Best of KC 2025: We want Flora from Kansas to come home
Photo Courtesy of Melodic Records
Earlier this month, we published The Pitch’s annual Best of Kansas City issue. You can take a peek at the results of the readers’ poll here. The issue also included a list, compiled and written by our editorial staff, of some local people, places, and things that we thought clearly won 2025. We’ll be publishing these items online throughout November.
Flora from Kansas isn’t your average Lawrence teenager donning Jayhawks gear. She is a worldwide music sensation. After the release of her EP Keep Calling in 2021 and her full-length cassette Emerald City in 2022, she went ghost.
For two years, the artist refrained from releasing any new music. However, that hiatus broke in November of last year when the UK’s Melodic Records announced the signing of the artist. Shortly after, her project Homesick, a six-track EP, was released in March 2025, which was mixed by highly acclaimed producer Ali Chant.
Since its release, Flora from Kansas has gained international attention, as NPR selected one of her songs to be played on its “The songs we can’t stop playing this week” series, also receiving regular airplay on the BBC.
Offering our ears to the artist, it is easy to see why this Midwestern teen has gained such appreciation, specifically overseas. We eagerly await Flora from Kansas to return to Lawrence or KC for well-deserved spotlight, although it appears that global stages far, far away are destined for the young artist.
Click below to read the November Best Of 2025 Issue of The Pitch Magazine:
