The Truth Shall Set You Free: How Kiana Lede Learned to Be Comfortable in Her Own Skin

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At 23 years old, Kiana Lede has had her fair share of love and heartbreak. Her brutal candor on the latter is what makes her debut album KIKI a gripping experience.

Whether she's throwing her ex's clothes out of the window on "Plenty More" or yearning for words of affirmation on "Attention," the Arizona-bred fireball has no issue wearing her heart on her sleeves.  "I think that's one of the things that I do best," Lede tells Billboard on Wednesday (April 8) regarding her transparency. "It's really scary because also as an Aries, I'm good at opening up to people, but I'm very scared to be hurt." Lede, who celebrated her birthday last Friday -- the same day KIKI was released -- is aware that her searing honesty could be both a gift and a