Musical artist
Dina Koutsouflakis , known professionally as Storry , is a Canadian singer, songwriter, producer, director, and visual artist.[ 2] [ 3] She is a two-time Juno Award nominee, receiving nods for Reggae Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020 for her single "Another Man",[ 4] and for Adult Contemporary Album of the Year for her album CH III: The Come Up .[ 5]
Life and career
Dina Koutsouflakis was born in Canada to Lebanese and Greek parents.[ 6] Raised in the Rexdale neighbourhood of Toronto , Ontario , she studied opera at Vanier College and shortly at the University of Toronto .[ 7] At university she was in an abusive relationship,[ 2] and after studying yoga in India turned to music.[ 8]
She released CH III: The Come Up , her debut concept album, in February 2020,[ 7] and followed up in September with the EP Interlude-19 .[citation needed ]
In 2024, she auditioned for the thirteenth series of The Voice UK . All four coaches, will.i.am , LeAnn Rimes , Tom Jones , and Tom & Danny , "turned their chairs" and expressed interest in working with her. She ultimately chose to be on Team will.i.am.[ 9]
References
^ Capitao, Brian (18 August 2020). "From Sex Worker to Dynamic R&B Artist, STORRY's Story Is Worth Telling" . complex.com . Complex Networks . Retrieved 16 September 2022 .
^ a b David Friend, "Juno Award nominee Storry on leaving sex industry behind for music" . Global News , March 10, 2020.
^ "STORRY Shares Claymation Video for "Up" | Exclaim!" . exclaim.ca . Retrieved 2022-05-22 .
^ Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations" . CBC Music , January 28, 2021.
^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations" . CBC Music , March 9, 2021.
^ Joshua Pickard, "STORRY offers piano-led redux of pop devastation "Intimate Abuse"" Beats Per Minute , July 28, 2022
^ a b Nick Krewen, "From opera trainee to sex worker to Juno-nominated artist: Storry’s tale isn’t ordinary" . Toronto Star , February 19, 2020.
^ "Juno-nominated Storry fell back in love with making music by reading this 2011 self-help book" . The Next Chapter , March 6, 2020.
^ "The Voice UK act shares connection to Tom Jones" . Digital Spy . 2024-09-07. Retrieved 2024-09-14 .
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