Meet Country Singer Ingrid Andress with These 10 Fun Facts

A rising star in the country music world that you should keep an eye on is Ingrid Andress and we sat down with her to learn some fun facts you probably don’t know about her!

The Denver-based singer was mentored by former American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi and she was just featured as part of CMT’s New Artist Discovery initiative.

Ingrid‘s first single “The Stranger” is available now on iTunes and you can watch the music video here. Read her 10 Fun Facts below:

• 1. I wrote my first song when I was 7 about getting the mail for my mom. Super catchy.
• 2. I used to choreograph dance routines with my siblings and performed them for my parents. “Who Let the Dogs Out” was by far our best performance.
• 3. My favorite item on my dresser right now is my lint roller.
• 4. In middle school I played drums in a metal band, and we used to practice emo-screaming in my basement.
• 5. When I really love a song, I play it on repeat the entire day. My roommate actually had to leave our house after hearing “B***h Better Have My Money” about 100 times.

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• 6. My first celebrity crush was one of the kids on Barney. I don’t think he actually counts as a “celebrity,” but he was a star in my heart.
• 7. I love eating healthy, but I’ll eat an entire bag of potato chips faster than you can say, “Ingrid, what the hell are you doing?”
• 8. “The Stranger” music video was filmed by just two people: me and my best friend.
• 9. I played on a boys soccer team when I was 7 and wore my hair in pigtails for every game.
• 10. My guilty pleasure is hip-hop dancing. If I had to start again, I’d want to be a backup dancer for Beyonce or Miley Cyrus.