Callista Clark was born on September 29, 2003. Raised in Zebulo, Georgia. Clark claims she was "singing since I could talk", and that the first place she ever sang was at a church where her grandfather was a pastor. Clark began playing the guitar at the age of 11, later learning more instruments such as the piano. In an interview Clark said that she wrote her first song at the age of 11, initially as a poem in a school poetry contest, which was called "Wildfire". At the age of 12, Clark performed with Jennifer Nettles at a 4-H event.
She gained fame with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" which received 27 million views on Facebook.
She signed with Big Machine Records at the age of 15.
Clark sat down with Audacy Country's Scotty Kay to talk about her life as a young country star.
Below Clark talks about what it's like now that she has been on some of the biggest stages of her life.
The Story goes that after Clark went viral on Facebook, there her mom received an email from Scooter Braun's camp, who also oversees the careers of Justin Bieber, Dan + Shay and Ariana Grande, among others, showing interest in the young singer. Below she talks about how that all went down, snacks at Scooter's place, and she called me Scotty boujee. Find out why below.
At the time of the interview, Clark is only 18 years old. Scotty asks her what it's like for her after the shows when everyone goes to the bars.
Clark talked about writing her current EP "Real To Me" with superstars writers like Laura Veltz (Dan + Shay's "Speechless") and Casey Brown (Russell Dickerson's "Yours").
Below Clark talks about hearing her music on the radio for the first time!
Clark is very blunt about who her dream collaboration would be. The good news is that she has Scooter Braun in her corner, who also over sees the careers of her dream collaboration.
Finally, with the holidays coming around, Clark tells Scotty what her favorite Christmas song to sings is, and what it's like going back to her hometown after all this success.