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Now Releasing Music As The Lead Vocalist Of Her Band Cruel Youth Teddy Natalia Noemi Sinclair Is A British Singer-Songwriter Actress And Director Who Performed Under The Stage Name Natalia Kills From 2009 To 2015. She Released Her Debut Album Perfectionist In 2011. Kills Was Born In Bradford West Yorkshire UK To An Afro-Jamaican Father And Uruguayan Mother Where She Attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. In Addition She Studied Classical Drama At The London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art. She Stated In A Post On Her Blog On Social Website MySpace That She Grew Up Flying Between London And Florida Where She Had Relatives Resulting In A Mixed American And English Accent. Kills Made Her Acting Debut At Age 9 In 1995 In New Voices. She Had A Regular Role As Sima On The TV Sitcom "All About Me" And Also Played Amy Franks In The BBC's Long-Running Radio Drama "The Archers". She Began Writing Songs At 14 Some Of Which Were Featured In Films And Television Shows Including "Bring It On 4" "Sleepover" "Just My Luck" And "Entourage". After Finishing With "The Archers" In 2003 Kills Began Pursuing A Music Career And Attributes Her Musical Breakthrough To Winning A Radio 1 MC Battle In Leeds Under The Name "Candy Rapper" In 2003. She Signed To The UK Record Company "Adventures In Music" And Released Her First Single Don't Play Nice Under The Name Verbalicious In February 2005. Kills' Told W That Her Childhood Nickname From Her Mother Was "Verbal" Because She Talked And Sang A Lot. She Adopted The Name And Variations Of It As Her Stage Name At Some Points During Her Career.
While Writing Music For Films Kills Posted Her Self-Produced And Written Demo Extended Play "Womannequin" On Music Social Website MySpace In 2007 That Attracted The Attention Of Blogger Perez Hilton In 2008 Her Song Received 2 Million Plays On The Website And Kills Reached The Top Of The Unsigned Artists Chart. With Offers Coming In For Concerts And Festivals Kills Moved To Los Angeles. In LA Kills Was Approached By Producers A&R And Labels With Contracts. A DJ Introduced Her To Will.I.Am After Hearing Her Demo And Learning That She Did Not Have A Record Deal. In January 2008 Will.I.Am Signed Her To His Record Label "will.I.Am Music Group". She Did Not Sign Right Away As She Had Reservations About The Music Industry And Will.I.Am Had To Go To London A Month Later To Convince Her To Record With Him. During This Time She Also Co-Wrote And Appeared On They Talk Shit About Me By French Recording Artist M. Pokora And Met Underground Director Guillaume Doubet Who Would Go On To Direct Many Of Her Videos In Paris. Kills Explained In An Interview That She Adopted The Stage Name Natalia Kills At The Behest Of Her Record Company Which Found "Natalia Cappuccini" Hard To Pronounce. She Had Taken On Her Grandmother's Family Name A Few Years Prior. She Explained In An Interview That Her Stage Name Is Based On The Phrase "you Killed It" And Represents Her Tendency To Be A Perfectionist. Kills Released Her Debut Album "Perfectionist" In April 2011 In Germany Following A Top Ten Placing By The First Single "Mirrors". The Album Was Described As A Concept Album By Kills Proving That Perfection Is Attainable. It Features Production By Jeff Bhasker And Fernando Garibay Who Had Worked With Lady Gaga. The Album Was Accompanied By Four Singles Mirrors Wonderland Free And Kill My Boyfriend. The First Three Singles Were Minor Hits In Some European Countries But Failed To Chart In The US Or UK. Kills Opened For Kelis' European All Hearts Tour As Well As Supported Robyn On Her Body Talk Tour In November 2010 And Early 2011. She Also Supported Ke$ha On The UK Leg Of Her Get Sleazy Tour. Throughout August And September 2011 Kills Supported Katy Perry On Her California Dreams Tour For Eight Dates In Europe And São Paulo Brazil. She Also Opened For The Black Eyed Peas Over The Summer Of 2011 In Europe.
