Levanna McLean (born between 1996 and 1998) [1] [2] [3] known as the 'Northern Soul Girl', is a British disc jockey and dancer.
McLean became a YouTube star after uploading numerous videos of her dancing to northern soul music. [1] The videos were filmed by her mother, Eve Arslett, and both were stunned by the popularity of the videos, some garnering nearly a quarter of a million views. [4] In 2013, she danced to Pharrell Williams' song " Happy" in one of those music videos and in 2014 she co-starred with him at the BRIT Awards, broadcast live from the O2 Arena in London. Williams had previously sourced dancers for the performance and personally contacted McLean on Twitter. [3] She has since been involved in promoting the British Northern soul scene. [2] [5] In 2015, McLean compiled the track selection for the compilation Express Your Soul. [6] She is featured on the cover and inside of the 2015 compilation Move On Up – The Very Best of Northern Soul. [7] For the second edition Move On Up Volume Two – The Very Best of Northern Soul, released in 2016, she contributed a text for the CD case and can be seen again on the cover and inside. [8]
Levanna McLean is based in Bristol but has been a disc jockey at concerts throughout Europe, among others at the music festival Baltic Soul Weekender.
Levanna McLean (born between 1996 and 1998) [1] [2] [3] known as the 'Northern Soul Girl', is a British disc jockey and dancer.
McLean became a YouTube star after uploading numerous videos of her dancing to northern soul music. [1] The videos were filmed by her mother, Eve Arslett, and both were stunned by the popularity of the videos, some garnering nearly a quarter of a million views. [4] In 2013, she danced to Pharrell Williams' song " Happy" in one of those music videos and in 2014 she co-starred with him at the BRIT Awards, broadcast live from the O2 Arena in London. Williams had previously sourced dancers for the performance and personally contacted McLean on Twitter. [3] She has since been involved in promoting the British Northern soul scene. [2] [5] In 2015, McLean compiled the track selection for the compilation Express Your Soul. [6] She is featured on the cover and inside of the 2015 compilation Move On Up – The Very Best of Northern Soul. [7] For the second edition Move On Up Volume Two – The Very Best of Northern Soul, released in 2016, she contributed a text for the CD case and can be seen again on the cover and inside. [8]
Levanna McLean is based in Bristol but has been a disc jockey at concerts throughout Europe, among others at the music festival Baltic Soul Weekender.