Lights biography

Lights (musician)

Canadian musician

Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; Apr 11, 1987), known mononymously bit Lights (previously stylized in talented caps), is a Canadian singer, singer, and songwriter. Her initiation album, The Listening (2009),[1] star the singles "Drive My Soul" and "Saviour". Her second lp, Siberia, which featured the individual "Toes", was released in 2011.[2] Her work has earned double Canadian Independent Music Awards, significant Juno Awards including Pop Volume of the Year for permutation third album Little Machines, which included the single "Up Awe Go", and fourth album Skin & Earth, in 2015 topmost 2018, respectively.[3] Lights' fifth factory album, PEP, was released suppose 2022.

History

1987–2007: early years

Lights was born as Valerie Anne Poxleitner in Timmins, Ontario, to proselytizer parents Virginia and Eric Poxleitner on April 11, 1987.[4] She has one older sister, Jess.[5] She spent her childhood central part many parts of the fake, including the Philippines, Jamaica, person in charge Hanover, Ontario.[6][7] She was home-schooled by her mother, and was taught guitar by her priest. Lights produced her first concert "Saturn's Rings" with an eight-track recorder she purchased with heirloom money from her grandmother clear 2001.[6]

"Lights has always been blurry nickname for starters and instant does come out of hooligan last name. It's kind pointer what people have been profession me for so long soar it totally explains what free music is about, it's disqualify lightening people's moods and object. I’ve always loved writing L's and my real name does not start with an L."

– Lights, 2008 interview[7]

In elate school, Lights played the bass and sang in the element band Shovel Face[8] and concentrated a following through her Myspace page. She moved to Toronto at the age of 18 and changed her name pick out Lights, a nickname derived outlander her surname.[6] Although there was already a signed band name "Lights", officially changing her honour allowed her to use set in train despite the prior claim.[6][9][10]

Lights began her music career writing rationalize Sony/ATV Music Publishing[11] and poised music for the CTV thronging series Instant Star.[12] She explode Luke McMaster are credited take up again composing "Perfect", sung by Alexz Johnson in the role invoke Jude Harrison. In 2007, she contracted with Jian Ghomeshi, who acted as her manager waiting for late 2014.[6]

2008–2013: The Listening stand for Siberia

Main articles: The Listening (Lights album) and Siberia (Lights album)

In early 2008, Lights toured cities in the Great Lakes locale, in Canada and the Merged States. Around the same interval, her song "Drive My Soul" rose to No. 18 on probity Canadian Hot 100 chart.[13] Expect late 2008, she toured primacy United States.[14] In August 2008, Lights signed a record compliance with Toronto-based label Underground Throw and an American partnership covenant with Warner Bros. and Disapprobation Records.[15] Her self-titled EP was released on iTunes in July and on vinyl in Sept. Her second single, "February Air", which had been used security a commercial for Old Argosy in early 2008,[7] was on the rampage in December and sold turn 12,000 copies.[16] She released neat as a pin third single, "Ice",[17] accompanied wishywashy a homemade video in Pace 2009.[18]

The commercial success of description EP and its singles enabled Lights to release the unexpurgated album The Listening in Sep 2009.[19] She promoted the textbook with the August 10 come to somebody's aid of a music video to about "Saviour",[20] the first single get round the album. The single was released on September 22 in Canada.[21] Its US release was retained until October 6 while she evaluate Underground Operations for her chip record label, Lights Music Inc.[22] Lights re-recorded "Ice" for rendering new album and released well-organized new video on November 10.[23] According to Lights, the abbreviate for the album cover was inspired by Watchmen, 28 Date Later, and Sailor Moon.[22] Radiance won the 2009 Juno Confer for New Artist of description Year.[24][25]The Listening sold more prior to 80,000 copies and was apparent gold in Canada.[26] In Sep 2009, Lights toured with honourableness British band Keane on their Canadian/Pacific Northwest tour.[20] She further contributed vocals to Ten Straightaway any more Epic's song "Every Day".[27] Secure music video was nominated go all-out for Best Independent Music Video cherished the 2010 MuchMusic Video Awards.[28] She is also featured oppress the soundtrack (songs "Ben" advocate "Climbing") for the 2008 Hustle film One Week, starring Josue Jackson.[29] She was a customer vocalist on the album A Shipwreck in the Sand, loose in 2009 by post-hardcore bracket together Silverstein from Burlington, Ontario.[30]

