Lane Moore

Lane Moore is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, musician, writer, and director, living in New York, New York.

Career

She is a former writer for The Onion and The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information{{cite web|first=Alison|last=Vingiano|title=Flipping the Ratio: Inside Boston's Women in Comedy Festival|work=Splitsider |url=http://splitsider.com/2013/03/flipping-the-ratio-inside-bostons-women-in-comedy-festival/|date=March 20, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411204210/http://splitsider.com/2013/03/flipping-the-ratio-inside-bostons-women-in-comedy-festival/|archive-date=April 11, 2013}}{{cite web|title=The Onion Staff|url=http://www.theonion.com/contact/|publisher=The Onion|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616051520/http://www.theonion.com/contact/|archivedate=June 16, 2016|df=mdy-all}}{{cite news|title=Onion Writers You Should Be Following on Twitter|work=The Huffington Post|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/onion-writers-you-should-be-following-on-twitter_n_1028521.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003#s428825&title=Lane_Moore| first=Carol|last=Hartsell|date=October 24, 2011}}{{cite web|title=Cornelia Street Comedy Festival: Peeling The Onion|date=March 15, 2012 |url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/comedy/cornelia-street-comedy-festival-peeling-the-onion|work=Time Out New York}} and regularly contributes to The New Yorker, [http://www.newyorker.com/contributors/lane-moore "The New Yorker: Lane Moore"], The New Yorker. The Washington Post ,[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2018/02/01/men-please-stop-yelling-in-your-dating-app-profiles-its-not-helping/ "The Washington Post: Lane Moore"], The Washington Post. and McSweeney's.[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/lane-moore "McSweeney's: Lane Moore"], McSweeney's.

Brooklyn Based said Moore's comedy "deftly highlights the absurdity of everyday life, with just the right touch of self-deprecation" and addressed her multiple careers, saying, "Moore has, by her own count, 'like 35 careers,' and is jealousy-inducingly good at all of them."{{cite web|url=http://brooklynbased.com/blog/2016/02/04/lane-moore-tinder-hilarious/|title=Lane Moore makes Tinder hilarious|date=February 4, 2016|website=brooklynbased.com|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} Vogue also praised Moore for being a polymath, calling her a "jack of all trades."{{cite web|url=http://www.vogue.com/13486612/lane-moore-it-was-romance-change-gender/|title=Musician Lane Moore Wants to Change the Way You Think About Gender|date=October 2, 2016 |work=Vogue|accessdate=August 2, 2018}}

Paste named her Twitter one of "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014" and "The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2015," ranking it at #19 both times.{{cite news|first1=Hudson |last1=Hongo|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/12/the-75-best-twitter-accounts-of-2014.html?p=3|title=The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2014 :: Comedy :: Lists|work=Paste|date=15 December 2014|accessdate=27 December 2014}}{{cite news|first1=Hudson |last1=Hongo|url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/the-75-best-twitter-accounts-of-2015.html?a=1|title=The 75 Best Twitter Accounts of 2015 :: Comedy :: Lists|work=Paste}} Refinery 29 called Moore one of "The Female Stand-Up Comedians You Need To Know."{{cite web|url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/01/100319/stand-up-comedy#slide-14 |title=The Female Stand-Up Comedians You Need To Know|work=Refinery 29|accessdate=March 22, 2019}} Bust called Moore one of "10 Funny Ladies You Need To Be Watching"{{cite web|url=http://bust.com/entertainment/15557-funny-ladies.html|title=10 Funny Ladies You Need To Be Watching Right Now|date=February 16, 2016 |work=Bust|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} and Brooklyn Magazine called Moore one of "Brooklyn's Funniest 50 People."{{cite web|url=http://www.bkmag.com/2016/05/27/brooklyns-50-funniest-people-lane-moore/|title=Brooklyn's 50 Funniest People: Lane Moore|date=May 27, 2016|work=Brooklyn Magazine|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} Bust also called her band It Was Romance the "Best Band of 2015"{{cite web|url=http://bust.com/best-band-of-2015-we-think-so-listen-to-new-tracks-by-it-was-romance.html|title=Best Band Of 2015? We Think So - Listen To New Tracks By It Was Romance|work=Bust|accessdate=August 2, 2018|archive-date=May 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507180406/http://bust.com/best-band-of-2015-we-think-so-listen-to-new-tracks-by-it-was-romance.html|url-status=dead}} and Billboard named them one of "16 Lesbian & Queer Female-Fronted Bands You Should Know."{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7958070/16-lesbian-bands-singers-you-should-know|title=16 Lesbian & Queer Female-Fronted Bands You Should Know|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} Bustle named her one of the top comedians of 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/bustles-comedy-irl-class-of-2017-67137l|title=Bustle's Comedy IRL Class of 2017|date=July 5, 2017 |work=Bustle|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} Out Magazine named her one of the OUT100 of 2017, a list that celebrates compelling people who have had a hand in moving forward LGBT rights.{{cite web|url=https://www.out.com/out100-2017/2017/11/08/out100-2017#slide-69|title=OUT100 2017|date=November 8, 2017|work=Out|accessdate=August 2, 2018}}

