long loved muse of mine & i’m glad i get to develop her more in this lovely group. she’s a small town girl who ran away to make a name for herself in the music industry. the good news is that she can happily say, “mama, i made it!” & bad news is that she’s lost touch with her roots along the way. has almost totally lost herself to the glitz, glam, & highs of being known & it’s taking its toll. if you were to compare kenz now to the kennedy she was before she made it big, you’d be looking at two completely different girls. she’s undecided about whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing but she’s out here vibing regardless. mssg me for plots anytime, i love screaming about characters & musings <3

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꒰⠀⠀⠀⠀alisha boe.   twenty-three.   cis woman.   she/her.⠀⠀⠀⠀꒱        hold your f*** horses !   kennedy “kenz” stevens   has just been spotted walking into revolution headquarters. they are best known for being the   singer/lead guitarist   in   heatstroke   and have been signed with the label for   less than a year.   they share a lot of interesting things about life in the music industry on their social media, so make sure you don’t forget to follow them at   @kenzjamz.  fans know them for being   evasive  but swear they’ve got a   adaptable   side as well. maybe that explains why they’re always associated with   song lyrics etched onto any available paper-- notebooks, receipts, napkins, scuffed converse sneakers, & one word text replies.   stan twitter even voted them most likely to   show up late to an important event.   we’ll see how they live up to that reputation.       ╱     

*  𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐒 .

𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞. kennedy caaliyah stevens.   𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞(𝐬). kenz, preferred name ever since she joined *the biz*.  𝐝𝐨𝐛. 23 may 1999.   𝐚𝐠𝐞. twenty - three.   𝐳𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐜. gemini sun, virgo moon, capricorn asc.   𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫. cis woman.   𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐬. she/her.   𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. pansexual.  𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞. asbury park, nj.   𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 5ft 4in.   𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬. high cheek bones, long hair, perpetually ink stained hands & chipped nail polish.   𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. high school diploma.   𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. singer/lead guitarist in heatstroke + song-writer.   𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬. callum stevens - father. jasmin stevens - mother. reagan stevens - half - sister.   𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬. evasive, adaptable, curious, indecisive, ambitious, introverted, self-critical, creative, timid, kind

*  𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐑 .

born & raised in new jersey with her parents & older half-sister. there wasn’t much to do in the small, coastal city she grew up in & everyone knew everyone. the highlight of her youthful years was when her family would take trips to new york city. kennedy took to the more populous city quickly & dreamed of moving there one day

her mother was a middle school music teacher. with her influence, both kennedy & her sister developed an appreciation & talent for playing instruments. she can play piano, trumpet, guitar, & the bass ( some considerably better than others )

she spent a lot of her free time daydreaming & scribbling in her personal journal full of poems turned song lyrics. her wildest fantasies consisted of making a living as a musician-- playing live shows, selling out big arenas, & going on major tours around the world. she wanted to escape her small town & live the rockstar life

when she was seventeen, straight out of high school, she moved to new york & never looked back. she didn’t have much to her name, just a determination to make something of herself in the music scene. she started introducing herself as kenz, liking how edgy it felt in comparison to her given name-- consider it a personal rebrand & the start of a completely new chapter

after trial & error with a bunch of different sounds & bands, kenz found her people in the form of the fellow members of heatstroke

they were a hit at basement shows all around nyc, occasionally booking gigs at popular dive bars to expand their audience beyond music snobs who prided themselves on knowing the group “before they went mainstream”

their build up to commercial success was gradual, taking many years, but kenz loved every minute of it. it was fulfilling to be a part of the group & working towards making her dreams come true

getting an offer to sign with a label as notorious as revolution records was a true pinch me moment for the girl. she was eager to go big time & did her best to encourage her bandmates to do the same. the deal came with a price, though. executives highly suggested that the band take on a new frontman, a popular singer who was already signed with the label. they assured the band that it would only elevate their sound & popularity, though there was some hesitantency from the already established group

kenz in particular was torn by the proposition. for so long, she had acted as the lead singer & guitarist of the group. she wasn’t particularly showboat-y about her position, but it didn’t feel great to be so easily replaced with someone more popular & upbeat. it caused a newfound flurry of insecurities. but she pushed them aside & still vouched that it was a fair price to pay to be signed to one of the best labels in the world

it’s been an interesting transition with the newest addition to the group. their sound as changed slightly as a result, but the heart is still there. & kenz still loves what she does & loves that they can reach an even bigger audience now, opportunities coming out the wazoo now that the band is properly represented. she’s just finding a way to feel comfortable in her demoted position & trying to remain grateful despite it all

for personal sound/voice, i consider singers like aleesia cara & tinashe

personality-wise, she’s got a serious facade going on. growing up she was quiet, introverted, & considered anti-social by most. but she’s learned to put herself out there more through traversing the music scene & adapting to new york culture. it’s giving hannah montana-- kenz is like a persona that comes to life on stage. but kennedy is still that stand-offish girl who would rather stay in her room with her guitar than go out to any party

her social battery runs low quick, so she’s known for dipping early from gatherings or making up sorry excuses not to go all together. she’s also notoriously late to everything. it’s just how she is as a person, definitely not a diva thing, she just has terrible time management skills & refuses to take the necessary steps to work on it

incredibly evasive when it comes to the public knowing anything about her personal life. is prone to making up stories in interviews just to keep the truth from being known to the masses, or just supplying one word responses which force the person asking to just move on. she doesn’t like to be truly perceived, & likes to consider herself mysterious to fuel her main character of a coming of age movie complex

sharing music is her love language. will make you a dozen playlists as a means to expressing her deeper feelings

not very tech savvy & is hardly ever posting on social media. i imagine that the PR person for her & the band has to practically beg her to post anything for engagement purposes or just has kenz’s log in info to post on her behalf

outside of music, some of her interests are drawing, trying new foods, collecting vintage clothing, & petting bodega cats

*  𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 .

celeb crush ; i just think it would be funny if two artists had an ongoing thing were they don’t stop gushing about each other in public. just simply each other’s #1 fans. an interviewer asks who their celeb crush is & without hesitation they say each other. there’s compilations online of them “being in love for 5 minutes straight”. it could be a bit the two have come up with, actually being really good friends who think it’s amusing to mess with the media & fans. or maybe they actually don’t know each other well & it all started by one gushing without ever thinking the other would hear it

jam session buddy ; grab your favorite instrument & warm up your singing voice because we’re having a jam session babyyyy. just some homies playing music for the fun of it, probably shamelessly taking up one of the sound proof rooms at hq to play to their hearts’ content. if they’re both artists, maybe they swap instruments & play horrible renditions of each other’s songs. if the other is an employee, maybe kenz tries to teach them guitar or something. could be fun & wholesome

opposites attract ; according to all known laws of attraction, there is no way that these two should be friends. they seemingly don’t have anything in common & most take one look at them & think they’re an unlikely duo. this pair, of course, are friends anyway because they don’t care what anybody else thinks

rivals ; a little healthy competition never hurt nobody. they push each other to be better while sending glares at each other across the room. it’s a little silly to see each other as a threat, they basically play on the same team. but it’s kinda fun being adversaries just for the hell of it

muse ; kinda cheesy but kenz would totally be taken with someone, either she actually knows them well or is simply infatuated by the idea of them, & find herself writing lame fluffy poetry about them or dedicate lyrics & songs to them. in her head, at least. she’d probably never admit it aloud that they inspire the most soppy shit from her

sibling like relationship ; i am simply a sucker for this dynamic. the found family vibes with a hint of protectiveness & endless banter between two people that know each other like the back of their hand. gimme gimme the brotp of my dreams, thank you kindly