Artist

My artist is a singer song writer who is influenced by gothic culture (which she was introduced to originally from studying gothic architecture at school, this led to her researching gothic culture and it soon became a massive part of her way of life) as well as pop rock music This is because of the fact that her parents were also interested in this type of music, however the genre of music that she produces is indie (which came about through merging her two influences). Some of the bands she cites as inspiring her were; "Arctic Monkeys" and "The Killers", She started writing songs when she was 14, This came about because of her love for piano playing. She posted her songs on youtube and on her Tumblr. Along with her music she also posts pictures and short clips of things that inspire her for example paintings, and pictures of her role models.

 These are examples of things that Lorde posts on her Tumblr which is similar to what my artist posts on her Tumblr although more personalised to her.
This gives the audiences glimpses of her personality.
Another example of an artist that uses social media to express her personality to the audience is Lana Del Rey who has her own website. here, she puts up information of tours, album and general information about her.

My artist was singed to Republic Records at the age of  15 after being spotted on youtube, she has been working on her first album for two years. This music video is for her second released song from her first album.

Republic Records has signed many other indie artists such as; James Bay and Florence and the machine -Republic Records has the prestige of an indie label but also the power to distribute globally, in particular the American market. Many acts signed with this label are very mainstream such as Taylor Swift, Drake etc.

The name of my artist is Solé, as the name has connotations of loneliness which relates to my artist as she feels that she is no part of the world. The single (yellow flicker beat) also suggests that she prefers not to be a part of society.