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Poppy
Born
Moriah Pereira
NationalityAmerican
Other namesThat Poppy, Poppy
OccupationSinger
Years active2014–present
Musical career
GenresPop
Instruments
LabelsIsland Records
Websitehttp://www.thatpoppy.com/

Moriah Pereira[1] is an American singer/songwriter best known for her musical project That Poppy, also known as simply Poppy, and for her YouTube channel of the same name. She grew up in Nashville, Tennessee[2] and moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue her musical career,[3] teaming up with director[2] and guitarist[4] Titanic Sinclair to make a series of abstract promotional videos on YouTube.

Early life

Pereira was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. She recalls wanting to be a Rockette as a child and grew up dancing. She has also stated that at the age of 6, her older sister dyed her hair red while their mother was away at the grocery store.[5] Pereira claims that the first album she ever bought was Missundaztood by P!nk.[4]

Music career

Poppy recalls beginning to write music in 2012. She has said before that a large inspiration of hers, along with her favorite artist, is Cyndi Lauper.[2][5][6] She has also cited Elvis Presley as a musical inspiration.[6]

In 2015, Pereira signed to Island Records, and released her debut single, "Lowlife", on July 24, 2015.[1] In an interview with iHeartRadio, she described the meaning of Lowlife as being "about living on your own, or Poppy’s own, for some time, and then meeting somebody that kind of shakes up your world and makes bad times good times.”[2] PopularTV has described the track as one that "will make you want to break out your old checkered Vans and hang with the skater boys."[7] Lowlife was later featured on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 58 in the United States. </ref> A remix of the Lowlife track was released in April 2016.[8] and has received airplay on BBC Radio [9]. Pereira released her first EP, Bubblebath on February 12, 2016, a four-track pop record on Island.[10] A track from the EP, titled "Money", was used in the television show Scream during the debut episode of the second season, "I Know What You Did Last Summer".[11]

Poppy has described herself as a "kawaii Barbie princess",[4][12] and has said that her style is inspired by that of J-pop artists.[6] She has described her music style as "music [that] makes you want to rule the world."[2]

Reception

Although many have praised the catchiness of her music, many have also discussed her persona of Poppy as being distant from reality. Racked described That Poppy as being "sweet [and] cute, but alien [and] bizarre" and also "brightly addictive".[3] PopularTV said of Poppy: "Paralleling Gwen Stefani in the No Doubt era, That Poppy mixes punk with ska-pop and makes you want to get up and dance." The UQ Music Blog described Poppy as "Electra Heart meets Princess Peach".[13]

YouTube

Poppy created her YouTube Channel[14] on 6 October 2011, and uploaded her first video in November 2014, an abstract skit called Poppy Eats Cotton Candy, directed by Titanic Sinclair. Since then she has released a further 59 videos, amassing over 3.3 million views as of July 2016. The videos are described by their Sinclair as "a combination of Andy Warhol's pop accessibility, David Lynch's creepiness, and Tim Burton's zany comedic tone".[3] Her most successful video on her channel is called "I'm Poppy.",[15] which is ten minutes of her repeating the phrase "I'm/I am Poppy", and has been watched over 340,000 times as of July 2016.


Discography

Singles:

  • "Everybody Wants To Be Poppy"[16]
  • "Lowlife" (July 2015)
  • "Lowlife" (Slushii Remix) (April 2016)

EP:

  • Bubblebath (June 2016)

References

  1. ^ a b Vinaixa, Josep (15 October 2015). "that Poppy "Lowlife" (featuring Travis Mills) [Single Premiere]". Josep Vinaixa. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Mastrogiannis, Nicole (3 March 2016). "INTERVIEW: Who Is That Poppy?". iHeartRadio. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference racked was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference next2shine was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Llewellyn, Mallory (29 July 2015). "Meet The Doe-Eyed Singer Who Made Thrifting An Art Project: That Poppy". Galore Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  6. ^ a b c Chesky, Allison. "Fashion, Music and Prom According to Pop Sensation That Poppy". Tiger Beat. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  7. ^ Kaplan, Ilana. "EP PREMIERE : THAT POPPY". PopularTV. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Island Records". www.islandrecords.com. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  9. ^ "That Poppy - New Songs, Playlists, Videos & Tours - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
  10. ^ That Poppy, Bubblebath, retrieved 2 July 2016
  11. ^ Jantz, Ryan. "Music from Scream: SEASON 2 PREMIERE". MTV. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  12. ^ Hardy, Alyssa. "SUGAR AND SPICE: A CUTE CHAT WITH THAT POPPY!". Ladygunn. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  13. ^ Peterson, Tyler. "That Poppy – Bubblebath EP". UQ Music Blog. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Poppy". YouTube. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  15. ^ Poppy (6 January 2015), I'm Poppy., retrieved 2 July 2016
  16. ^ "THAT POPPY RELEASES "EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE POPPY"". www.islandrecords.com. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
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