“Defying convention with her own signature style of confessional storytelling” (HITS), MCA mold-breaker Kassi Ashton is riding high on the release of her latest single, “Chrome Pony” available everywhere now – listen HERE.
Written by Ashton with Ryan Beaver and Jared Keim, “Chrome Pony” is an empowered, brazen battlecry – the celebration after a hard-won struggle. Ashton’s dynamic and victorious vocal delivery emphasizes the song’s truth: the qualities Ashton has earned through every trial and test – from wit, boldness, and toughness, to confidence and resilience – are the same qualities that make her “the next big country superstar” (PAPER).
She can turn it on when she wants
Don’t you go get it wrong
A woman, she knows the power she holds
When she takes the stage, takes a stand
Holds her space ‘cause she can
Damn you should see when she sets herself free
She’s a star at the Chrome Pony
Owns the room, puts ‘em all on their knees
Makes ‘em smile while she kills ‘em slowly
The spotlight is all she needs
“I’m sure you can tell from ‘Bitches’ and ‘Bratmobile’ that I’m in the season of empowerment,” Ashton shares. “Not some soft or delicate empowerment that says ‘I’ve been there’ or one that rocks you to sleep, but something that convinces you to not only get up, but to swing again. You deserve to be borderline cocky about what you’ve been through.”
To accompany the release of “Chrome Pony,” Ashton commissioned an original, animated official music video by London artist Alice Bloomfield (Animator / Illustrator / Director, Black Dog Films & Ridley Scott Associates). Portraying Kassi as a demon-slaying faerie riding on the back of a Pegasus, the clip shows her sword-wielding animated double relentlessly defeating foe after foe – watch HERE.
“The music video had to be a girl slaying her demons, blood splatter on her face, running after the next one,” Kassi continues. “That’s how this song made me feel as soon as I wrote it with Jared Keim and Ryan Beaver. I hope it’s got you running and slaying just the same.”
“Chrome Pony” is yet another example of how Ashton “blends pop aesthetics with a presence doused in no-fucks-left-to-give authenticity” (Refinery29), following latest release “Bratmobile” and viral breakout, “Bitches.”
Up next, Ashton plays Drake White’s Loblolly Festival in Gadsden, AL on 10/17. With buzz at an all-time high, Ashton is in the studio now with producers Oscar Charles and Luke Laird, putting final touches on her second studio album as she winds down her biggest year yet.