Early life
Låpsley was born in York. Her middle name, Lapsley, is her mother's maiden name. She changed "Lapsley" to "Låpsley" by adding the Scandinavian character Å, partly due to her perceived Scandinavian Scotland, ties with Scandinavia through her Scottish heritage, as well as how it looked when written. She grew up in Southport, Southport, Merseyside, where she attended Greenbank High School and Formby High School for sixth form.Career
2013–present
Having been a member of several bands in the Merseyside area, Låpsley won the "One to Watch" prize at Merseyside's GIT Award, GIT (Getintothis) Award in April 2014, following over half a million listens of her solo bedroom-recorded ''Monday EP'' on SoundCloud. She played the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival in June 2014, having been championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ's Huw Stephens and Zane Lowe. Her track ''Painter (Valentine)'' was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 in September 2014 and received daytime airplay. Låpsley signed with XL Recordings in October 2014. On 30 November 2014, Låpsley was revealed as one of acts on the BBC Sound of...2015 long list. Her ''Understudy'' EP was released on 5 January 2015. Her debut album, ''Long Way Home (Låpsley album), Long Way Home'', was released on 4 March 2016. She performed at Lollapalooza in July 2016. In April 2016, she was picked as Elvis Duran's Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month, Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's ''Today (U.S. TV program), Today'' show hosted by Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, broadcast nationally, where she performed live her single "Love Is Blind". In 2016, the track "8896" by Låpsley was included in the sound track of ''American Honey (film), American Honey'', directed by Andrea Arnold. In the same year, track "Falling Short" was included in season one of Harlan Coben's ''The Five (TV series)'', during the final scene of episode 4, directed by Mark Tonderai.Personal life
Låpsley enjoys yachting and owns a boat called Theodore. On 28 June 2020, she came out as bisexual in an Instagram post. In exchanges on Instagram, Låpsley has stated that she is studying Politics, Philosophy and Economics (Philosophy, politics and economics, PPE) at Goldsmiths, University of London, Goldsmiths University. During the 2024 UK general election, the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party used ''Better Times'' by Låpsley and KC Lights as a soft campaign song, and she sang it live to a Keir Starmer rally on 29 June.Discography
Albums
Extended plays
Singles
Music videos
Awards and nominations
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