Arlo Parks

Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho (born 9 August 2000), known professionally as Arlo Parks, is a British singer and poet from South London. Known for her singles "Cola" and "Black Dog", she was predicted as a breakthrough act of 2020 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2020.

Arlo Parks
Birth nameAnaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho
Born (2000-08-09) 9 August 2000
OriginHammersmith, London, England
Genres
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Years active2018–present
Labels
Websitearloparksofficial.com

Early life

Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho[1][2] was born on 9 August 2000 and raised in Hammersmith, West London.[3][4][5] She is half Nigerian, quarter Chadian and quarter French.[6] Her mother was born in Paris.[7][8] Marinho learnt how to speak French before she did English.[9]

Career

2018–2019: Super Sad Generation and Sophie

Parks made her musical debut when she released the song "Cola" through Beatnik Records in November 2018,[10] and announced the release of her debut EP, Super Sad Generation.[11] She told Line of Best Fit that the song is "a reminder that betrayal is inevitable when it comes to pretty people that think flowers fix everything." Olivia Swash wrote that the vocals on the song "flourish thanks to [Parks'] creative writing background, with her delicate tone taking centre stage against the gently plodding guitars and soft crackle of vinyl."[10] As of November 2019, the song has amassed over three million streams on Spotify.[8]

Following the release of "Cola", Parks signed to Transgressive Records.[12] She released the title track of her upcoming EP, Super Sad Generation, in January 2019.[13][14] Robin Murray told Clash that the song portrays an "astute, nuanced creative control that also utilises word-play that speaks of youthful emotions spinning out of control."[15] Her third single, "Romantic Garbage", was released in March 2019,[11] before the release of the full four-track EP, Super Sad Generation in early April 2019.[16] The EP was recorded in her home in South West London and an Airbnb in the Angel district of London.[17]

Parks performed her first-ever gig at The Great Escape in Brighton in May 2019,[4] and has gone on to perform on the BBC Music Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival in late June 2019,[18] as well as at Latitude Festival in July 2019.[19] She embarked on her first tour supporting Jordan Rakei on the UK leg of his tour in September 2019.[20] Throughout the last half of 2019 Parks released the songs "George",[21] "Second Guessing",[22] "Sophie",[23] and "Angel's Song"[24][25] ahead of her second EP Sophie.[26] Sean Kerwick told DIY that the five-track EP "oozes with the hang-ups of heartbreak and mortality; a topic that seems to overshadow many gen-Z musicians."[27]

Parks embarked on her first headlining tour of Europe in February/March 2020.[28]

2020–present: Debut album

In May 2020, Parks released the singles "Eugene" and "Black Dog", which were well received during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns,[29] the latter of which became BBC Radio 1's Tune of the Week.[30] In November 2019, Parks revealed that she is likely to release an album in 2020.[31]

Artistry

In an interview in November 2019, Parks revealed that the creation process of her stage name was inspired by that of King Krule and the "park" which she visited with her friends.[31] Parks revealed that she performs in the genres of Indie pop, bedroom pop, and indie folk.[11][32]

Personal life

Parks is openly bisexual and is based in London.[33][4] She completed her GCE Advanced Levels in early 2019.[34] In her auto-biographical blurb on her Spotify profile, Parks claimed that she spent most of secondary school "feeling like that black kid who couldn't dance for shit, listening to too much emo music and crushing on some girl in her Spanish class."[35]

Discography

Extended plays
Title EP details
Super Sad Generation[16]
Sophie[27]
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Label: Beatnik, Transgressive
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming, vinyl

Singles

As lead artist
Title Year Peak chart positions Album/EP
UK
Down.
[36]		 BEL
(FL)
Tip
[37]		 SCO
[38]
"Cola"[39] 2018 — —[upper-alpha 1] — Super Sad Generation EP
"Romantic Garbage"[40] 2019 — — —
"George"[41] — — — Sophie EP
"Second Guessing"[42] — — —
"Sophie"[43] — — —
"Angel's Song"[44] — — —
"Eugene"[45] 2020 — —[upper-alpha 2] — TBA
"Black Dog" 61 44 92
"Creep"[46] — — —
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.
Title Year Album/EP
"Sangria"[47]
(with Easy Life)		 2020 Junk Food

Guest appearances
Title Year Other artist(s) Album
"What Matters Most?"[48] 2020 Future Utopia 12 Questions
"Stranger in the Night"[48]

Music videos
Title Year Director(s) Ref.
"Cola" 2018 Ruby Brown and Leo Taylor [49]
"Super Sad Generation" 2019 Molly Burdett [50]
"George" [51]
"Second Guessing" 33bound [52]
"Sophie" Molly Burdett [53]
"Sangria"
(with Easy Life)		 Greg Barth [54]
"Angel's Song" Ruby Brown [55]
"Eugene" 2020 The Coyle-Larner Brothers [56]
"Black Dog" Molly Burdett [57]

Awards and nominations
Year Organization Award Work Result Ref.
2019 AIM Independent Music Awards One to Watch Herself Nominated [58]
Amazon Music Ones to Watch 2020 Included [59]
DIY Class of 2020 Included [28]
2020 NME The NME 100 Included [60]
BBC Sound of 2020 Longlisted [61]

Notes
  1. "Cola" did not enter the Ultratop Top 50, but spent 4 weeks as an extra tip on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.
  2. "Eugene" did not enter the Ultratop Top 50, but spent 4 weeks as an extra tip on the Ultratop Bubbling Under chart.

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