Fallulah
{{short description|Danish-Romanian singer-songwriter and musician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Fallulah
| image = Stockholms Kulturfestival Fallulah - 3.JPG
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name = Maria Christina Apetri
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1985|02|06}}
| birth_place = Tårnby, Amager, Denmark
| origin =
| genre = Indie pop, art rock, folk
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer, actress, dancer{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/musik/ECE1773833/kun-paa-politikendk-se-fallulahs-nye-video/ |language=Danish |title=Kun på politiken.dk: Se Fallulahs nye video |work=Politiken |publisher=JP/Politikens Hus |date=7 October 2012|accessdate=4 February 2013}}
| instrument = Vocals, drums, guitar, piano, keyboards, ukulele, harp, glockenspiel, woodwind, clarinet, tambourine{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Fallulah-The-Black-Cat-Neighbourhood/release/3325484 |title=Fallulah – The Black Cat Neighbourhood |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=4 February 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=263328110416094 |title=10 March 2012 12:13 |publisher=Fallulah |date=10 March 2012 |accessdate=4 February 2013}}
| years_active =
| label = Sony Music Entertainment Denmark, RCA
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|fallulah.dk}}
}}
Fallulah (born 6 February 1985{{cite web|last=Hancock |first=Anne Mette|title=Fallulah and the black cats|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aok.dk%2Fmusik%2Fartikel%2Ffallulah-og-de-sorte-katte&sl=auto&tl=en |publisher=aOK.dk|accessdate=24 May 2010}}{{cite web|title=A new and unusual cat in the flock|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.24.dk%2Farticle.jsp%3FarticleId%3D8074 |publisher=24 Timer|accessdate=24 May 2010}}{{cite news|last=Svendsen|first=Emil |title=Fallulah – Husk navnet (Fallulah – remember the name)|language=Danish|url=http://www.e-pages.dk/urban/22/17 |accessdate=24 May 2010|newspaper=Urban Puls|date=3 February 2010}}{{cite web|last=Jensen|first=Pernille |title=Fallulah – something big in store|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.soundvenue.com%2Fanmeldelser%2F2010%2F02%2F05%2Ffallulah |publisher=SOUNDVENUE|accessdate=24 May 2010}}{{cite web|last=Møller|first=Anna |title=Fallulah, 11:03:10, Lille Vega, Copenhagen|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.undertoner.dk%2F2010%2F03%2Ffallulah-11-03-10-lille-vega-k%25C3%25B8benhavn%2F |publisher=Undertoner|accessdate=24 May 2010}}) is a Danish-Romanian singer-songwriter and musician. Her given name is Maria Apetri. Following a short dancing career, she entered the music industry and released her debut album in 2010 which peaked at number three in Denmark and went on to be certified platinum.{{cite web|url=https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Fallulah&titel=The+Black+Cat+Neighbourhood&cat=a |title=danishcharts.dk – Fallulah – The Black Cat Neighborhood |work=danishcharts.dk |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=2012-02-08 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|title=Certificeringer – ifpi.dk|url=http://ifpi.dk/?q=certificeringer&page=9 |publisher=IFPI Danmark|accessdate=4 February 2013}}
Early life
Fallulah grew up in Tårnby on Amager island, the southern suburbs of Copenhagen. She went to a boarding school in Haarby called Haarby efterskole, thereafter she attended Kalundborg Gymnasium. Her Danish mother, Lillian Apetri and her Romanian father Nicolae Apetri, were the initiators of the Balkanic folklore dance group Crihalma. Therefore, Fallulah spent much of her childhood on dancing tours in the Balkans and in Eastern Europe. This activity ceased when she lost her father at the age of nine years. They then moved to Jyderup in the north west of Zealand, where Fallulah continued with her dancing. At age 21 she moved to New York to start at the Broadway Dance Center but then moved back to Denmark to focus on music.
