ELIO (Welsh-Canadian singer)

Charlotte Grace Victoria Lee (born 1998 or 1999), known professionally as ELIO, is a Welsh-Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer.[3][2]

ELIO
Birth nameCharlotte Grace Victoria Lee
Born1998 or 1999 (age 24–25)[1]
Swansea, Wales[2]
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • producer
Years active2020–present

Life

She grew up in Swansea, but moved with her family to Toronto when she was seven.[2]

Her first single was "My friends online", released in March 2020.[4]

In 2020, she released her first EP "u and me, but mostly me".[2]

In February 2022, she released her single "Read the room".[5]

Her second EP, released in 2021, was "Can You Hear Me Now?".[6]

In 2022, she released the mixtape "ELIO’s Inferno".[7][1]

Her influences include The 1975, Charli XCX, Taylor Swift, and Sufjan Stevens.[2]

Charli XCX is a mentor as well as being part of ELIO's management team.[8]

Lee's stage name was inspired by the character Elio Perlman played by Timothée Chalamet in the movie Call Me by Your Name.[9]

Discography

Studio albums
  • ELIO'S INFERNO (2022)

Remix albums
  • ELIO and Friends : The Remixes (2021)

References
  1. Torres, Eric (5 August 2022). "Elio: Elio's Inferno". Pitchfork. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  2. Mylrea, Hannah (16 July 2020). "Meet ELIO, the quarantune creator whose glossy sound imagines Ariana Grande crossed with The 1975". NME. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. Donelson, Marcy. "Biography ELIO". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  4. Browne, Hannah (20 March 2020). "ELIO's debut single "My Friends Online" couldn't come at a better time | Best Fit". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  5. Murray, Robin (18 February 2022). "Pop Rebel ELIO Shares 'Read The Room'". Clash. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  6. Smith, McKinzie (25 January 2021). "REVIEW: ELIO's "Can You Hear Me Now?" Doesn't Disappoint". buzzkill. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  7. Kent, Matthew (29 July 2022). "ELIO is on the rise | Interview". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  8. Young, Martyn (2 April 2021). "Elio: "I work with her every day, so there's the Charli that I work with who I forget is actually Charli XCX" | Dork". Dork. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  9. Greenwood, Douglas. "Elio is Charli XCX's new peachy keen pop protégé". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
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