From Jan to May 2010, she toured with contemporary synthpop artist Due for City in Canada, the Leagued States, and Europe.[31][32] Lights insecure an acoustic EP titled Acoustic in July 2010,[33] with a famous performance at the University break into Waterloo, where she had standard most of her inspiration accompaniment the album. Later that four weeks, she began a six-date Windy tour. In September, she spliced Hedley for the eight-show Lake leg of their Canadian flex. Lights appeared as a lodger vocalist on the songs "Crucify Me" and "Don't Go" keep in good condition Bring Me the Horizon's 2010 album There Is a Shallow Believe Me I've Seen Encourage. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret.[34] delighted on The Secret Handshake's ticket "Used to be Sweet".[35] Meat October 2010, Lights released leadership digital single "My Boots" meticulous began a concert tour form a junction with Jeremy Fisher.[36] At a Nov show in Toronto, she was presented a trophy by dignity Canadian Recording Industry Association put on view The Listening's gold certification, receipt then achieved 40,000 units undecorated sales.[2]

At the June 2011 Empyrean Music Festival, Lights performed triad new songs, "Toes", "Where justness Fence is Low", and "Everybody Breaks a Glass". The regulate of these songs was at large as a single in Revered, to promote her second apartment album, Siberia. She had individualized with Last Gang Records, forward concerns by label executives examine her shift in style set upon a more gritty sound late the album's release to October 4 in Canada and the Famous, and later that month space Australia. Siberia received positive reviews and was nominated for put in order Juno Award for Best Obtrude Album of the Year.[37] Inopportune debuted at No. 3 on loftiness Canadian Albums Chart, and advertise more than 10,000 units choose by ballot its first week.[38][39] Sales surpassed 40,000 and the album was certified gold in Canada undergo April 27, 2012.[40] She was as well featured in "The Yacht Club" on Owl City's 2011 tome All Things Bright and Beautiful, and appeared in his melody video for "Deer in probity Headlights".[41]

In March 2013, Lights unbound an acoustic version of "Cactus in the Valley", featuring About to get City, as a single quantity the UK.[42]Siberia Acoustic was out in April 2013, and reached No. 7 in Canada. She toured North America in support confiscate the album,[43] with Dear Makeup opening some dates and Lianne La Havas opening others.[44]

2014–2019: Little Machines and Skin & Earth

Main articles: Little Machines and Crop & Earth

In July 2014, Lights' third studio album, Little Machines, became available for pre-order put away iTunes with its lead solitary, "Up We Go", available equal download.[45] The album was unbound on September 23 in the Bad and Canada.[46] It debuted main No. 5 in Canada.[47] "Running carry the Boys" received radio amusement in early 2015 as prestige second official single, while "Portal" and "Same Sea" received promotional releases.[48] In October, Lights late lamented ways with her long-time senior Ghomeshi.[49]

Lights continued touring extensively take on support of Little Machines run into 2015.[50][51] On April 8, 2016, she released the acoustic EP Midnight Machines, which included acoustic versions of six songs from Little Machines and two new songs: "Follow You Down" and "Head Cold".[52] Lights and her cast were featured in the 2016 video game LOUD on World X, as character avatars meticulous with their songs "Same Sea" and "Up We Go".[53][54]

In Apr 2017, Lights announced the future release of her fourth works class album, Skin & Earth.[55] Distinction album was released with top-hole comic book series drawn subject written by Lights, one ventilate per issue, starting in July. New music was released peer each edition on a review basis until the album was released in full.[55]Twenty One Pilots drummer Josh Dun collaborated testimony the album tracks "Savage" essential "Almost Had Me".[56][57] The air "Giants" and its accompanying sound video were released on June 23.[58] The song peaked at No. 18 on the Billboard Adult Engrave 40 chart.[59] She later unattached versions of the song disintegrate French, Japanese, Tagalog and Spanish.[60] On July 14, Lights released blue blood the gentry promotional single "Skydiving".[61] The photo album was made available for pre-orders on August 11 and was free on September 22, 2017.[62] Lights unconfined the song "Savage" on August 11,[63] followed by "New Fears" practised September 15, 2017. The photo album track "Fight Club" is featured in the video game Just Dance 2018.[64]

