Låpsley

Career

Before she was a solo artist, Låpsley played in several bands around Merseyside. Her big break came in April 2014 when she won the "One to Watch" prize at the local GIT Awards, thanks to her bedroom-recorded Monday EP racking up over half a million plays on SoundCloud. That June, she performed on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury, boosted by support from Radio 1 DJs Huw Stephens and Zane Lowe. Her song "Painter (Valentine)" landed on the BBC Radio 1 playlist that September.

She signed with XL Recordings in October 2014, and by the end of November she was on the long list for BBC Sound of 2015. Her Understudy EP dropped in January 2015, followed by her debut album Long Way Home in March 2016.

She played Lollapalooza that July. In April 2016, she was named Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and performed "Love Is Blind" on NBC's Today show. Her track "8896" appeared in the film American Honey, and "Falling Short" was used in the TV series The Five.

Did You Know?

• She added the Scandinavian character Å to her stage name partly because of perceived ties with Scandinavia through her Scottish heritage.
• She came out as bisexual in an Instagram post on 28 June 2020.