New Music: Kirstin "Bad Weather"

Loving the new music video, "Bad Weather," from Kirstin Maldonado's debut EP, L•O•V•E. 

Going by the moniker 'kirstin' on this solo venture, the singer/songwriter thinks of the track as "the anthem for everyone."

“I always see people being really shitty on social media and just hate on each other whether it’s because of who they love or who they identify as or people being just so dumb or mean or hateful for no reason,” Maldonado recently told HuffPost.

Speaking as a Mexican-American LGBT ally whose Pentatonix band mates are queer pop artists Mitch Grassi and Scott Hoying, she adds,  “It’s important to accept yourself and believe in who you are and not let all that hateful talk bring you down and ruin how special each person is.”

The video pairs cyber-bullying and messages of hate ("faggot," "slut," "why don't you die") against a backdrop of stormy, turbulent weather.

Maldonado says the song is a meditation on her own life experiences and perspective gained from watching how others treat her friends.

And speaking of friends, yes, she is still a member of 3-time Grammy Award winning group Pentatonix. Like Hoying and Grassi, who have their own side gig as SuperfruitAnd speaking of friends, yes, she is still a member of 3-time Grammy Award winning group Pentatonix. Like Hoying and Grassi, who have their own side gig as Superfruit, kirstin says her musical tastes are broader than the a cappella/pop sounds of Pentatonix.

“I love being able to fulfill such a huge and special part of myself with Pentatonix,” she says, “But there is still so much more to me that, honestly, people don’t get to see because we’re in a group.”

We see you, kirstin, and we definitely like what we see.

kirstin's R&B/pop debut EP L•O•V•E is available at all digital download outlets.

Watch "Bad Weather" below.