New album 'a lot more me,' Idol Porter tells Halifax

He was introduced first as Kalan Porter from Medicine Hat. Then as Kalan Porter, Canadian Idol. Now, Kalan Porter wants to be known as an artist.

"I am still both of those, and people will always know where I came from," the singer said. "But at the same time, I am hoping I can move past it a bit and become an artist in my own right."

That is what the 21-year-old is hoping to do with his sophomore album, Wake Up Living. It was released in late August, and the video for the album's first single, Down in Heaven, is in heavy rotation.

"This album is a lot more me," Porter said yesterday while in Halifax to promote the recording.

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