Storry
Background information
Birth nameDina Koutsouflakis
BornToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresEclectic R&B,[1] Pop
OccupationsSinger, Songwriter, Producer, Director, Visual Artist
Websitehttps://www.storrymusic.com

Dina Koutsouflakis, known professionally as Storry (stylized in all caps), 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] While attending university, she embarked on a relationship that soon turned abusive, with her partner coercing her into work as an exotic dancer and controlling both her finances and her social contact with friends and family.[2] When the relationship ended, she took a trip to India to study yoga, but decided to recommit herself to music after encountering repeated omens that music was the path she was meant to take.[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.

She identifies as pansexual.[9]

References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 David Friend, "Juno Award nominee Storry on leaving sex industry behind for music". Global News, March 10, 2020.
  3. "STORRY Shares Claymation Video for "Up" | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. Melody Lau, "Alessia Cara and Tory Lanez lead the 2020 Juno nominations". CBC Music, January 28, 2021.
  5. Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, March 9, 2021.
  6. Joshua Pickard, "STORRY offers piano-led redux of pop devastation "Intimate Abuse"" Beats Per Minute, July 28, 2022
  7. 1 2 Nick Krewen, "From opera trainee to sex worker to Juno-nominated artist: Storry’s tale isn’t ordinary". Toronto Star, February 19, 2020.
  8. "Juno-nominated Storry fell back in love with making music by reading this 2011 self-help book". The Next Chapter, March 6, 2020.
  9. Kaitlin Secord, "STORRY’s newest single ‘For No One’ fuels self-expression". ALTo, June 28, 2020.
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