Kim Petras - owner of "Unholy": The first transgender person to win a Grammy and a difficult childhood

Kim Petras, with Sam Smith's collaboration in the song 'Unholy', helped her become the first transgender person to win the 2023 Grammy Award. It is known that Kim Petras has been going through a difficult time since coming to the US in 2018. 19-year-old.

The world media affirmed that Kim Petras had an excellent year in 2022. Her collaboration with Sam Smith in Unholy became the phenomenon of the year, the song that went viral on the social network TikTok. This song is also the most loved song on other music platforms and continuously tops the charts.

Sharing with People, Petras said Sam Smith was the first person to support her in this project. "We just waited for the right time and the right song to come out. It really paid off. We knew this song was special from the moment it was made," the singer said.

At the 65th Grammy Awards, Petras and Smith took home the trophy for Best Pop Duo/Dual Performance. This award makes Kim Petras the first transgender woman to win this award.

"I just want to thank the transgender legends before me who opened this door for me to be here," Petras said upon accepting the award. Before making an impression at the 2023 Grammys, Petras has spent a long time trying. The singer came to the US at the age of 19 and devoted herself to her music career.

Kim Petras was born and raised in Cologne (Germany). At the age of 13, she started writing music. At the age of 19, Petras moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career. At that time, Petras was empty-handed, had no relationship in the entertainment industry. Kim Petras started his career by writing music and sending songs to singers.

"It's hard to move to another country to start with. As an immigrant, just trying to be here is hard," she told People in 2019. After much effort, things slowly turned out. well with Petras. Her ability to write music is appreciated. The singer received a publishing contract and a visa to stay and work in the US.

Although born and raised in the German countryside, Petras was heavily influenced by American artists of the era such as Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears. "Pop music was everything to me. When I was a kid, I didn't have many friends at school. I hated going to school because of the bullying. I used to run home from school and watch Gwen's music videos. Stefani, I feel like I can escape the real world thanks to it," Petras confided.

Petras's debut album Clarity is like talking about the past. In the album, there are many outstanding songs such as "Icy", "Personal Hell" and "Sweet Spot". In Germany, the age of majority for sexectomy is 18 years old, but Petras received special permission to have the procedure done when he was just 16 years old.

According to an article in the German newspaper Stern in 2007, Petras received the full support of both her father and mother as she underwent surgery. Besides winning at the Grammy, Sam Smith and Petras each made other history. In October 2022, Unholy reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Sam Smith the first openly gay artist and Petras the first openly transgender solo artist to top the chart since. established in 1991.

"It was a super magical night, and we cried," Petras told People at Heidi Klum's 2022 Halloween party. Kim Petras is proud of her gender identity. However, she does not want the audience to frame her gender in music products.

"I feel like my songs are good because they're relevant to anyone. I feel like it's an important part of the equality that I want to make people realize that everyone is equal, there are issues with everyone. the same problems and going through the same emotional things," Petras asserts.

The singer added, "I want to be taken seriously as an artist, not as a transgender artist. I don't want my career to revolve around my gender identity. I've written too many songs. and working so hard for it. I want to be a voice for transgender rights and fight for what I think is right and make the world a better place. Maybe the next generations. would be easier than me."