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Life and career

Landis was born and raised in Chicago. She began singing after being influenced by the singers at her

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church, and was also inspired by her father's liking of singers

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. She learned piano at church, and received her first piano at age 16. When her parents divorced, Landis moved with her mother to

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, and she dropped out of high school before her senior year. She began performing open mic shows, while also learning music production with the

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. She began shadowing at a studio after someone found her at an open mic show and wanted to record some of her material. Through a friend, Landis found out about an available part of a play in

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. She won the part and performed in the play for 13 weeks. She then began writing for other artists, but decided to write songs for herself, stating: "That was the number one thing I found: All these people would come in and they had a great voice or something about them was special, but they had nothing to say. I was like 'I'm not doing this anymore. If I'm going to write these songs 100%, I might as well just release them. These people don't care what they're saying.'" After turning down offers from studios and record labels, Landis began working on her debut

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, ''Memories Speak'', released in 2012. Landis signed to

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two months after ''Memories Speak'' was released. Landis was then discovered by Chicago-based blog ''Fake Shore Drive'', which in turn led Chicago producer J. Hill to sample the ''Memories Speak'' song "Someone Like You" in an instrumental; the instrumental was subsequently used for a

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song of the same name, and was featured on Miller's second studio album, ''

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'' (2013). ''Memories Speak'' also received endorsement from rapper

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. In mid-2013, Landis claimed to be working on her debut studio album. On April 9, 2020, Landis released a music video of a new song, "A History of Sorry", consisting of footage taken during the

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quarantine. The song is included on her EP, ''A Brief History of Sorry'', released on May 8, 2020.

Discography

* ''Memories Speak'' (2012) * ''Indigo Summer'' (2013) * ''A Brief History of Sorry'' (2020)

References

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