Career
Fallulah has been compared to Florence and the Machine, Timur Bairam, Marina and the Diamonds and Bat for Lashes.{{cite web|url=http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/uk/bands/singleband/fallulah/ |title=Fallulah|publisher=Roskilde Festival|accessdate=24 May 2010}} She performed at the Start! festival and has been featured as "Soundvenue Selected" by the Danish music magazine of the same name. She was national radio station DR P3's "unavoidable" during week 38 in 2009 with her single "I Lay My Head".{{Cite web|title = Og de nominerede til P3 Guld 2011 er…|url = http://soundvenue.com/musik/2010/11/og-de-nominerede-til-p3-guld-2011-er-17781 |website = soundvenue.com|accessdate = 2015-12-03|language = Danish}}
On 30 October 2009, she released the theme song for the Danish film Simon and Malou entitled "No Time for Love", written by Bryan Adams and Gretchen Peters under the name Maria Apetri.{{cite web|url=http://www.bryanadams.com/index.php?target=archive,other_songs&view_releases=list&show_release=408&show_release_credits=1 |title=Home - Bryan Adams Official|publisher=}}
Her single "Bridges" was the most played track, from a home artist, on DR P3 in 2010,{{cite web|last = Fogde|first = John|title = Fallulah bag den mest spillede sang på P3 i 2010|url = http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/45956 |work = Gaffa|accessdate = 13 January 2011|date = 12 January 2011|language = Danish|archive-date = 9 April 2014|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140409204026/http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/45956 |url-status = dead}} and on 15 January 2011, Fallulah won the prestigious "P3 Guld" award. Early in 2011, Fallulah had another hit with the song "Out of It", which was played as the intro for the so-called depression comedy Lykke on national Danish television. For several weeks the song was the number one download on Danish iTunes. It was number one on the Danish hit list and on the radio list,{{Cite web|title = danishcharts.dk - Fallulah - Out Of It|url = https://danishcharts.dk/showitem.asp?interpret=Fallulah&titel=Out+Of+It&cat=s |website = danishcharts.dk|accessdate = 2015-12-03}} ending up earning her a Danish Music Award (a Danish Grammy) in the category "Hit of the Year".{{Cite web|title = Billboard.com - Fallulah, Danish pop star, packs her bags heads to America alone|url = https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/5763101/fallulah-danish-pop-star-packs-her-bags-heads-to-america-alone |website = billboards.com|accessdate = 2020-02-06}}
Her second album Escapism was released 4 February 2013 in Denmark. It was followed by Perfect Tense in February 2016. In 2019 she switched from company labels to self-publishing, using her own record label to publish her fourth full album All My Eyes Are Open in November 2020, and in 2023 her fifth album Celeste.{{cite web |title=En gennemsivende kunstnerisk kompromisløshed |url=https://gaffa.dk/anmeldelser/2023/april/album/fallulah-celeste/ |website=gaffa.dk |language=da}}{{cite web |title=FULD KONTROL: Fallulah annoncerer turné og nyt album, der ikke kan streames |url=https://gaffa.dk/nyheder-fra-gaffa/2023/marts/fuld-kontrol-fallulah-annoncerer-turne-og-nyt-album-der-ikke-kan-streames/ |website=gaffa.dk |language=da}}
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;"| Album details ! width="60" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications |
| style="font-size:90%;"
! style="width:4em;" | DEN |
| 2010
| style="text-align:left;"| The Black Cat Neighborhood
| 3 |
|
| 2013
| style="text-align:left;"| Escapism
| 2 | |
| 2016
| style="text-align:left;"| Perfect Tense{{Cite web|title = Perfect Tense - Single by Fallulah on iTunes|url = https://music.apple.com/us/album/perfect-tense-single/1064218255 |website = iTunes| date=19 January 2016 |access-date = 2016-01-30}}
| — |
| 2020
| style="text-align:left;"| All My Eyes Are Open{{Cite web|title = All My Eyes Are Open|url = https://fallulah.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-eyes-are-open |website = Bandcamp|access-date = 2021-01-26}}
| — |
| 2023
| style="text-align:left;"| Celeste{{Cite web|title = Celeste|url = https://fallulah.bandcamp.com/album/celeste |website = Bandcamp}}
| — | |
| colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or not released to that country |
=Singles=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="colw" rowspan="2" style="width:13em;" | Title ! scope="col" | Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|DEN |
|---|
| 2009
! scope="row"| "I Lay My Head" | 33 |rowspan="4"| The Black Cat Neighbourhood |
| rowspan="3"|2010
! scope="row"| "Give Us a Little Love" | — |
| scope="row"| "Bridges"
| 28 |
| scope="row"| "Out of It"
| 1 |
| 2012
! scope="row"| "Superfishyality" | — | rowspan="2"| Escapism |
| rowspan=3| 2013
! scope="row"| "Dried-Out Cities" | — |
| scope="row"| "Wicked Game"
| 33 | {{N/A|Non-album track}} |
| scope="row"| "Your Skin"
| — | Escapism |
| rowspan="3" |2015
! scope="row"| "Social Club" | — |
| scope="row"| "Sorrow Is a Shadow"
| — |
| scope="row"| "Ghostfriend"
| — |
| rowspan="2"| 2016
! scope="row"| "Perfect Tense" | — |
| scope="row"| "I Found Her" (live)
| — | {{N/A|Non-album track}} |
| rowspan="2"| 2017
! scope="row"| "Big Bite" | — | {{N/A |
|-
|colspan="14" style="font-size:9pt"| "—" denotes singles that did not chart or were not released
|}
=Other appearances=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col"| Song
!scope="col"| Year |
|---|
| scope="row"|"Do What You Gotta Do" (Fallulah & Cody) |rowspan="2"| 2011 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.fallulah.dk/ Official website]
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Category:Singers from Copenhagen
Category:People from Tårnby Municipality