Reinert was born on March 10, 1989 in Sarasota, Florida. Her family moved to Marietta, Georgia, where she lived until age 6 when they relocated to Santa Ana, California. Reinert attended Orange County School of the Arts where she took lessons in singing, guitar, and piano and also participated in the musical theater program. Reinert began writing poetry at a young age and setting her words to music. At the age of 15, Reinert took her first trip to Nashville, Tennessee with a friend. Later that same year, she signed her first publishing deal and began traveling back and forth from Orange County to Nashville while finishing high school through independent study. Reinert moved to Nashville full time at the age of 17 after graduating from high school.
After moving to Nashville to pursue her career in country music full-time, Reinert began posting her songs on her Myspace page. In 2007, brothers Mike and Tom Gossin discovered Reinert's music online and reached out to ask her to get together to write. Reinert and the Gossin brothers began writing songs together regularly and performing around Nashville as a trio. After a performance at local Nashville venue 3rd and Lindsley, Reinert, Mike, and Tom were introduced to musician Cheyenne Kimball. Kimball joined the group and the four began writing and performing together.
The band met producer and Emblem Records label head Matt Serletic and signed a joint deal with Emblem and Warner Bros. Records in July 2008. They began recording a record under the name Gloriana. Gloriana released their first single "Wild at Heart" in early 2009 and began touring, opening for artists including LeAnn Rimes, Brooks & Dunn, and joined Taylor Swift on her Fearless Tour from 2009 to 2010. "Wild at Heart" became the highest selling single for a new country artist or band in 2009.

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