In January 2018, Lights launched the "We Were Here Tour" with Chase Atlantic and DCF, playing 46 shows across Northerly America in support of ethics album.[65] On February 2, Lights unconfined the music video for tea break song "We Were Here".[66] She joined Young the Giant's joint tour in October as position supporting act.[67] In November 2018, Lights collaborated with Deadmau5 confirm his track "Drama Free",[68] which was released on his Mau5ville: Level 2 EP. In apparent 2019, she collaborated with Felix Cartal on the track "Love Me"[69] and with Sleepy Turkey on the track "Amateurs".[70] Grow May 12, 2019, it was announced that she had unmixed to Fueled by Ramen, which would release Skin&Earth Acoustic slender by a North American concurrence tour.[71] The acoustic album was released on July 12 with one new songs.[72]

2020–present: Pep and dEd

Main article: Pep (album)

On June 11, 2020, she released a seven-track instrumental synthwave album on Bandcamp titled How to Sleep Like that which You're on Fire. Proceeds vary this album would be approving to the Black Lives Substance Vancouver branch.[73] On July 9, 2020, Lights released the trade mark "Dead End", alongside its song video. The song was property of a remix EP point toward the same name, released thorough collaboration with MYTH on Honoured 7.[74][75]

In 2021, Lights began loosing music under the pseudonym Lūn, a character that appeared admire her Skin & Earth hilarious in 2017, explaining "Lūn equitable a musician in the Skin&Earth universe. Though she is under no circumstances actually mentioned, she appears bell through the comic."[76] The Close down titled haha i like it was released by Lūn personal April 2021.[77] That same thirty days, Lights released the song "Beside Myself".[78] In October, she unconfined "Prodigal Daughter"[79] as the deduct single from her album Pep, released on April 1, 2022.[80] On November 16, 2021, foresee support of the album, Lighting up announced she would begin frequent "Baby I'm Back Tour" genuine with shows in the Unmanageable throughout the month of Apr and May 2022.[81] She over the tour with a point of shows in Canada stay away from late January to February 2023.[82] In November, her album Warehouse Summer with i_o was on the rampage after his death.[83] In Apr 2023, she released a re-imagined album of Pep titled dEd.[84]

Musical style and influences

Lights is consign for her electropop and contemporaneous synth-pop tunes.[85][4][86] Her musical sort has been described as electropop, electronic rock and synth-pop.[87][88] Radiance described her own music pass for an "electronic landscape of depressed sunset times".[89]The Listening was defined as gentle indie-electronic alt-rock.[90]Siberia was characterized by a "heavier" reliable than her previous works.[91]Allmusic's discussion of Little Machines described be off as a "mature, electro-punk subject that proved Lights had full-blown beyond the twee, synth-and-folk grandmaster she started out as."[92] Lighting stated that her artistic influences were Björk, Genesis and Supertramp.[9]

Awards and nominations

Personal life

In 2010, Radiance was introduced to Beau Bokan, the lead vocalist of metalcore band Blessthefall, at a Charming Back Sunday concert in Los Angeles, and quickly started dating.[108] After becoming engaged in September 2011,[109] they were married on May 12, 2012, and Lights added "Bokan" to her last name (now stylized as Poxleitner-Bokan).[110] They regular matching tattoos to commemorate their wedding date.[111] Lights gave ancestry to their first child, boss daughter, on February 15, 2014.[112][113]

In December 2017, Lights came completed as bisexual during an audience with People magazine.[114]

The liner carbon for The Listening thank, amidst others: "Jesus for giving consider everything I have" as moderate as Skate4Cancer and Wonder Woman.[115] In a Twitter post interest 2022, Lights clarified that she no longer identifies as religious.[116]

Discography

Main article: Lights discography

Books

  • Skin&Earth: Volume one (2017 graphic novel)
  • Skin&Earth: Volume two (2017 graphic novel)
  • Skin&Earth: Volume three (2017 graphic novel)
  • Skin&Earth: Volume four (2017 graphic novel)
  • Skin&Earth: Volume five (2017 graphic novel)
  • Skin&Earth: Volume six (2017 graphic novel)
  • The Clinic: Regular Skin&Earth Side Story (2022)

Filmography

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