Kenzie Ziegler Talks 'Gut-Wrenching' New Single 'anatomy' About Her Father (Exclusive)

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Kenzie Ziegler is getting personal with her music. In an interview with ET's Deidre Behar, the 19-year-old singer, who now just goes by kenzie, discussed how her latest single, «anatomy,» was inspired by her estrangement from her father, Kurt Ziegler.«I had these problems with me and my dad, so I started talking to [my therapist] about that.

I started opening up and she said, 'You should write a letter to your dad,'» kenzie recalled. «I felt really weird about doing that, so I genuinely wrote this song just so I could send it to her and be like, 'Here's my letter to my dad.' And then I ended up loving it so much more than I thought I would and I just wanted people to hear it.»Letting people hear the personal track was an easy decision, as kenzie admitted, «For the first few months that I had the demo just sitting, I was like, 'I don't know if I'm confident enough to share this,' because, obviously, my whole family is going to hear it.»Eventually, kenzie came to believe that the song, which she admitted is «kind of gut-wrenching,» could «help a lot of people,» so she decided to release it.«All of the people around me are telling me that it helps me, and it helps her, and it helps them,» she said. «I think it's a time when it's a normal thing to go through.»One of those people in kenzie's corner is her older sister, Maddie Ziegler. «When I played it for her, she bawled her eyes out,» kenzie said of her 20-year-old sister. "… It's her favorite song.

She actually choreographed the music video for me, so it's kind of our song that we shared together, which is really awesome, because it's our experience… I don't know if I would release it if I didn't do it with her.«kenzie also felt that support from her mom, Melissa.