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Jessica Anne Newham (born 5 October 1991), known by her
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Betty Who, is an Australian musician, singer and songwriter. After independently releasing her debut single, " Somebody Loves You" (2012), and her debut extended play, ''
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'' (2013), she signed with
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and later released her debut studio album, ''
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'' (2014). Her second studio album, '' The Valley'' (2017), saw the commercial success of her cover of "
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", which peaked inside the top ten in Australia and reached the top of the ''
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chart in the United States.


Early life

Jessica Anne Newham was born in Sydney, Australia, where she lived until her mid-teens. Trained since the age of four as a cellist, she moved to the United States in 2007 to attend
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in
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. Newham is also self-taught on piano and guitar, wrote her first songs at age 14, and began performing as a singer-songwriter two years later. Her stage name comes from the title of a song she composed at age 16 about unrequited love. After school at Ascham in Sydney and
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in the Southern Highlands, NSW, Newham attended
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in
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. During her first semester, she met producer Peter Thomas who was also attending Berklee. Thomas suggested pairing Newham's songwriting with a more dreamy, anthemic production style. The two began writing new material together and developed Newham's sound over the next two years.


Career


2010–2013: Career beginnings, "Somebody Loves You" and ''The Movement''

As Betty Who, Newham's debut single " Somebody Loves You" was initially released independently as a free download, and was premiered by pop music blogger and at-the-time official
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blogger Arjan Writes on 30 November 2012. Co-written by Newham and Thomas, and produced by Thomas, the song garnered immediate praise, spreading quickly online and being featured by other well-known outlets including Socialite Life, Pop on And On, and Popservations. A music video, directed by Evan Savitt, was released on 22 January 2013, and an official remix by acclaimed indie pop producer FM Attack was released on 11 March 2013. Newham's debut EP, ''
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'', was released on 17 April 2013. An independent, free-download release initially, the EP's huge success online helped lead to a large amount of major label interest, before she ultimately signed with RCA Records. It premiered on ''
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'' on 9 April 2013, one week prior to its official release date. On 11 September 2013, Spencer Stout uploaded a YouTube video of him proposing to his boyfriend Dustin in a flash mob dance routine at a Salt Lake City, Utah
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. The video, which featured " Somebody Loves You" became a viral hit online. The attention of the video coupled with the track's official iTunes release, led to the song debuting at number 44 on the overall iTunes Charts, as well as debuting as the number 4 most viral song on Spotify. Who signed to RCA Records on 15 September 2013.


2014–2017: ''Take Me When You Go'' and ''The Valley''

On 8 March 2014, " Somebody Loves You" reached number one on ''Billboard's''
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chart. In April 2014, Who released her second EP, '' Slow Dancing'', which made it to number one on the
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pop music charts. The first single from that EP, titled "
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", was released on iTunes and
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on 18 February 2014. The song is used over the
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of the 2015 film '' Pitch Perfect 2''. Who has praised
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,
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and
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as influences. She told ''Variance Magazine'' in 2014 that they "make pop that's generational. They're making the pop music of our generation that's going to stick around. People are going to look back and be like, 'Oh my God, it's Robyn's ''Body Talk'' album. That's one of the best pop albums of the last 10 years.'" Who supported Katy Perry and
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on part of the Australia leg of
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and
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respectively. In 2014, Who made her American television debut when she performed " Somebody Loves You" on '' Watch What Happens: Live''. In late August 2014, Who made the announcement that her full-length debut album, ''
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'', would be released on 7 October 2014. She also released the track list with the announcement. Thirteen songs, four of them being taken from her previous EPs, appeared on the album. From the album, the track " All of You" was her second number one on the US Dance chart, peaking at number one on 21 February 2015. On 3 June 2016, Who released a cover of
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' "
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". It became her third number one on the ''Billboard''
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chart, and proved to be her breakthrough hit in Australia, reaching number 6 on the ARIA Singles Chart. On 24 March 2017, Who's second album, '' The Valley'' was released.


2018–2020: ''Betty''

On 19 January 2018, Who released " Ignore Me", which is Who's first single as an independent artist, after parting in 2017 with
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. On 16 February 2018, the singer released a cover of
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's "
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" for ''Made in Australia'' compilation by
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. In 2018, Who released a remixed version of
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's "
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" to be used as the theme song for season two of the
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reboot '' Queer Eye''. A music video was released featuring the cast of ''Queer Eye'' and Who. On 15 June 2018, '' Betty, Pt. 1'', Who's third EP, was released containing the singles "Ignore Me", "Look Back" and "Taste" as well as two other previously unreleased songs: "Just Thought You Should Know" and "Friend Like Me". On 14 November 2018, " Between You & Me" was released as another new single. It was the first single from the new album ''
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'' that had not been previously released on the ''Betty, Pt 1'' EP. With the release of this single, Betty Who used different shades of blue and photos of herself on her social media profiles to release lyrics to the song. The lyrics that were revealed were "You've got one hand on the wheel", "Sitting at the red light, tensions are high, vibe you could cut with a knife", and "just between you & me, I can feel something here, wondering if you do too". An Instagram post by Betty Who on the day after the release showed that the single already had 22,310 streams on Spotify, and had risen to 31,000 streams two hours later. By 12 December 2018, streams had surpassed 500,000. The music video for this song dropped on 28 November 2018, in which Betty Who plays herself as well as her own love interest. On 10 January 2019, "I Remember" was released as the fifth single from the album, with the music video for the song being released on 24 January. In June 2020, she launched a
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to fund new music and give fans access to exclusive content. That September, Who made her acting debut in the
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film ''
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'' portraying Kira Matthews, a character she described as "a totally badass, confident and queer race car driver".


