Jessica Lea Mayfield is a singer-songwriter from Kent, Ohio. She started performing at age 8 with her family’s bluegrass band, One Way Rider. After putting out some country albums under the name Chittlin', singing backup vocals on tour with the Avett Brothers, and making a fan out of The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach, Mayfield started releasing records under her own name. In an early interview she mused:

Everything I write is about me. I don’t have the talent of writing from other people’s perspectives. I’ve had a lot of relationships. I got into the dating game a little young. It helped with my music, but on a personal level, there’s lots of regret.