Moore was previously the Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan,[http://www.cosmopolitan.com/author/2060/lane-moore/ "Cosmopolitan: Lane Moore"], Cosmopolitan.com{{cite web|url=http://www.cision.com/us/2014/10/cosmopolitan-welcomes-lane-moore/|title=Cosmopolitan Welcomes Lane Moore|date=October 17, 2014|publisher=Cision|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} where she was the driving force in making the site more LGBTQ inclusive, which led to her winning a GLAAD Media Award in 2016.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/05/14/glaad-media-awards-winners-list-2016|title=2016 GLAAD Media Awards winners list 2016|magazine=EW|accessdate=May 15, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.afterellen.com/people/426401-lane-moore-helping-queer-cosmopolitan|title=Lane Moore is helping to queer "Cosmopolitan|work=AfterEllen|accessdate=May 15, 2016|date=2015-04-15}} Moore has also written for Glamour, GQ, Elle, Esquire, and Marie Claire.

In late 2015, Moore created popular Tumblr blog Male Feminists of Tinder,[http://malefeministsoftinder.tumblr.com "Male Feminists Of Tinder"], Tumblr[http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/male-feminists-tinder-tumblr/ "Male Feminists of Tinder is exactly as bad as it sounds"], Daily Dot.[http://metro.co.uk/2015/12/30/hilarious-tumblr-shares-the-braggy-profiles-of-tinders-male-feminists-5592368/ "Hilarious Tumblr shares the braggy profiles of Tinder's male feminists"], Metro UK. which was immediately praised by numerous outlets including New York Magazine, which called it "brilliant...a perfect snapshot of a particular, awkward moment in culture and technology."[http://nymag.com/following/2015/12/male-feminists-of-tinder-is-exactly-that.html "'Male Feminists of Tinder' Is the Blog We Deserve"], New York Magazine. Paper Magazine called it "the best Tumblr ever,"[http://www.papermag.com/male-feminists-of-tinder-tumblr-1547446894.html" "Male Feminists of Tinder is the Best Tumblr Ever"], Paper Magazine. BuzzFeed called it "a gift,"[https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikeynicholson/do-you-need-a-cookie-or-something#.xkd6Jp2LA This Woman Is Poking Fun At Male Feminists On Tinder For Being Sort Of Ridiculous"], BuzzFeed. and Cosmopolitan called it "hilarious...drop-dead funny."{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/news/a51533/male-feminists-of-tinder-tumblr/|title=Good News Ladies, "Male Feminists of Tinder" Are Here to Save the Day|date=December 31, 2015|work=Cosmopolitan|accessdate=August 2, 2018}}

