Kate State

Kate Miller-Heidke has the distinction of writing both my favorite story song (โ€œSarahโ€) and my favorite romantic song โ€” the one below.

I love the little grace notes sheโ€™s added that do not appear on the album version. Most singers simplify their songs as compared to the studio version as they canโ€™t reliably hit all the notes live that they hit in the studio (even absent autotune). Well, Kate does the opposite โ€” she makes her live songs more complex and more difficult than her studio versions. She just has such vocal control.