Early life
Andress was born in Southfield, Michigan, and grew up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado. She is the second of five children and has three sisters and a brother. She grew up in a sheltered and strict Christian household and was mostly homeschooled until high school. Her father, Brad Andress, is a former major league strength and conditioning coach who worked for the Detroit Tigers, Colorado Rockies, and New York Mets. Beginning at age 6, influenced by her mother, she learned to play piano and drums. In middle school, she frequently listened to Coldplay and Evanescence and she started a heavy metal music band. In 2009, she graduated from Rock Canyon High School, where she participated in high school choir competitions.
Career
Education and early career
Andress attended Berklee College of Music and majored in songwriting and performance. She joined a cappella group Pitch Slapped and performed on the NBC singing competition The Sing-Off. Andress later joined the group Delilah and placed sixth. After leaving the show, Andress finished her degree in 2013 and underwent mentorship with her former teacher at Berklee and pop songwriter Kara DioGuardi. She then moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and signed a publishing deal with Sea Gayle Music and Arthouse Entertainment in 2014. From there, she began co-writing songs for other artists: "Boys" (2017), recorded by Charli XCX; "In Too Deep", recorded by Why Don't We, "Conflicted" (2018) recorded by Halestorm; "Girl in the Mirror" (2019) recorded by Bebe Rexha; and several songs on the No Saint (2019) album by Lauren Jenkins.
Andress then decided that her songs were too personal to have someone else sing them.
In 2017, she self-released "The Stranger", via her label, What Is an Ingrid, and published by Kara DioGuardi's Arthouse Entertainment. The song received airplay on satellite radio. She signed a talent management agreement with Blythe Scokin. In July 2018, Andress signed a recording contract with Warner Nashville and Atlantic Records.
2019–2020: Lady Like
In February 2019, her first song with the label, "Lady Like", was released to digital platforms. In April 2019, she released the single "More Hearts Than Mine", which reached the top five of the American and Canadian country airplay charts. In March 2020, she released her debut studio album Lady Like through Warner Music Nashville; it reached No. 9 on the Top Country Albums chart. The album became one of Billboard's Top 10 Best Country Albums of the year and set the record as the highest streaming country female debut album of all time. In April 2020, Andress reached No. 1 on the Billboard Emerging Artists chart.
In July 2020, she re-released "The Stranger", which peaked at No. 49 on Country Airplay. The deluxe edition of Lady Like was released in October 2020. At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, Andress received three Grammy Awards nominations: Best Country Song for "More Hearts Than Mine", Best Country Album for Lady Like, and Best New Artist; these nominations made her the only country artist in a "Big Four" category.
2021–present: Good Person
In August 2021, Andress released "Wishful Drinking" in collaboration with Sam Hunt. The song peaked at number 4 on Country Airplay. "Wishful Drinking" earned Andress her 4th Grammy Award nomination, for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, at the 65th annual ceremony.
"Seeing Someone Else", released in May 2022, was her first cross-format single. It peaked in the top 25 on the Adult Pop Airplay chart.
The album Good Person was released in August 2022. It charted on both the Billboard 200 and the Top Country Albums chart. Included on the album was "Feel Like This", which reached number 60 on the Country Airplay charts.
Personal life
Andress resides in Nashville, Tennessee.
In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Andress broke up with her boyfriend of six years and entered a new relationship. In 2023, she parted ways with her longtime manager and her live-in boyfriend, who had marriage expectations. After the breakups, Andress was "drinking more than she ever had in her life".
In July 2024, Andress performed "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 2024 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby; the performance was widely criticized. The following day, Andress said that she was intoxicated during the performance; she spent a month at a rehab center in Utah, where she said she cried every day. In February 2025, Andress performed another rendition of the song in her home state at a Colorado Avalanche game; this version drew better responses.
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