In 2017, Moore created the Tumblr blog "Hotties of MTV's Next,"{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/gaze-upon-bygone-era-lovingly-curated-collection-h-254936|title=Gaze upon a bygone era with this collection of hotties from MTV's Next|first=Randall|last=Colburn|website=The A.V. Club|date=May 8, 2017 |accessdate=August 2, 2018}} where she posted contestant profiles she'd curated from the reality dating series Next. The page was praised by news outlets including The A.V. Club, which called it "a time machine that highlights an undocumented era when collars were popped, tips were frosted, and farting was its own kind of cultural currency." Cosmopolitan called the page "perfect" and Moore a "genius."{{cite web|url=http://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a10313914/mtv-next-best-contestants-video/|title=13 of The Most PERFECT 'Next' Contestants|date=July 16, 2017|work=Cosmopolitan|accessdate=August 2, 2018}} Moore also appeared on @midnight for a segment based around the account, which Chris Hardwick called "amazing."{{cite web|url=http://www.cc.com/video-clips/uapgoa/-midnight-with-chris-hardwick-next-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729050150/http://www.cc.com/video-clips/uapgoa/-midnight-with-chris-hardwick-next-yourself-before-you-wreck-yourself|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 29, 2017|title=Next Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself - @midnight with Chris Hardwick (Video Clip)|publisher=Comedy Central|date=July 26, 2017 |accessdate=August 2, 2018}}

Tinder Live

Moore is the creator and host of Tinder Live,[https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/jan/27/snowed-in-tinder-juno-blizzard-baes "Snowed in? Just swipe right: Tinder in the time of Juno makes for 'blizzard baes'" The Guardian][http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/37/41/24-tinder-live-2014-10-10-bk_37_41.html Swipe Out! 'Tinder Live' Takes Aim At Dating App via Brooklyn Paper] a stand-up comedy show where she uses the dating app Tinder and interacts with potential matches in real time.[http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/swipe-right-with-orange-is-the-new-black-cast-members-at-tinder-live/ "Swipe right with Orange is the New Black cast members at Tinder Live"], Time Out New York{{Cite web|title=Tinder Live with Lane Moore |work=Flavorpill|url=http://flavorpill.com/nyc/event/other/tinder-live|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019051447/http://flavorpill.com/nyc/event/other/tinder-live|archive-date=October 19, 2014|access-date=October 27, 2014}}[http://www.bkmag.com/2014/07/31/what-would-tinder-look-like-if-it-were-live/ "What Would Tinder Look Like Live?" Brooklyn Magazine][http://brokelyn.com/worst-brooklyn-behaviors-tinder/ "The 5 Worst Brooklyn Behaviors on Tinder" Brokelyn] During the show, Moore projects Tinder profiles in front of an audience and panelists help her dissect profiles before swiping left (no) or right (yes).[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/soloish/wp/2017/02/08/were-in-this-together-the-fun-of-tinder-with-a-live-audience "'We're in this together': The fun of Tinder with a live audience" The Washington Post] The comedy show, which began in 2014, performs in theaters around the world.[http://ampthemag.com/the-real/lane-moore-takes-tinder-live-tour/ "Lane Moore Takes Tinder Live on Tour" Amp Magazine], AMP

The New York Times described it as "truly addictive entertainment...ingenious. Moore transforms the banter on a dating app into compelling long-form improvisation. Ms. Moore, a cagey and humane performer, has developed an instinct for turning the raw materials of sexually charged chat with ordinary strangers into honed and generous jokes. 'Tinder Live' has a comic momentum and energy that is unusual. The way she manipulates tone and pace reveals an artist supremely confident in her form, not to mention a flirt par excellence."[https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/arts/tinder-live-lane-moore-dating-app.html "She Swipes Right on Tinder, and Everyone's In On the Joke"]

Tinder Live was also called one of the best comedy shows in NYC by The New York Times, The Village Voice,[http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2014/05/cheap_laughs_5_7.php Cheap Laughs: The Best Indie Comedy In NYC The Village Voice] Time Out, CBS, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, and HelloGiggles who noted the show "has all the addictive, fun qualities of a television game show. One of her show's segments include going through Tinder profiles with the audience to come to a vote on whether to swipe left or right. This could be this generation's version of The Dating Game."[http://hellogiggles.com/apps-game-shows/3#read Apps That Would Make Great Game Shows: Tinder Live with Lane Moore Hello Giggles]

Tinder Live has been praised for its positivity, with Vice saying, "Moore expertly steered the crowd from mean-heartedness to substance with each match."[https://www.vice.com/en/article/i-swiped-through-tinder-irl-with-300-strangers/ "I Swiped Through Tinder IRL With 300 Strangers" VICE Magazine] Brooklyn Based said, "In anyone else's hands this show could feel mean-spirited, or perhaps like an invasion of privacy, but Moore makes it cathartic, a bracing comedic espresso shot."[http://brooklynbased.com/blog/2016/02/04/lane-moore-tinder-hilarious/ "Lane Moore makes Tinder hilarious" Brooklyn Based]

