Adley Kinsman

Adley Kinsman performed earlier in her career as Adley Stump and is from Tulsa, Oklahoma. At university, she participated in choreography, cheerleading and campus organizations. She later recalled that these experiences helped her develop confidence in public speaking and performance.⁠[1][2][3][4]

In 2010, encouraged by a fellow student, she performed “Forget You” at Oklahoma State University’s Varsity Revue and won best female performer. She subsequently began performing at Willie’s Saloon in Stillwater.⁠[1]

She graduated from Oklahoma State University in 2011 after studying journalism and broadcasting. A performance video uploaded by her family attracted a Nashville investor. After receiving an artist-development opportunity, she moved there following graduation to pursue music.⁠[3][1]

In 2012, she competed as Adley Stump on season two of NBC’s The Voice, joining Blake Shelton’s team before being eliminated in March. She had prepared her EP Like a Lady before the competition so that viewers could also hear her own material.⁠[2][3][1]

After the 2013 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, she joined other singers and songwriters in relief efforts, recorded “Weather the Storm” and donated its proceeds to the Red Cross.⁠[3]

In 2015, she promoted the deluxe edition of Like This and performed during the Miss USA telecast. “Stay at Home Soldier” was another release from this period. In a later career retrospective, she dated the start of her online video work to 2015.⁠[5][6]

Her “Chickens in the Bathtub!” video became a viral hit in 2016, helping shift her career toward social media.⁠[7]

In February 2016, she became one of three winners of the fourth Hyundai and Recording Academy GRAMMY Amplifier program. The initiative used song plays and social sharing in preliminary selection, followed by artist-curator decisions, to provide opportunities for emerging musicians.⁠[5][8]

In May 2016, she released the music video for “Don’t Wanna Love Him,” produced through her GRAMMY Amplifier opportunity. The Recording Academy executive-produced it, Tony Woo Joun directed it, and Miss USA 2015 Olivia Jordan appeared in it.⁠[8]

She later recalled opening stadium shows for Blake Shelton in 2017.⁠[6]

In early 2018, she began producing original content for Facebook Watch and hosting The Adley Show, combining comedy with branded content.⁠[3]

On June 19, 2021, she and Blake Kinsman announced Internet Takeover: Wedding Edition, inviting viewers, friends and family to help choose wedding details. Filming was planned for summer and digital release for fall. She later said they financed about $1.5 million of production themselves, but the project stalled during postproduction; the amount and account are her own recollection.⁠[9][10]

Kinsman dates the founding of Viralish to 2022, describing it as a way to expand her team and share video-production methods with creators and businesses. Its services include branded-content integration, marketing-team support and campaign management.⁠[6][11]

On October 15, 2025, School of Hard Knocks released a roughly 79-minute interview with her about developing from an individual creator into a media-business operator.⁠[12]

As of October 2026, her public professional profile identifies her as Viralish’s founder and CEO, based in the Nashville area. Viralish lists projects for brands including Land Rover, Airheads, Raising Cane’s and HP.⁠[13][14]

She says she ran Story House for three years, operating more than 40 Snapchat shows and 50 Facebook pages with 15 actors and over 18 videos daily. She has also acknowledged producing content designed to provoke anger and conflict, saying she now wants to teach the methods more ethically. These scale figures are self-reported.⁠[15]

She argues that improving story structure matters more than simply increasing posting frequency. Recalling a shaving-cream prank discussed with Rick Lax, she describes repeated takes and deliberately timed story beats as ways to hold attention. This is her account of her creative process.⁠[16][17]

In a short School of Hard Knocks interview, she recalled filing for bankruptcy following a record-contract problem to recover rights, including commercial use of her name. She argued that hiring should emphasize work samples and practical ability, that business learning requires market experience, and that negotiators should avoid desperation and retain the ability to walk away.⁠[18]

Viralish: Official website: https://viralish.com/ (opens in a new window). Public accounts: YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAdleyShow (opens in a new window); X: https://x.com/TheAdleyShow (opens in a new window); LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adleykinsman (opens in a new window); Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adley (opens in a new window); Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheAdleyShow (opens in a new window); TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@adley (opens in a new window).⁠[4][19][14]