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Kelsey Lu | |
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| Birth name | Kelsey Elizabeth McJunkins |
| Born | May 12, 1989 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Avant pop, [1] baroque pop [2] |
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| Instrument(s) |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | |
| Website |
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Kelsey Elizabeth McJunkins (born May 12, 1991), known professionally as Kelsey Lu, is an American singer and cellist based in Los Angeles, California. [3]
Kelsey Lu was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had a strict Jehovah's Witness upbringing. [4] Both of Lu's parents are musicians: her father is a percussionist, her mother a pianist. [5] Her father's family hails from Nigeria. [6] Lu began studying classical composition at age 6, learning piano, violin, and cello. [4] At age 18, Lu left their family home to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts on a scholarship. [5] A year later, she dropped out of the school. [7]
Kelsey Lu recorded her debut EP, Church, in a church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. [8] During this time, she toured with the band Wet as her opening act. [4] She released Church in 2016. [9] She released her debut album, Blood, in 2019. [10] In that year, she also released Blood Transfusion, a collection of remixes of tracks from Blood. [11]
| Title | Details |
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| Blood |
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| Title | Details |
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| Church |
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| Title | Details |
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| Blood Transfusion |
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| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Shades of Blue" [12] | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Due West" [13] | Blood | |
| "Morning Dew" [14] | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out" (with Yves Tumor featuring Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd) [15] | ||
| "Ride or Die" (with Boys Noize featuring Chilly Gonzales) [16] |
2021 |
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Where or When" [17] | 2020 | Onyx Collective | Manhattan Special |
| " Manchild" | 2022 | Neneh Cherry | The Versions |
- ^ url= https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12238/kelsey-lu-musician-interview-profile-2020-grounded-blood-transfusion
- ^ url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/kelsey-lu-review-a-beautiful-bewildering-piece-of-performance-art-a4197106.html
- ^ Easter, Makeda (August 20, 2019). "Solange. Blood Orange. Kelsey Lu. There's a new wave of genre-bending black artists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c Gore, Sydney (February 15, 2016). "Cellist Kelsey Lu Will Have You Under Her Spell". Nylon. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ a b Hager, Emma (July 15, 2016). "Kelsey Lu Doesn't Sound Like Anyone Else". Elle. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Maitland, Hayley (March 24, 2019). "Front Row Regular Kelsey Lu On Her Jehovah's Witness Upbringing And Stunning Debut Album". Vogue. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ Frank, Alex (August 12, 2016). "Kelsey Lu's Dreams Are Better Than Yours". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Nikas, Joanna (August 25, 2016). "Kelsey Lu McJunkins, Hitting the Stages of Afropunk and Barclays Center". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Lobenfeld, Claire (November 10, 2016). "Kelsey Lu is the maverick cellist whose loop experiments have wooed Blood Orange and Solange". Fact. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Mokoena, Tshepo (April 24, 2019). "Kelsey Lu Had to Manifest Hopeful Pop from Pain". Vice. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Bruce-Jones, Henry (November 15, 2019). "Kelsey Lu enlists Lafawndah, Omar S and Skrillex for Blood Transfusion remix EP". Fact. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ "Shades of Blue - Single by Kelsey Lu on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Due West - Single by Kelsey Lu on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Morning Dew - Single by Kelsey Lu on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out - Single by Kelsey Lu, Yves Tumor, Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Ride or Die - Single by Kelsey Lu, Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "When or When - Single by Kelsey Lu and Onyx Collective on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- Official website
- Kelsey Lu discography at Discogs
| Authority control databases: Artists |
|---|
- 1991 births
- 21st-century American singers
- American musicians of Nigerian descent
- 21st-century African-American women singers
- Living people
- Musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina
- Singers from North Carolina
- American cellists
- American Jehovah's Witnesses
- 21st-century American women singers
- 21st-century cellists
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Kelsey Lu | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Kelsey Elizabeth McJunkins |
| Born | May 12, 1989 Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Avant pop, [1] baroque pop [2] |
| Occupation(s) |
|
| Instrument(s) |
|
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Labels | |
| Website |
www |
Kelsey Elizabeth McJunkins (born May 12, 1991), known professionally as Kelsey Lu, is an American singer and cellist based in Los Angeles, California. [3]
Kelsey Lu was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had a strict Jehovah's Witness upbringing. [4] Both of Lu's parents are musicians: her father is a percussionist, her mother a pianist. [5] Her father's family hails from Nigeria. [6] Lu began studying classical composition at age 6, learning piano, violin, and cello. [4] At age 18, Lu left their family home to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts on a scholarship. [5] A year later, she dropped out of the school. [7]
Kelsey Lu recorded her debut EP, Church, in a church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. [8] During this time, she toured with the band Wet as her opening act. [4] She released Church in 2016. [9] She released her debut album, Blood, in 2019. [10] In that year, she also released Blood Transfusion, a collection of remixes of tracks from Blood. [11]
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Blood |
|
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Church |
|
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| Blood Transfusion |
|
| Title | Year | Album |
|---|---|---|
| "Shades of Blue" [12] | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Due West" [13] | Blood | |
| "Morning Dew" [14] | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out" (with Yves Tumor featuring Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd) [15] | ||
| "Ride or Die" (with Boys Noize featuring Chilly Gonzales) [16] |
2021 |
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Where or When" [17] | 2020 | Onyx Collective | Manhattan Special |
| " Manchild" | 2022 | Neneh Cherry | The Versions |
- ^ url= https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12238/kelsey-lu-musician-interview-profile-2020-grounded-blood-transfusion
- ^ url= https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/kelsey-lu-review-a-beautiful-bewildering-piece-of-performance-art-a4197106.html
- ^ Easter, Makeda (August 20, 2019). "Solange. Blood Orange. Kelsey Lu. There's a new wave of genre-bending black artists". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ a b c Gore, Sydney (February 15, 2016). "Cellist Kelsey Lu Will Have You Under Her Spell". Nylon. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ a b Hager, Emma (July 15, 2016). "Kelsey Lu Doesn't Sound Like Anyone Else". Elle. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Maitland, Hayley (March 24, 2019). "Front Row Regular Kelsey Lu On Her Jehovah's Witness Upbringing And Stunning Debut Album". Vogue. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ^ Frank, Alex (August 12, 2016). "Kelsey Lu's Dreams Are Better Than Yours". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Nikas, Joanna (August 25, 2016). "Kelsey Lu McJunkins, Hitting the Stages of Afropunk and Barclays Center". The New York Times. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Lobenfeld, Claire (November 10, 2016). "Kelsey Lu is the maverick cellist whose loop experiments have wooed Blood Orange and Solange". Fact. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Mokoena, Tshepo (April 24, 2019). "Kelsey Lu Had to Manifest Hopeful Pop from Pain". Vice. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ Bruce-Jones, Henry (November 15, 2019). "Kelsey Lu enlists Lafawndah, Omar S and Skrillex for Blood Transfusion remix EP". Fact. Retrieved April 29, 2019.
- ^ "Shades of Blue - Single by Kelsey Lu on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Due West - Single by Kelsey Lu on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Morning Dew - Single by Kelsey Lu on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out - Single by Kelsey Lu, Yves Tumor, Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "Ride or Die - Single by Kelsey Lu, Boys Noize and Chilly Gonzales on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- ^ "When or When - Single by Kelsey Lu and Onyx Collective on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
- Official website
- Kelsey Lu discography at Discogs
| Authority control databases: Artists |
|---|
- 1991 births
- 21st-century American singers
- American musicians of Nigerian descent
- 21st-century African-American women singers
- Living people
- Musicians from Charlotte, North Carolina
- Singers from North Carolina
- American cellists
- American Jehovah's Witnesses
- 21st-century American women singers
- 21st-century cellists