
"human beings are layered. my music reflects that."
—krystal klear
bio.
Krystal Klear doesn't create music for labels. She creates music for every version of who we are.
Some artists discover music. For Krystal Klear, music has always been home. Born Krystal Lashae, a Taurus, to ambitious Southern parents and raised in Upstate New York, she grew up in a house where every room had its own soundtrack. Her mother filled the air with the timeless soul of Classic R&B, while her father turned up Classic Rock. Somewhere between those two worlds, a young artist began building one of her own.
She wrote her first song at just four years old—an improvised ballad called What You Gonna Do When I'm Gone—recorded into a tape recorder with the conviction of someone far beyond her years. Music wasn't a hobby. It was instinct. As a child, she sang, danced, performed, and wrote songs with her sister on an old keyboard, creating melodies and chord progressions that still feel timeless today. Those early years shaped more than her musicianship. They sparked a lifelong curiosity about identity, love, justice, spirituality, sensuality, and the countless contradictions that make us human.
Her influences became as expansive as her imagination. The fearless artistry of Teena Marie, Chaka Khan, and Prince blended naturally with the legendary Rock and Pop bands of the '70s and '80s, alongside the revolutionary voices that built Hip-Hop. Rather than choosing a lane, Krystal embraced them all, developing a sound that refuses to be confined by genre.
Life eventually called her in a different direction. She earned her bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and built a successful career in business management and marketing after relocating to South Florida. Yet creativity never left. Between careers, responsibilities, and everyday life, she continued writing songs, dancing, collecting ideas, and imagining new ways to honor the music that had shaped her.
Then came the turning point.
After years of creating quietly, she met her Brooklyn-born soulmate—a producer whose musical instincts and philosophy mirrored her own. Their connection became the catalyst for something neither had expected. While exploring old files on a forgotten computer, they uncovered years of unfinished lyrics, melodies, and ideas waiting for the right moment. Those forgotten pieces became the foundation for something entirely new.
Krystal Klear wasn't created that day. She was rediscovered.
Today, Krystal Klear is the fearless expression of every chapter that came before—soft yet powerful, feminine yet unapologetically bold, sensual yet deeply spiritual. Her music refuses to separate light from darkness because it understands they cannot exist without one another. Every song is an invitation to embrace complexity instead of hiding from it.
Produced by her creative partner under the 12 Tribes Musik label and recorded at The Dojo Studios in South Florida, Krystal Klear continues to blur the lines between Urban, Indie, Rock, Hip-Hop, Neo-Soul, Latin, Alternative, Pop, Reggae, Dance, and beyond.
She doesn't fit into genres. She moves through them.