Girl in Red

Girl in Red (stylized in all lowercase) is the indie pop music project of Norwegian singer-songwriter and record producer Marie Ulven Ringheim (born 16 February 1999). She rose to prominence with her homemade bedroom pop songs about romance and mental health featured on the early EPs Chapter 1 (2018) and Chapter 2 (2019). Her debut studio album If I Could Make It Go Quiet, was released through AWAL on 30 April 2021.

Girl in Red has been cited as a queer icon by Paper, and a “phenomenon” who is “one of the most astute and exciting singer-songwriters working in the world of guitar music” by The New York Times. 

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She was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2020 Norwegian Grammy Awards. In January 2021, her singles “I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend” (2017) and “We Fell in Love in October” (2018) were certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Headlining

• The World in Red Tour (2019)
• Make It Go Quiet Tour (2022)

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Marie Ulven Ringheim was born in the town of Horten, Norway on 16 February 1999. She grew up in the town with her sisters and her divorced parents, and described it as “quiet and kinda boring” in an interview with Triple J in October 2019. Her mother worked with technology and her father worked as a policeman. Her grandfather could play the guitar and piano; however, she grew up without instruments in the home.

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 Ulven received her first guitar as a Christmas gift from her grandfather in 2012, but didn’t start playing it until 2013 after losing interest in finger boarding. She credits her grandfather for sparking her interest in music. While in high school, Ulven was curious about becoming a teacher before she was introduced to the guitar and songwriting at the age of 14. She had taught herself piano, guitar and music production from the comfort of her bedroom.  Ulven began by writing and releasing Norwegian music and planned to study music, but never concluded that she was going to become a musician.

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2015–2017: Sound Cloud and “I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend”

After getting a Blue Yeti microphone from her father in 2015,  Ulven began writing and releasing Norwegian music to Sound Cloud under the moniker of “Lydia X”.  She stopped attending guitar lessons after six months once her teacher refused to acknowledge her interest in songwriting and producing. Ulven coined the stagename “Girl in Red” after attempting to identify herself in a crowd to a friend via text. 

Using the new moniker, she published her debut single “I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend” on Sound Cloud in November 2016, where it got about 5 thousand streams within five months. Following the single’s feature on the Norwegian music website NRK Urørt, “I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend” amassed thousands of streams and gained Ulven a large online following.

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