EMERGING YOUNG ARTIST TOURS CHICAGO’S SUBURBS, PERFORMS FOR SOUTH SUBURBAN STUDENTS
EMERGING YOUNG ARTIST TOURS CHICAGO’S SUBURBS, PERFORMS FOR SOUTH SUBURBAN STUDENTS
BY KATHERINE NEWMAN
Students at Crete-Monee High School recently received a performance from a 19-year-old emerging singer from Atlanta known by her stage name, MicahBlu. MicahBlu has been performing for most of her life and always hits the stage with various shades of blue in her outfit, her hair and her makeup.
The performance at Crete-Monee was part of the sold-out High School Nation Tour which brought MicahBlu to several high schools in Chicago’s surrounding suburbs over the course of two weeks.
“The most important part of who I am is that I’m a singer and that’s like everything to me. I literally sing ‘Hello’ when I meet people. I’m all about positivity and loving yourself and loving yourself enough to love other people around you,” said MicahBlu.
Breaking into the music industry didn’t happen overnight for MicahBlu and when it comes to making music and keeping her positive attitude, she said it can be challenging at times.
“To break into the music industry is actually really hard. There is a lot of behind the scenes work you have to do to get your name recognized, even in the slightest bit, and then there’s still a lot more to do after that,” said MicahBlu. “Staying positive is definitely something you have to work for and it’s an everyday process and an everyday battle but every day is a new day. I feel like when you just go on default mode, you can just get lost. I think you should always live in the present and notice everything you’re doing, notice your surroundings, and just stay positive.”
This positivity is woven into MicahBlu’s music and she said that she loves sharing her positivity with a younger audience which made her recent high school tour a great fit.
“A tour like this is exactly what I love because I feel like it’s like my demographic and it’s just really fun and full of energy. I feel like I relate the most to the high school audience that I’m performing to now on this tour,” said MicahBlu. “I hope that when young people listen to my music it’s good enough to make them forget about any problem they’re going through or anything that’s going on in the world. That’s my goal.”
During the tour, MicahBlu would arrive early and stay late before and after the performances to meet with students. She said that in doing the High School Nation Tour in the suburbs of Chicago, she not only garnered thousands of new social media follows but she also heard from students that they were inspired by her music.
“I love when people tell me that my music makes them feel a way, or when they say that my music changed their mindset on something or open their eyes to something different about something,” said MicahBlu.
To learn more about MicahBlu visit www.micahblu.com.
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