girl in red – the alternative pop artist from Oslo, born Marie Ulven, is continuing her path to global stardom, kicking off 2024 with a bang. In February, she announced that she would release her debut album for Columbia Records. Titled I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY! the album will release in Spring 2024, followed by a tour across North America with shows at Radio City, The Greek, Ryman Theatre and Red Rocks amongst many other major venues.
girl in red first gained recognition and captured the hearts of audiences when she released her critically acclaimed debut album if i could make it go quiet in 2021. Critics and fans alike embraced her honest songwriting, disarming personality, powerful live performances, and musicianship. Celebrity supporters included Taylor Swift and Billie Eilish; press response was astoundingly positive, with several outlets proclaiming the album and “Serotonin”- the breakout track – a “Best of 2021” including but not limited to Rolling Stone, Billboard, Variety, NPR, Stereogum, NYLON and more. She also swept tv with performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Late Night With Seth Meyers, as well as TV performances worldwide including Skavlan, Late Night Berlin and MTV’s EMAs.
girl in red continued to gain momentum in 2022. She started the year with a Best New Alternative Artist nomination for the iHeart Radio Music Awards. It was a well-deserved nod, considering she was the most played female artist on Alt Radio with “Serotonin”. The song reached #2 and spent 30 weeks on the Alt chart, 21 of those weeks in the Top 10. “Serotonin” streams currently surpass 176million for the track, with nearly 5billion career streams to date.
girl in red spent much of 2022 with a robust run across North America with major festival highlights including Coachella and Lollapalooza. She also had monster sets at Oya, Glastonbury and a sold-out headline show at NYC’s famed Pier 17. Additionally, as a thank you to her fans, girl in red released a stand-alone track entitled “October Passed Me By”, a sequel and continuation of her beloved breakout track “we fell in love in october”. The song, which girl in red worked on with Aaron Dessner, was released with an accompanying short film directed by Gustav Johansson, stars respected Norwegian actress Lisa Loven Kongsli as well as Ruth Vega Fernandes.
In 2023, girl in red was handpicked by Taylor Swift to open for her on her $1B groundbreaking Eras Tour. In addition to opening for Taylor, girl in red had her own UK & EU headline run in 2023, including a sold-out show at Hammersmith Apollo.