Seemingly one reason why St. Vincent chose to collaborate with Outdoor Voices is because the female-driven company is based in Texas. St. Vincent herself was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Dallas, Texas (via Pitchfork). Following her parents' divorce, St. Vincent re-located with her mom to Dallas. Eventually they became a blended family with her stepdad and two stepsisters. While St. Vincent is private about those years, she did tell Pitchfork, "Pain and feeling unworthy is just as good a motivator of success as feeling like you're entitled to everything."
When St. Vincent was 15, she got her first taste of rock-and-roll stardom when she performed "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix at a show in Dallas. Joining the audience as spectators were her aunt and uncle, Tuck Andress and Patti Cathcart, also known as Tuck & Patti, world-famous performers in their own right. "Even at that early age she was able to go into an all-or-nothing performance mode," Andress told Pitchfork. "She was no more ridiculously outgoing than the average person, but when she was on stage she was like a fireball, even that first time."
Three years later, it was on to Berklee College of Music, and Annie Clark was well on her way to becoming the uber-wealthy St. Vincent we know today.
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