Katy Rose grew up quick in Los Angeles, the daughter of session keyboardist Kim Bullard and a backup singer mother. She began to write songs in her early teens, blending traditional adolescent angst over boys and social drama with a fashionably jaded cynicism perfect for the youth-skewed climate of 21st century pop culture. The 16-year-old Rose debuted in early 2004 with Because I Can (V2), an ambitious record that drew freely and cleverly from elements as disparate as radio-ready light alternative and new garage grit. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Yes, she’s a teenager.  True, she’s a singer-songwriter with anthems of rebellion to spare.  Still, never, ever compare Katy Rose to fellow female singer songwriters.  “I want to be my own person. I hope people take what I do as my own, and don’t label me."

One label that does stick to her, however, might be provocative."  Indeed, Rose, on her debut album, "Because I Can", takes listeners on a cathartic emotional journey right up to the edge that has more to do with the likes of early Liz Phair or PJ Harvey than her adolescent peers in the top 40. It’s an urgent missive from a teenage wasteland that’s all her own.  "I’m such an open book," the sixteen-year-old explains. "I’ll tell you the honest truth about anything in my life—I just don’t want to scare anyone."