Kat Von D has a secret talent as a musician.
Kat Von D has a secret talent for singing
The 42-year-pld star is best know as a tattooist and appearing on the TLC series 'LA Ink' but revealed as she prepares to launch herself in music that "not a lot of people" are aware of her singing talents.
She told UsWeekly: "Most people know me from tattooing, or when I used to have a makeup line.
"Not a lot of people know that [I can sing].
"That has always been a creative outlet for me."
Kat - whose full name is Katherine Von Drachenburg - revealed to the outlet that she is also "classically trained" and first began to learn an instrument at the age of five.
Kat has now realised the track 'Illusions' and explained that before heading into the studio to record her album 'My Side of the Mountain', she underwent professional singing tuition.
She said: "I want to do this right, especially because people are expecting you to fail. They’re expecting it to be garbage.
"So, I started taking voice lessons with my voice coach, Ken Tamplin, for almost two years before even releasing any music.
"All these songs can be sung acoustically and I’m excited to take versions of [other] things so that people can really see that I am legit."
Kat is trying her best not to take offence when she gets a negative remark online about her music but has found that much of the feedback is positive anyway.
She added: "I’m trying not to get offended when I see [negative remarks], but actually, it’s super positive. People [are], like, ‘Oh yeah, I was expecting this to suck, but it was actually pretty good.’"
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