The Stunning Transformation Of Fletcher

Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on March 19, 1994, Fletcher got an early start on her music career. At age 5, she began taking singing lessons, and then added piano lessons to the mix. That strong connection to music not only shaped her as a person, but was a critical outlet. As Fletcher told ABC News in 2022, “I felt really misunderstood as a kid. … And [songwriting] was a way for me to share and to feel understood.”

Her love of singing helped her land a job as a kids’ birthday party princess while in high school, but as she told Paper in 2019, she still struggled with her cookie cutter-style town. “It was really hard when I was younger. If you were straight and a young woman, you had to like, date a football player, wear your hair a certain way, maybe even play a sport, maybe you were active in church, got good grades, lived for your family, and that was your life. … I did most of that, but I’m not kidding when I tell you it was painful,” she said.