Kills Is Featured On A Junior Caldera Single Lights Out Go Crazy Along With Far East Movement. It Was Released On March 13 2012. Kills Also Features In Tatana's Single You Can't Get In My Head If You Can't Get In My Bed . On September 5 The Singer Announced New Video Entitled "Controversy" To Start The Promotion Of Her Sophomore Studio Album Entitled Trouble That's Scheduled For Release Early 2013 Through Cherrytree And Interscope Records. She Also Revealed The Artwork With The Official Viral Video. Kills Called Kate Bush And Alanis Morissette Her Most Important Musical Influences Highlighting Them As Emotional Artists Who Wrote Honestly About Their Own Experiences. She Has Also Gone On To Cite Gwen Stefani As Her Hero. She Also Claims That Depeche Mode Prince Vanity 6 And Freddie Mercury Inspire Her Live Performances. In June Of 2015 Kills Announced Over Twitter That Her Next Album Would Feature A Band And That Her Days As "Natalia Kills" Are Over. She Has Stated "I Always Wanted To Start A Band. I Adore Hole & Garbage So That's What I'll Do Next. I Need To Go Darker Wilder". In Early 2016 Sinclair Started A Band Cruel Youth. Their First Song "Mr. Watson" Was Released On Soundcloud In February That Was Then Followed By "Diamond Days" In April Which Was Also Released On ITunes. Their Third Single "Hatefuck" Was Released In Early September Along With The Release Of Their Debut EP 30mg On 16 September.
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Now Releasing Music As The Lead Vocalist Of Her Band Cruel Youth Teddy Natalia Noemi Sinclair Is A British Singer-Songwriter Actress And Director Who Performed Under The Stage Name Natalia Kills From 2009 To 2015. She Released Her Debut Album Perfectionist In 2011. Kills Was Born In Bradford West Yorkshire UK To An Afro-Jamaican Father And Uruguayan Mother Where She Attended Bradford Girls' Grammar School. In Addition She Studied Classical Drama At The London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art. She Stated In A Post On Her Blog On Social Website MySpace That She Grew Up Flying Between London And Florida Where She Had Relatives Resulting In A Mixed American And English Accent. Kills Made Her Acting Debut At Age 9 In 1995 In New Voices. She Had A Regular Role As Sima On The TV Sitcom "All About Me" And Also Played Amy Franks In The BBC's Long-Running Radio Drama "The Archers". She Began Writing Songs At 14 Some Of Which Were Featured In Films And Television Shows Including "Bring It On 4" "Sleepover" "Just My Luck" And "Entourage". After Finishing With "The Archers" In 2003 Kills Began Pursuing A Music Career And Attributes Her Musical Breakthrough To Winning A Radio 1 MC Battle In Leeds Under The Name "Candy Rapper" In 2003. She Signed To The UK Record Company "Adventures In Music" And Released Her First Single Don't Play Nice Under The Name Verbalicious In February 2005. Kills' Told W That Her Childhood Nickname From Her Mother Was "Verbal" Because She Talked And Sang A Lot. She Adopted The Name And Variations Of It As Her Stage Name At Some Points During Her Career.
While Writing Music For Films Kills Posted Her Self-Produced And Written Demo Extended Play "Womannequin" On Music Social Website MySpace In 2007 That Attracted The Attention Of Blogger Perez Hilton In 2008 Her Song Received 2 Million Plays On The Website And Kills Reached The Top Of The Unsigned Artists Chart. With Offers Coming In For Concerts And Festivals Kills Moved To Los Angeles. In LA Kills Was Approached By Producers A&R And Labels With Contracts. A DJ Introduced Her To Will.I.Am After Hearing Her Demo And Learning That She Did Not Have A Record Deal. In January 2008 Will.I.Am Signed Her To His Record Label "will.I.Am Music Group". She Did Not Sign Right Away As She Had Reservations About The Music Industry And Will.I.Am Had To Go To London A Month Later To Convince Her To Record With Him. During This Time She Also Co-Wrote And Appeared On They Talk Shit About Me By French Recording Artist M. Pokora And Met Underground Director Guillaume Doubet Who Would Go On To Direct Many Of Her Videos In Paris. Kills Explained In An Interview That She Adopted The Stage Name Natalia Kills At The Behest Of Her Record Company Which Found "Natalia Cappuccini" Hard To Pronounce. She Had Taken On Her Grandmother's Family Name A Few Years Prior. She Explained In An Interview That Her Stage Name Is Based On The Phrase "you Killed It" And Represents Her Tendency To Be A Perfectionist. Kills Released Her Debut Album "Perfectionist" In April 2011 In Germany Following A Top Ten Placing By The First Single "Mirrors". The Album Was Described As A Concept Album By Kills Proving That Perfection Is Attainable. It Features Production By Jeff Bhasker And Fernando Garibay Who Had Worked With Lady Gaga. The Album Was Accompanied By Four Singles Mirrors Wonderland Free And Kill My Boyfriend. The First Three Singles Were Minor Hits In Some European Countries But Failed To Chart In The US Or UK. Kills Opened For Kelis' European All Hearts Tour As Well As Supported Robyn On Her Body Talk Tour In November 2010 And Early 2011. She Also Supported Ke$ha On The UK Leg Of Her Get Sleazy Tour. Throughout August And September 2011 Kills Supported Katy Perry On Her California Dreams Tour For Eight Dates In Europe And São Paulo Brazil. She Also Opened For The Black Eyed Peas Over The Summer Of 2011 In Europe.