2022-present: ''The One That Got Away'' and ''Big!''

In May 2022, it was revealed that Who would be making her reality TV debut by hosting the new dating show '' The One That Got Away''. Produced by
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and
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and executive produced by
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, the series is set to premiere on June 24, 2022. The show is a time-traveling, experimental dating series where six people searching for their soulmates are given the chance to explore a lifetime of missed connections as, one by one, people from their pasts enter through "The Portal" to surprise them and take their shot at love. On 3 June 2022, Who released her first single in over two years titled "Blow Out My Candle". The music video, directed by Tyler Cunningham, made its broadcast premiere on MTV and finds Who embracing the '80s aesthetic as she dances around in a Jamie Lee Curtis-inspired workout leotard, sweatband, and high socks as she sings about self confidence and love. Speaking of the delay in her return due to the
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, Who stated: "It's been a long couple years for all of us. 'Blow Out My Candle' is the story I want to share most. The feeling I held onto in the darkest moments of the last couple years." The song is the lead single to her upcoming fourth studio album, set for release in late 2022.


Television

Who hosted the series, ''The One That Got Away'', and with
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, hunts ghosts in ''Conjuring Kesha''.


Artistry

Who is an
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, with a vocal delivery that has been described as "breathy". As a
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, Who has played cello, piano and guitar since childhood, having taught herself the latter two. Several critics have noted Who's songs, particularly her early work, are heavily indebted to 1980s music, with the singer herself admitting she has a strong bias towards "big-sounding 1980s synth-pop", a sound she claims she and songwriting-producing partner Peter Thomas spent nearly two-and-a-half years cultivating.
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biographer Heather Phares said the singer "makes big-hearted pop music" while "Borrowing sounds and styles from the '80s onward and putting her own joyous stamp on them". The artist has described her approach to songwriting as "taking influences from astmusic and mixing it in with the emotions I’m actually living through". Who has also cited
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pop acts such as
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and the
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as musical influences, with Spears serving as one of several eclectic sources of inspiration for her third album, ''Betty''. ''
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''' Evan Sawdey summarized her work as "a streamlined, full-pastel celebration of her favorite dance-pop idols". Who is primarily a pop,
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and
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singer, which starkly contrasts with her
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upbringing and training.
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described her debut album ''Take Me When You Go'' as a combination of "dance hits, love songs and ballads – all with a hint of synthesizer, drums and keyboard", whereas ''Betty'' was her most musically diverse
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upon release. Josh Rogosin of
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, who served as
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for Who's
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in 2019, observed that "When all the studio production is stripped away, what's left are intricate melodies that soar through Betty's impressive vocal range and relatable lyrics", admitting he was impressed by her "raw vocal performance". According to Sam Lansky of
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, she frequently combines heartbreaking lyrics with infectious melodies, spunk and "massive" hooks, while AXS said she "paint pictures with a hypnotic and heartfelt honesty". Who's musical style and artistry have drawn comparisons to female artists such as
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,
Robyn Robin Miriam Carlsson (born 12 June 1979), known as Robyn (), is a Swedish pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and DJ. She arrived on the music scene with her 1995 debut album, ''Robyn Is Here'', which produced two Billboard Hot 100, ''Bil ...
,
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,
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,
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, and
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, with Houston's death in 2012 inspiring her to write her debut single "Somebody Loves You". Who has also cited prolific singer-songwriters
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and
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as songwriting influences, as well as singer-songwriters
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and
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. Who recalled that, early in her career, she was accused of being unoriginal for resembling
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too closely, largely due to their similar hairstyles, and believes female artists are subjected to an expectation to be original that male artists do not experience. Who's output has been generally acclaimed by music critics and the press. In 2013, Lansky hailed her as "the next great pop star", before she had released a full-length album. Following her successful debut, in 2014 Edward Helmore of ''
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'' hailed Who as "the latest bright young thing to provide a lesson in how to construct a career with few of the conventional components", describing her as "a singer whose talent and following has come naturally, rather than under the direction of a pop Svengali or management team that oversees every tweet or Instagram picture". Meanwhile, music consultant Andy Gershon labeled her "an accidental pop star" due to her perceived authenticity and way in which she initially established a strong following and fanbase with little involvement from a record company. Comparing her public profile and potential to that of dance-pop contemporary Carly Rae Jepsen, Sawdey observed that Who continues to fall short of mainstream success despite positive reviews and constantly selling out smaller venues, describing her as "a guilty pop secret that only a select few knew about". Who cites actress
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as one of her main fashion inspirations, crediting her size with helping her appreciate her own body time.


Personal life

Who describes herself as a "
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,
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woman". In 2014, Who began dating photographer Zak Cassar, son of director and producer
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. The couple announced their engagement on 21 November 2017. They were married in 2020. Who is a
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of Australia and the United States.


Discography


Studio albums


Extended plays


Singles


As lead artist


As featured artist


Album appearances


Remixes


Music videos

Notes


Awards


See also

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References

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