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Max George Gushes Over YouTube Singing Sensation Tori Kelly: "So Good and Cute as Well!"

Twenty-year-old beauty shines at surprise show at SXSW

By Marc Malkin, Mike Vulpo Mar 14, 2013 11:38 PMTags
Watch: Tori Kelly's Secret SXSW Performance

Singer Tori Kelly is a superstar-in-the-making.

The 20-year-old California beauty's YouTube channel has 333,000 subscribers and more than—ready for this?—32 million views!

"@ToriKelly is so good," The Wanted's Max George recently tweeted. "And cute as well!

Tori performed a surprise show earlier this week at the Conduit lounge at SXSW. Her 30-minute set included six songs, including a cover of Justin Timberlake's smash hit single, "Suit & Tie."

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"People showed up, which is crazy," Tori told us after the show. "I always expect the worst so I was expecting like five people—which would have been cool too, I would have been fine with that—but the turnout was amazing. It was really cool."

The young songbird, who is already getting some Twitter love from Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun (he was at the SXSW show), has high hopes for her music career.

"I'm about to go on my first tour ever in April," an excited Tori said. "That alone, I feel, is a dream I've always had."