Kills Is Featured On A Junior Caldera Single Lights Out Go Crazy Along With Far East Movement. It Was Released On March 13 2012. Kills Also Features In Tatana's Single You Can't Get In My Head If You Can't Get In My Bed . On September 5 The Singer Announced New Video Entitled "Controversy" To Start The Promotion Of Her Sophomore Studio Album Entitled Trouble That's Scheduled For Release Early 2013 Through Cherrytree And Interscope Records. She Also Revealed The Artwork With The Official Viral Video. Kills Called Kate Bush And Alanis Morissette Her Most Important Musical Influences Highlighting Them As Emotional Artists Who Wrote Honestly About Their Own Experiences. She Has Also Gone On To Cite Gwen Stefani As Her Hero. She Also Claims That Depeche Mode Prince Vanity 6 And Freddie Mercury Inspire Her Live Performances. In June Of 2015 Kills Announced Over Twitter That Her Next Album Would Feature A Band And That Her Days As "Natalia Kills" Are Over. She Has Stated "I Always Wanted To Start A Band. I Adore Hole & Garbage So That's What I'll Do Next. I Need To Go Darker Wilder". In Early 2016 Sinclair Started A Band Cruel Youth. Their First Song "Mr. Watson" Was Released On Soundcloud In February That Was Then Followed By "Diamond Days" In April Which Was Also Released On ITunes. Their Third Single "Hatefuck" Was Released In Early September Along With The Release Of Their Debut EP 30mg On 16 September. read less
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While Writing Music For Films Kills Posted Her Self-Produced And Written Demo Extended Play "Womannequin" On Music Social Website MySpace In 2007 That Attracted The Attention Of Blogger Perez Hilton In 2008 Her Song Received 2 Million Plays On The Website And Kills Reached The Top Of The Unsigned Artists Chart. With Offers Coming In For Concerts And Festivals Kills Moved To Los Angeles. In LA Kills Was Approached By Producers A&R And Labels With Contracts. A DJ Introduced Her To Will.I.Am After Hearing Her Demo And Learning That She Did Not Have A Record Deal. In January 2008 Will.I.Am Signed Her To His Record Label "will.I.Am Music Group". She Did Not Sign Right Away As She Had Reservations About The Music Industry And Will.I.Am Had To Go To London A Month Later To Convince Her To Record With Him. During This Time She Also Co-Wrote And Appeared On They Talk Shit About Me By French Recording Artist M. Pokora And Met Underground Director Guillaume Doubet Who Would Go On To Direct Many Of Her Videos In Paris. Kills Explained In An Interview That She Adopted The Stage Name Natalia Kills At The Behest Of Her Record Company Which Found "Natalia Cappuccini" Hard To Pronounce. She Had Taken On Her Grandmother's Family Name A Few Years Prior. She Explained In An Interview That Her Stage Name Is Based On The Phrase "you Killed It" And Represents Her Tendency To Be A Perfectionist. Kills Released Her Debut Album "Perfectionist" In April 2011 In Germany Following A Top Ten Placing By The First Single "Mirrors". The Album Was Described As A Concept Album By Kills Proving That Perfection Is Attainable. It Features Production By Jeff Bhasker And Fernando Garibay Who Had Worked With Lady Gaga. The Album Was Accompanied By Four Singles Mirrors Wonderland Free And Kill My Boyfriend. The First Three Singles Were Minor Hits In Some European Countries But Failed To Chart In The US Or UK. Kills Opened For Kelis' European All Hearts Tour As Well As Supported Robyn On Her Body Talk Tour In November 2010 And Early 2011. She Also Supported Ke$ha On The UK Leg Of Her Get Sleazy Tour. Throughout August And September 2011 Kills Supported Katy Perry On Her California Dreams Tour For Eight Dates In Europe And São Paulo Brazil. She Also Opened For The Black Eyed Peas Over The Summer Of 2011 In Europe.