Vulture listed Tinder Live in a guide to the best NYC comedy shows along with Assscat 3000, Whiplash, and the Comedy Cellar.[http://www.vulture.com/2016/02/which-nyc-comedy-show-is-right-for-you.html "Which NYC Comedy Show Is Right For You?" Vulture]

Featured guests include David Cross, Janeane Garofalo, Amber Tamblyn, Sasheer Zamata, Ed Solomon, Lamorne Morris, David Koechner, Jon Glaser, Hari Kondabolu, Aparna Nancherla, Mara Wilson, Stacy London, Ashley Nicole Black, Jo Firestone, Laura Benanti, Amanda Knox, Stephanie March, James Urbaniak, Lizz Winstead, Heather Matarazzo, Scott Adsit, Grace Helbig, and musicians like Sondre Lerche, JD Samson, and Jean Grae.

Television

The New York Times described Moore's role on Season 5 of Girls as "One of my favorite moments of this season," praising Moore's performance as "wonderful." She has also guest starred on Search Party.

Books

Moore published her first book How To Be Alone: If You Want To And Even If You Don't on November 8, 2018.{{Cite book|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to-Be-Alone/Lane-Moore/9781501178832 |title=How To Be Alone: If You Want To And Even If You Don't|last=Moore|first=Lane|date=2018-11-08|publisher=Simon And Schuster|isbn=9781501178832 |language=en}} It received coverage and praise from outlets including The New York Times,{{Cite news|date=2018-11-15|title=New & Noteworthy|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/books/review/new-noteworthy-concepcion-de-leon.html|access-date=2022-01-12|issn=0362-4331}} New York,{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Lane|date=2018-11-06|title=There Will Never Be a Man As Perfect As The Office's Jim Halpert|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/excerpt-lane-moore-on-the-offices-jim-halpert.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Vulture|language=en-us}} NPR,{{Cite news|title=A Word Of Advice, About A New Book Of Advice.|language=en|work=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/11/10/666492850/a-word-of-advice-about-a-new-book-of-advice|access-date=2022-01-12}} Fast Company,{{Cite web|last=Berkowitz|first=Joe|date=2020-03-25|title='How to Be Alone' author Lane Moore has made the perfect digital show for feeling connected while apart|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90481495/how-to-be-alone-author-lane-moore-has-made-the-perfect-digital-show-to-feel-connected-while-apart|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}} and Marie Claire.{{Cite web|first1=Marie|last1=Claire|date=2018-12-13|title=The Best Books of 2018, According to Our Editors|url=https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a23712385/best-books-2018/|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Marie Claire Magazine}}

In summer 2019, Moore gave a TED Talk based on the book, also called How To Be Alone.{{cite web |url= https://www.ted.com/talks/lane_moore_how_to_be_alone|title= How To Be Alone |date= July 2, 2019 |publisher=TED |accessdate= August 21, 2019}}

In 2023, Moore published You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult which won the American Book Fest Award, and was critically praised by New York Magazine, Good Morning America, NPR, The Atlantic, Vulture, PBS, Publishers Weekly, CBS, and BUST. The Los Angeles Times described the book as "funny and forthright."{{cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-04-27/lane-moore-friendship-book-you-will-find-your-people|title= Adult friendship is hard. But Lane Moore's new book will help you find your people |date= April 27, 2023|work=Los Angeles Times |accessdate= September 23, 2023}}

