Luísa Hanae Matsushita (born February 25, 1984), known by her stage name Lovefoxxx, is the lead singer of the Brazilian

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Cansei de Ser Sexy ( CSS).

Early life and career

Lovefoxxx was born in

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, Brazil. She is of Portuguese, German and Japanese descent. In May 2008, Lovefoxxx was on the cover of RG ''

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'' magazine. In 2010, Lovefoxxx was featured on both French DJ

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's and Japanese band 80kidz's new singles, respectively known as "' Nightcall" and "Spoiled Boy". "Nightcall" was included in the soundtrack of the 2011 film '' Drive''. She also took part in N.A.S.A.'s project ''

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'', on a track called "A Volta". Lovefoxxx was featured on Steve Aoki's album '' Wonderland'' (2011), on a song titled "Heartbreaker", which was released as a single in early 2012.

Personal life

In 2006, Lovefoxxx was voted No. 10 in

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. In 2007, Lovefoxxx was voted No. 3, only to be beaten by her fiancé's bandmate Jamie Reynolds, who came in second, and winner Frank Carter of

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. Lovefoxxx does not have an official or public account on any social media - and she has vocalized her distaste for falsified accounts representing her via the official CSS

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. Lovefoxx lives in Garopaba, a beach town on the southern coast of Santa Catarina, where she built an ecohouse by hand.

Simon Taylor-Davis

Lovefoxxx was previously dating Simon Taylor-Davis of

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; according to an interview with ELLE UK they started their relationship on the second day of the NME Indie Rave tour, where their bands were billed together. Simon had said he first saw Luisa in a CSS video on television and sent her a "flirty myspace message" before they had met. In June 2007, during the

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tour of North America, Lovefoxxx had Simon's name tattooed on her right hip. On 21 September 2007, it was revealed that the two were engaged, with Lovefoxxx later saying that they would be married in the winter of that year. There was no news of an official wedding, with Simon later saying they had no definite plans though they had married "in cyberspace" through

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. In late 2010, during promotion for

' second album, it was stated that the two had broken up, with Simon confirming that a major change for the band was "as individuals we are all single now, whereas before we were very heavily attached in various relationships" Klaxons Dockville Festival Interview with Simon and Jamie
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lovefoxxx 1984 births Living people Brazilian designers Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian musicians of Japanese descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent English-language singers from Brazil Women in electronic music Women rock singers People from Campinas Musicians from São Paulo (state) 21st-century Brazilian women singers CSS (band) members 21st-century Brazilian singers Brazilian people of Japanese descent Musicians from Santa Catarina (state)