Kristen Keys is a lifelong Tori Amos listener, thoughtful interpreter of lyrics, and cohost of Introverted But Willing to Discuss Tori Amos. With more than two decades of fandom behind her, Kristen brings both deep knowledge and genuine curiosity to each conversation—approaching Tori’s work not just as music, but as a layered emotional and narrative universe worth unpacking.

By day, she works in marketing strategy, a background that sharpens her ability to connect big themes, patterns, and cultural context. By night (and often in between), she’s revisiting albums, reimagining tracklists, and exploring the intersections of identity, memory, womanhood, and mythology that run through Tori’s catalog.

Kristen is especially drawn to the tension in Tori’s work—the sacred and the messy, the cosmic and the deeply personal—and loves asking the kinds of questions that don’t always have clean answers. On the podcast, she helps create a space that’s equal parts analysis, nostalgia, and reverence, with just enough humor to keep things grounded.

When she’s not podcasting, Kristen is raising two kids with her favorite person aka her husband Kell and still finding new meaning in songs she’s been listening to since the ‘90s.