April March

{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1965)|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_name = Elinor Lanman Blake{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/905326721 |title=Attention Cherie|website=ASCAP |publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers |access-date=November 10, 2023}}

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| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|04|20}}

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| instrument = vocals, guitar

| genre = Indie pop

| occupation = singer/songwriter, animator

| years_active = 1985–present

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| website = {{URL|aprilmarch.com}}

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April March (born Elinor Lanman Blake; April 20, 1965) is an American singer-songwriter.{{cite web|url=http://www.fiaf.org/crossingtheline/2012/artists/ctl12-march.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926075247/http://www.fiaf.org/crossingtheline/2012/artists/ctl12-march.shtml|title=April March |publisher=French Institute - Alliance Français |archivedate=26 September 2012}} Considering herself to be a "lifelong Francophile", she performs in the English and French languages.{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/30/arts/music/pop-and-jazz-listings.html|title=Pop and Jazz Listings: April March|work=The New York Times|date=30 January 2004|access-date=10 July 2024}} March is widely known for her France Gall/Serge Gainsbourg-based cover song "Chick Habit" ("Laisse tomber les filles"), which was featured in Jamie Babbit's 1999 film But I'm a Cheerleader and in Quentin Tarantino's 2007 Death Proof.{{citation |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/april-march-mn0000597239|title=April March|publisher=AllMusic|date=|access-date=10 July 2024}}

April March is also a professional writer,{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/style/lana-wood-natalie-sister-death.html|title=Lana Wood, Natalie's Little Sister, Has Plenty to Say (by Elinor Blake)|work=The New York Times|date=3 August 2019|access-date=10 July 2024}} illustrator,{{citation |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/jack-white-childrens-book-illustrator-elinor-blake-interview-8039633/|title=Meet Elinor Blake, Illustrator Behind Jack White's Children's Book 'We're Going to Be Friends'|publisher=Billboard|date=20 November 2017|access-date=10 July 2024}}{{citation |url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/2018/02/white_stripes_song_makes_for_t.html|title=This White Stripes Song Is Now the Perfect Children's Book|publisher=M Live (Michigan)|date=1 February 2018|access-date=10 July 2024}} and animator,{{citation |url=https://lostinjersey.site/april-march/|title=April March Talks Ren & Stimpy, French Influence, and New Musical Projects|publisher=Lost In Jersey|date=4 June 2024|access-date=10 July 2024}} whose work includes the Jack White children's book We're Going to Be Friends{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/12/learning/lesson-plans/exploring-the-creative-process-with-live-art.html|title=Exploring the Creative Process With 'Live Art'|work=The New York Times|date=12 January 2022|access-date=10 July 2024}}{{citation |url=https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/2018/01/14/michigan-notable-books-2018/1025681001/|title=Michigan Notable Books 2018: Six Winners Talk About the Award and Their Work|publisher=Detroit Free Press|date=14 January 2018|access-date=10 July 2024}} and visual creations for Pee-wee's Playhouse, motion credits for Madonna's movie and video Who's That Girl,{{citation |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/april-march-elinor-blake-interview|title=April March Talks New Album With French Duo Staplin|publisher=Paste Magazine|date=8 May 2023|access-date=10 July 2024}} and others. She briefly dated John Kricfalusi during her employment at Spümcø. She worked as a layout artist on Nickelodeon's The Ren & Stimpy Show and wrote the episodes "Stimpy's Fan Club" and "Stimpy's Cartoon Show"; both episodes were produced after Kricfalusi's firing from the series, as she was among those who refused to join Games Animation alongside Kricfalusi, Jim Smith, Vincent Waller and Richard Pursel, whose absences were contributions to the series' decline in quality.{{sfn|Komorowski|2017|p=374}}

April March founded her first band, The Pussywillows, in 1987.{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/marchapril-chrominance/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003085147/http://www.popmatters.com/review/marchapril-chrominance/|title=April March, Chrominance Decoder |publisher=PopMatters |archivedate=3 October 2015}} Since then, March has recorded as a solo artist and has appeared in motion picture soundtracks, as well as performing the theme song for the Cartoon Network series I Am Weasel.{{citation |url=https://flixpatrol.com/title/i-am-weasel/|title=I Am Weasel|publisher=Flix Patrol|date=15 July 1997|access-date=10 July 2024}}