Kills Is Featured On A Junior Caldera Single Lights Out Go Crazy Along With Far East Movement. It Was Released On March 13 2012. Kills Also Features In Tatana's Single You Can't Get In My Head If You Can't Get In My Bed . On September 5 The Singer Announced New Video Entitled "Controversy" To Start The Promotion Of Her Sophomore Studio Album Entitled Trouble That's Scheduled For Release Early 2013 Through Cherrytree And Interscope Records. She Also Revealed The Artwork With The Official Viral Video. Kills Called Kate Bush And Alanis Morissette Her Most Important Musical Influences Highlighting Them As Emotional Artists Who Wrote Honestly About Their Own Experiences. She Has Also Gone On To Cite Gwen Stefani As Her Hero. She Also Claims That Depeche Mode Prince Vanity 6 And Freddie Mercury Inspire Her Live Performances. In June Of 2015 Kills Announced Over Twitter That Her Next Album Would Feature A Band And That Her Days As "Natalia Kills" Are Over. She Has Stated "I Always Wanted To Start A Band. I Adore Hole & Garbage So That's What I'll Do Next. I Need To Go Darker Wilder". In Early 2016 Sinclair Started A Band Cruel Youth. Their First Song "Mr. Watson" Was Released On Soundcloud In February That Was Then Followed By "Diamond Days" In April Which Was Also Released On ITunes. Their Third Single "Hatefuck" Was Released In Early September Along With The Release Of Their Debut EP 30mg On 16 September. read less
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Perfectionist Is The Debut Studio Album By English Singer Natalia Kills. It Was Released On 1 April 2011 Through Will.I.Am Music Group Cherrytree Records KonLive And Interscope. Despite Having Started Out As An Actress Kills Later Became A Rap Artist And Released A Single In 2005 However Her Label Went Bankrupt. Songwriting Remained Her Principal Activity Until 2008 When She Was Signed By Will.I.Am And Started Recording The Album. Kills Worked With Musicians Including Fernando Garibay Jeff Bhasker And Martin Kierszenbaum And Created A Concept Album Based On Perfectionism. Its Lyrical Content Contains References To Love Sex And Money Complemented By A Sonority Rooted In Synthpop And Dance-Pop. Perfectionist Received Mixed Reviews From Music Critics Who Asserted That The Singer's Visual Projects Were Superior To Her Music. Obtaining Top 50 Positions In Some European Countries The Album Performed Moderately On International Record Charts. In The United Kingdom And United States The Set Attained Chiefly Low Positions In The Latter Its Sales As Of September 2013 Were Of 14 000 Copies. The Album Spawned Three Singles—"Mirrors" "Wonderland" And "Free"—which Were Generally Successful In Europe And Were Accompanied By Music Videos. "Mirrors" Managed To Peak Within The Top 5 Of The US Hot Dance Club Songs. In Association With Guillaume Doubet Kills Produced A Web Series Titled Love Kills Xx In Order To Promote The Album Based On Her Secret Thoughts And Desires. Comprising 10 Episodes It Features Kills Seeking Revenge And Hurting Men. Background Kills Was Introduced To Singing And Dancing At The Age Of 3 And Until She Was 12 She Studied In The London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art. Kills Initially Pursued An Acting Career Appearing In Some TV Series Including All About Me And The Archers However In Her Hometown Of Leeds She Developed An Interest In Hip Hop Music. She Subsequently Entered Various Rap Battles For Which She Started Writing Lyrics And In 2003 Kills Won A BBC Radio 1-Sponsored "MC Battle". From There On She Began Writing Songs For Artists And Film Soundtracks. Kills Released Her First Single On 21 February 2005 Titled "Don't Play Nice" Under The Moniker Verbalicious And With Label All Around The World It Peaked At Number 11 On The UK Singles Chart. She Was Also Recording For Her Debut Studio Album Then-Scheduled For An Easter 2006 