Faye Webster (born June 25, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter from

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, Georgia. She has released four studio albums, ''Run and Tell'' (2013), ''Faye Webster'' (2017), '' Atlanta Millionaires Club'' (2019), and '' I Know I'm Funny Haha'' (2021).

Early life

Faye Webster was born in

. Her grandfather was a

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guitarist in Texas, her mother was a guitarist and

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player, and her oldest brother played in a rock band in high school. By age 14, she was writing music. She attended

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in Atlanta, where she and a group of friends formed a rap group. After watching her perform at

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nights, her dad advised to her to record her music so that people can take it home with them.

Career

At the age of sixteen, on October 30, 2013, Webster self-released her debut album, ''Run and Tell''. After graduating high school, she enrolled in

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to study songwriting, but soon

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and moved back to Atlanta after deciding that she was "wasting time and money". She made a deal with her parents that she would live at home for a year and if she was not successful as a musician, she would return to college. Soon after dropping out, in 2017, Webster signed to

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. In April 2017, she embarked on a 12-city tour with

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followed by the release of her second album, the self-titled ''Faye Webster'' in May 2017. Webster signed to the

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record label in late 2018. Webster released her third full-length album, ''Atlanta Millionaires Club'', in May 2019 via

. In March 2019, Webster's song "Room Temperature" was featured in a ''

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'' article. In April 2020, Webster released the single "In a Good Way". Her song "Better Distractions" was featured in an article in ''

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'' in September 2020 and was chosen by President

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in December 2020 as one of his favorite songs of the year. In April 2021, she released the single "Cheers" and announced her fourth studio album '' I Know I'm Funny Haha'', which was released on June 25, 2021. In October 2021, Webster released an EP titled ''Live at Electric Lady'', as part of a

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exclusive series of the same name. Recorded at

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in New York City, the EP features live recordings of songs from her previous two studio albums, as well as a

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of the song " If You Need to, Keep Time on Me" by

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. In December 2021, she was announced to be one of the opening acts on an upcoming tour by

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Personal life

Webster is dating Boothlord, a member of Danger Incorporated, a rap duo based in Atlanta. They met when they were both signed to

and they moved in together during the

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. She is passionate about the

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, would leave school early to attend games, and wears team jerseys regularly. She had a crush on

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, a Braves player the same age as her, which inspired her to write at least one song, but the crush dissipated after a meeting with him was "anticlimactic". She got to sing the "

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" at a Braves game. Her other hobbies include ''

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'' and

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; she has attended the World Yo-Yo Contest. Her photography of local rappers, including classmate

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and

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, has been published in media outlets including ''

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Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Webster, Faye Living people American folk singers American photographers Secretly Canadian artists 1997 births