"Reminiscent of Adele or Selah Sue...Ionie has an ability to cut between strong, sultry soul and quiet introspective moments within the same song, lending her music presence and drama. Ionie has that ephemeral 'stuff ', the heart and soul that makes an artist entertaining and relatable." -Kelly Koenig, Examiner.com Ionie grew up fast under two roofs in San Francisco. Driven to expose the realities of a split home and her father's drug addiction, music became her outlet. In high school, Ionie took a songwriting and production course where she wrote and recorded her first song "Everything’s Making Me Cry", a title she now chuckles at. Ionie moved to New York at 17 to study music. Known for her candor as a songwriter and a deeply soulful sound, her fresh melodies linger somewhere between the head and the heart. Her debut album explores her struggle with love, identity, time, and transformation through an intimate collection of original songs.