On Wednesday evening, Kylie Rae Harris died in a three-car crash that took the life of the country singer and also a 16-year old girl.
Harris was only 30 years old.
The tragic news has taken the music industry by shock — and it has also garnerned national attention due to the social media messages Harris shared shortly before she died.
The singer was on her way to a music festival in New Mexico when the fatal accident occurred.
She had a personal connection to the town through which she was driving, as well, as Harris herself discussed in a handful of Instagram videos she recorded herself.
“Alright, I look a mess. It’s because I’ve been crying. It’s a good cry. I just got to Taos, New Mexico,” she said in a clip filmed on the side of a road.
“But for those of you who don’t know, I spent the last 20 years of my life coming to Taos with my dad and my sister,” she continued.
Added Harris in further detail:
“My grandparents lived here, my uncle still lives here. Literally, everybody that was here has passed away, except for my uncle, and including my dad.”
Pretty eerie, right?
Harris released an EP in March and left behind a six-year old daughter.
“Driving these roads — I’ve been driving for 12 hours — you would think that’s so exhausting and boring but like, the last couple of hours driving through the mountains, I’m just remembering my place in the backseat as a little kid when my dad was making these treks here,” she went on.
“It was the f-ckin best, and I started getting really sad.”
Elaborting in this viral footage, Harris said she spotted “random cows” that appeared in the middle of the road, which made her hearken back to a memory from her childhood … when her dad got into a crash with a cow while she and her sister were in the car.
Again, she referenced a car crash right before she, herself, got into a car crash.
Four hours after these videos went up, the Dallas native would perish in an accident on State Road 522.
According to reports, a third driver escaped injury — and authorities suspect alcohol is a factor in the crash.
Speaking to Billboard about her single “Twenty Years From Now” this past spring, Harris said she wrote it with daughter Corbie in mind.
She also referenced death in this revealing interview.
“It scared me thinking that it was totally possible I could be gone before my daughter reaches [adulthood],” Harris told this outlet at the time, adding:
“I want to meet my kid’s kids. Getting to the age your parents were when you were a child brings a whole lot of perspective.”
In confirming the sad news of Harris’ passing yesterday, this is what the singer’s publicist said:
We are heartbroken to confirm that Kylie Rae Harris passed away in a car accident last night.
We have no further details to share, and ask for privacy for her family at this time. Everyone that knew Kylie knew how much she loved her family and, beyond that, how much she loved music.
The best tribute to her unmatched enthusiasm for both is to spread as much love as you can today, and listen to music that fully inspires you.
May she rest in peace.
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