Country Up-and-Comer Marynn Taylor opens for her music ahead of Pittsburgh Show

Marynn Taylor has dreamed of making a life out of music since she was a child. Now she opens herself to one of her idols at a national arenatives – she performs at PPG Paints Arena on February 7, which opens to country artist Kelsea Ballerini.

“It’s such a dream come true, so amazing. I have wanted to do this since I was little, so to go on a tour in the fall and then go to an arenatives with Kelsea this winter and spring is all I’ve ever dreamed of. It keeps getting better and better every show, ”Taylor said in an interview.

Rockford, Mich., Natives grew up and listened to the women who shaped country music in the 1990s and 2000s, including Trisha Yearwood, Shania Twain, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert.

“I just had all their CDs and I went to concerts early,” she said.

She first saw Hannah Montana in a concert at the age of 6 and fell in love with country music. When she was from the rust belt, she faced a lot of doubt in her younger years when she brought a career into the genre, but her dreams were lasting.

“I continued, and when I was 15, I was like, ‘OK, it’s actually like what I want to do the rest of my life.’ And when I was 17, I moved to Nashville, ”she said.

The momentum in her career has been rolling for some time – by 2023 she was named one of CMT’s “Next Women in Country.” Her Stint, which supports Kelsea Ballerini on this current tour comes after a fall of 2024 tour with national artist Dylan Schneider.

In 2024, she released two EPS: “Get to know me” in May and “Christmas is” in November. She also released the single “Season 2 of Friends” in September, a song that Taylor wrote about her experiences in her early 20s.

“You can see a lot of people in your 20s who marry and have children and you look at them and you are like time. We are only in season two of ‘friends’, she said.

Songwriting has been a passion for Taylor’s since her middle school year.

“It’s the age when things are just as dramatic as making things so too hard that doesn’t have to be tough. But when school days were difficult and girls were bad, my marketing market wrote about it, and that was the kind of what got me through these difficult times. It was like therapy for me. I got to sing and then get to play guitar and then also write down all my feelings. It was very useful to me during these times and still today, ”she said.

She doesn’t stay away from love songs; The title track on “Getting to know me” was a particularly emotional writing experience.

“It’s about someone that I loved very, a lot, and they hurt me very, very bad. It was a situation where I continued to return and continued to return, and in the end I was like, ‘I have to find my own peace, I have to find my own happiness.’ When I wrote that one, I went through it that day. “

She has a new single called “Same Girl Same” coming out on February 21, with a particularly interesting back story: It flourished as an idea after an ex on just a month brought her new boyfriend to one of her shows.

“You see a girl with your ex, and it’s like, I know the exact shoes you’re in right now. I know exactly the things he says. I know the places he takes you and I know all the things, ”she said.

The song will be released next month, but the audience at PPG Paints next Friday night will hear it before it is available on streaming platforms.

Taylor described the experience of touring with Kelsea Ballerini as “surreal”, especially as Ballerini is one of her idols, both as a person and artist.

“The first night on the tour I was so nervous and I texted her, ‘I’m so nervous to go on stage right now.’ I was also very, very excited. Just before I went, I went to the stage and she grabbed my arm. She was like, ‘I go to you there. We go there together. ‘And it was a bit like this girl Power Moment of … Big Sis, who helped Little Sis go up the stage.

“In terms of music, she is so honest and just so herself, and it is really inspiring to know that you can be yourself and it can work,” Taylor said.

While Taylor dreams of fame and awards, she also hopes that the future of her career will mean building a tight and positive community of fans.

“When I was in high school, I didn’t have many friends, and then when I meet fans, I look at it through another lens in a way because they love music, I love music, we’re the same.”

She also hopes to inspire young fans who are drawn to music that she was as a child. The answer from fans has so far been overwhelming in a good way.

“As a new artist, looking at the crowd and seeing people know the words of your songs that you wrote are insane. … I literally can’t believe it will happen to me. It’s been fantastic so far, ”she said.

Marynn Taylor opens to Kelsea Ballerini at PPG Paints Arena on February 7th. For tickets, visit Ticketmaster.com.