Jade Turner has a natural talent for telling stories through her music, while continuing to support the Indigenous culture that inspires her. She has grown a dedicated audience with her impactful stage presence and songs like “Worth,” “Stay Wild Child” “Hangover Blues,” and the two-time award-winning hit “Deadweight.”
“I can only have my own stories, so if I want the music to be true to me, it all has to be coming from my point of view. The stories I tell will be different but I feel we’re all the same in different ways,” she says. “In the communities where I grew up, we’re storytellers and we’ve always been storytellers. Country has been a huge part of my life because it’s a storytelling genre,” said Turner.
Jade started writing her own music when she was a child and would use it as a way to channel her emotions. She writes from personal experiences because it is important that she can relate to her music and lyrics.
In 2023, Jade released a very personal and vulnerable track “Deadweight” about an online bully commenting on her weight. Jade responded to the hate, which made an impact on Crystal Shawanda who brought it up in a writing session with Turner. This sparked the inspiration of the song and the message behind what women in the music industry often experience.
“Women get targeted and if you are an artist people think they can say whatever they want. This is such an important song for me because it was written with another Indigenous person as well and representation matters. I love this song and it got me to places I’ve been trying to get for awhile and helped my career,” said Turner.
Jade Turner was a semi-finalist in the SiriusXM’s Top of the Country competition. The competition was a chance to record a brand-new single and Jade ended up writing “That Wind.”
“That Wind” is a song about answering your calling and dreams, which was a perfect theme for the competition.
“I am very proud of what I did and accomplished in such a short amount of time and it was an amazing experience,” she said.
Jade has many releases coming up this year and is keeping very busy with many upcoming shows.
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