Rachel Crow

Rachel Kelly Crow (born January 23, 1998) is an American singer and actress. She participated in the first season of the American version of The X Factor in 2011 and was the first audition ever broadcast on TV. She was the ninth contestant eliminated. Following her elimination, she contacted Walt Disney for possible roles in future Disney productions. This resulted in her appearing in multiple television shows and films, including BrainSurge, Inside Edition, Big Time Rush, Figure It Out, The Wendy Williams Show, Invisible Sister, and Fred: The Show. Crow released her first and eponymous extended play (EP) in June 2012. She has cited Kendrick Lamar, Etta James, Eminem, and SZA as musical influences.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Crow decided to leave Los Angeles. She graduated from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City in 2025.

Early life Rachel Kelly Crow was born on January 23, 1998, in Mead, Colorado, to an abusive household and cocaine-addicted mother. She was fostered at six months old and adopted a year later by Barbara, a former hospital counselor, and Kelly Crow, owner of an excavation business in Boulder. She has one younger sister, Hannah.

According to her mother, Crow sang her first song, "This Kiss" by Faith Hill, when she was 18 months old. At the age of six, Crow sang in her school's talent show. From ages 10 to 12, she performed stand-up comedy and was part of the first group of kids to go to Las Vegas and perform at Harrah's casino. When the results were announced, Crow broke down sobbing and had to be picked up by her mentor Simon Cowell and consoled by her mother. She was also featured on Big Time Rush's Summer Tour 2012 along with Cody Simpson and starred on a two-part episode of Fred: The Show.

In June 2012, Crow announced via Twitter that she would be releasing a five-song EP, featuring one song co-written by Crow herself. She later announced via her website that it would be released on June 26, 2012, and would be self-titled. The lead single, "Mean Girls," was co-written by Crow and Toby Gad and produced by Gad. The four other songs are "Rock With You" featuring rapper Mann, "Lemonade," "My Kind of Wonderful", and "What A Song Can Do." She has also worked with producer Jonas Jeberg, who has worked with singers such as The Wanted. In a review of "Mean Girls", The Re-View complimented Crow's "intelligence and aspirations" and finished the article saying of the singer: "I don't doubt that her vocal ability to out-diva some of the best singers will lead to even greater things in the future."

On April 21, 2017, Crow released "Solo" for the soundtrack of the Netflix film Deidra and Laney Rob a Train, which she also starred in. A month later, she released her single "Dime" through BMG Rights Management, describing the song as "just kind of a fun, feel-good summer song, and it was mostly just about telling everyone who hates on you goodbye." In interviews with Pop Crush and iHeart, she stated that she had "darker, edgier" songs coming out at the end of summer

On January 25, 2019, Crow released "Up All Night", which was written by Crow, Emlyn, Sam Fischer, and Emanuel Kiriakou and produced by Kiriakou. In an interview with AOL, Crow said the song was "inspired by a sort-of relationship I had the summer of 2017" and was about "that feeling of wanting to spend every waking moment with that person and staying up all night with them." She later released a remix with Australian producer Ryan Riback.

Television and acting career Rachel Crow appeared on a few Nickelodeon shows in the early 2010s such as Fred: The Show, and Big Time Rush and had signed a series development deal with the network, though this did not result in an aired series. Crow said that she would have wanted to duet with Eminem if she had a series. Crow also starred in ABC's Schooled as recurring character "Felicia Somers". Crow appeared in four episodes of the first season.

Crow was reported to be cast in the 2018 Transformers film Bumblebee,

Release date: June 26, 2012 Label: Syco Music/Columbia Records Formats: Digital download, streaming 14

Singles

Other appearances Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" 2012 Merry Nickmas

Music videos Title Year Director "Mean Girls" 2012 "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town "Dime" 2017 "Coulda Told Me" 2018 Brad Wong "Up All Night" 2019