Kevin Powers | Performance Studio

Kevin Powers performed "Move On," "Can't Help Myself" and "When He Made You" during his KYGO Performance Studio visit.

Powers – Boston, Mass., born and Raleigh, N.C., raised – began releasing music in the hip-hop and R&B vein in 2019. It didn't take long for success to take hold, with his 2020 singles "Walked In" and "How You Been?" amassing 22 million and 15 million streams on Spotify to date, respectively.

With some of his fans likening his path to Post Malone's, he has since moved to Nashville and pivoted his sound to a genre he describes as "Southern pop," the change marked by the release of "High & Dry" in 2024.

The North Carolinian's big break materialized after reconnecting with hitmaker Shaboozey in a Nashville bar. As legend has it, the "Good News" singer asked Powers to join his joint venture record label American Dogwood, where he's currently signed.

The two have worked together many times since: Powers had a hand in writing Shaboozey and Jelly Roll's "Amen," which won the Grammy in 2026 for Best Country Duo/Group Performance, he opened for Shaboozey on his Great American Road Show tour and collaborated with him on "Move On," a single released in 2025.

Powers is further establishing himself in the Southern pop realm with his latest single "Can't Help Myself" (2025), and teased an EP release for spring or summer of 2026.

The 98.5 KYGO Performance Studio, powered by Plumbline Services brings both new and well-known country music artists into an intimate setting for music and conversation. You'll hear songs you love in a unique, stripped-down style, well also getting to know songs you may not have heard before. The Performance Studio also gives you a chance to get to know the artists as Shawn Patrick talks with them about their personal lives, how the songs came to be, and gives you a peek behind the curtain into who they really are.