KC Bruner’s story is one that feels straight out of country music itself: a small-town Iowa girl with music in her blood, carving out her place in Nashville on her own terms. The singer-songwriter, who grew up in Swisher as one of eight siblings, was surrounded by country and gospel from an early age, with her father playing local gigs and garage jams doubling as family get-togethers.
Though she sang in youth groups and wrote songs by the hundreds as a teen, Bruner once believed her path would mirror her mother’s as a hairstylist. That changed in 2023 when a move to Arizona fell through, sending her to Nashville instead. Working in a salon by day, she quietly shared her songs on TikTok, where her blend of sharp lyricism and classic country covers struck a chord. Within months, she had built a fast-growing following that soon caught the attention of Electric Feel Records.
Now signed as the label’s flagship Nashville artist, Bruner has released her boldest track yet, ‘Old Fashioned.' The song—a witty critique of swipe culture and a nod to romance the way it used to be—opens with gentle strums and pedal steel before bursting into a honky-tonk-ready chorus.
With lyrics like “I’ll take a love letter not a late drunk call,” Bruner makes it clear she isn’t afraid to plant her boots firmly in tradition while adding her own fresh edge.
The track follows her earlier singles ‘Bringing Home A Cowboy' and ‘Bigger Fool,' which helped grow her monthly listeners past 50,000 and earned playlist support from Spotify. With more music ahead and her first-ever headline show set for November 15 in her home state, KC Bruner is proving she’s not just another new name on the scene—she’s an artist determined to keep classic country alive while writing her own fearless chapter.