Release. However The Label Entered Bankruptcy Causing Her Record Deal To Be Dissolved And The Album Shelved. Kills Continued To Work In The Music Industry Mainly As A Songwriter With The Alias Of Verbz. In 2007 She Relocated To Los Angeles The Next Year She Lent Guest Vocals To French Artist M. Pokora's Song "They Talk Shit About Me" And Changed Her Stage Name To Natalia Cappuccini Under Which She Self-Released An Extended Play EP Titled Wommannequin. One Of Kills' Demos "Shopaholic" Was Remixed By The Remix Artist Collective. After It Was Posted In American Blogger Perez Hilton's Blog Kills' MySpace Received A High Amount Of Views And She Reached The Top Of The Social Network's Unsigned Artists Chart. While Shopping She Was Noticed By A Man Due To Her Clothing And Gave Him Her Website Address He Subsequently Introduced Her To A DJ Who Took Kills To The American Musician Will.I.Am's House. In November 2008 She Signed A Contract With The Latter's Record Label Then An Imprint Of Interscope. Composition Perfectionist Is A Concept Album Which Focusses On How Perfectionism Influences Kills. "All The Songs Revolve Around My Ambition Celebrations Frustration And Disappointments Of Being A Perfectionist" She Stated. "I Think We're All Perfectionists – We're All Looking For The Best To Fulfil Our Ideologies And Dreams. Kills Was Also Inspired By "women's Obsession" With Fashion In General. She Described The Album's Sound As "dark Pop" Due To Its "opinionated" And "confrontational" Lyrics Which According To Her Differ From Mainstream Music. The Lyrical Content Is Occasionally Comical And Uses Metaphors Frequently. Perfectionist Is A Dance-Pop And Synthpop Album Characterised By "driving Rhythm Sections And Edgy Minor-Key Melodies". Its Opening Track "Perfection" Runs For Thirty Seconds And Sees A "robotic-Sounding" Therapist Listing Kills' Flaws. "Wonderland" Which Fantasises About Romance And A Relationship's "perfect Ending" Includes Synthesizer Arrangements And Choir Sections The Line "Take Me To Wonderland" Is Repeated Throughout The Song. A Track Including A Bassline Piano Club Beats And Synths "Free" Samples "Wuthering Heights" By Kate Bush. It Was Written By Kills When She Worked As A Waitress And Discusses "bailing On A Budget". "Break You Hard" Is An Industrial Pop Song With "hypnotic Rhythms" Which Talks About "breaking A Lover" While "Zombie" Incorporates Electronic Organs And "mumbling Bass" In An Electronic R&B Sound. "Love Is A Suicide" Follows Detailing The "self-Destruction" That Comes With Love As Kills Sings "It's So Surgical How You Dissect Every Mistake I Make You’re Like An Animal You Bite Me Hard". "Disco-Pop" Track "Mirrors" References Sadomasochist Sexual Practices While Portraying Kills With A Dominatrix-Like Persona It Contains Electric Guitars And A Bassline Which Robert Copsey From Digital Spy Compared To That Of Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This ". The Song's Chorus Features Kills Singing In A Falsetto Note. Writing For Consequence Of Sound Alex Young Opined That The Song Discusses "the Duplicity Of Identity Hubris And Objectification". "Not In Love" Is Styled In Electronica And Influenced By Acid House. AllMusic Writer Jon O'Brien Wrote That It "provides A Welcome Respite From The Album's Constant Floor-Filling Leanings". On "Acid Annie" Kills Plots A Revenge On An Ex-Boyfriend While On The Synthpop Track "Superficial" She Confronts Her "consumptive Impulses" And Appreciation Of "finer Things. "Broke" Sees Kills Talking About Money "Nothing Lasts Forever" Is A Duet With Bhasker Who Performs Under The Alias Of Billy Kraven. It Was Noted By O'Connor For Its Prominent Use Of Auto-Tune. Perfectionist Closes With "If I Was God" In Which Kills Asks Her Partner If He Would Love Her If She Was Poor. For MusicOMH Blair Kelly Likened Its Chorus' Melody To That Of Bush's "Running Up That Hill".