Music career

= It Was Romance =

Moore is a vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who performs under the stage name It Was Romance, which Oxygen describes as a "high-energy rock band."{{cite web |url= http://www.oxygen.com/photos/fvckrapeculture-nyc-pics/item/523514?embed=node-326522 |title= #FvckRapeCulture NYC Pics! |date=June 16, 2016 |publisher= |accessdate= August 2, 2018}} Pitchfork listed her self-titled debut album as an album to watch{{cite web |url= http://pitchfork.com/news/59016-pitchfork-guide-to-upcoming-releases-spring-2015 |title= Pitchfork Guide to Upcoming Releases: Spring 2015 - Pitchfork |website= pitchfork.com |date= April 2015 |accessdate= August 2, 2018}} and Bust magazine called It Was Romance the Best Band of 2015. The Village Voice premiered her first single, "Philadelphia," on their website, calling the song "mysterious but undeniably attractive. It evokes feelings of loneliness with a danceable beat, not unlike a somber nighttime walk home on wet roads, with colorful, joyous city lights reflecting like a black mirror" and praising the album for its "glittering instrumental aspect and Moore's velvety vocal delivery make the rest of "It Was Romance" saunter around like the life of the party, occasionally winking just to make sure you're hooked."{{cite web |url= http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/2015/04/lane_moore_it_was_romance_philadelphia.php |title= Exclusive Premiere: Listen to It Was Romance's 'Philadelphia' |publisher= |accessdate= August 2, 2018}}

Paste Magazine described the sound as:

: "hearkening back to a Dig Me Out era Sleater Kinney, Moore's expansive sound covers love and all its mishaps with a catchy, blast loud and sing proud thoughtfulness. Blending garage rock with soul and experimental undertones, It Was Romance...walks multiple genres with a deft grace to mirror Moore's bubbly wit and eye-catching presence."{{cite web |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/with-charisma-and-charm-for.html |title= Talking Style with It Was Romance's Lane Moore |date= January 26, 2017 |publisher= |accessdate= August 2, 2018}}

The Laugh Button praised Moore's voice, saying, "[Moore's] incredible voice, smoky and edgy and closely resembling the kind of stuff soulful grunge bands aspired to back in the 90s."{{cite web |url= http://thelaughbutton.com/news/tinder-live-host-lane-moore-pens-love-song-message-rachel-maddow |title= "Tinder Live" host Lane Moore pens a love song with a message: 'Be My Rachel Maddow' |website= thelaughbutton.com |accessdate= August 2, 2018}}

The music video for "Hooking Up With Girls" was released in late 2016 in Nylon.[http://www.nylon.com/articles/it-was-romance-hooking-up-with-girls-remake-fiona-apple-criminal It Was Romance's New Video Is A Remake Of Fiona Apple's "Criminal" A '90s dream come true] The video is a shot-for-shot remake of Fiona Apple's "Criminal" music video. Moore starred in and directed the music video, and Nylon praised her for going "above and beyond to recreate the iconic video, searching for similar houses and costumes. Spoiler alert: She even added '90s MTV title cards."

The video was featured on Entertainment Weekly, Billboard, Vogue, The Huffington Post, The Guardian, VICE, BUST Magazine, Refinery 29, and The Onion's A.V. Club, who said of the video "when [Moore] sings directly to the camera, it seems like an overly intimate confession." New York Magazine praised Moore for the video, adding, "It's that weirdness that makes Moore so charming, and maybe the best homage to "Criminal" is one where the artist is unapologetically herself." The New York Observer said, "The classic shots are all there: Lane and Fiona both writhe in satin camisoles, looking up at the camera with bright, tear-red eyes; cowering in a closet with hair in twin braids, singing from a bathtub between a partner's legs; and in that iconic opening, pointing a camera at the audience: the voyeur becoming the viewed. [And] goddammit this song is catchy."{{cite web|url=http://observer.com/2016/09/the-lesbian-homage-to-fiona-apples-criminal-is-exactly-what-you-need-right-now/|title=This Lesbian Homage to Fiona Apple's 'Criminal' Is Exactly What You Need Right Now|website=The New York Observer|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=August 2, 2018}}

In 2017, Moore started a music series at Arlene's Grocery called "90s Albums Live," with the first one being the Empire Records soundtrack which she and her band performed live.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/podcasts/7964611/soul-sisters-podcast-lauren-lapkus-lane-moore-90s|title=Soul Sisters Podcast: Lauren Lapkus and Lane Moore on Why They're Obsessed With the '90s|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=August 2, 2018}}

Accolades

Moore won a 2016 GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage for her groundbreaking work at Cosmopolitan. She was also nominated for a 2016 White House LGBT Champions of Change award. Out Magazine named her one of the OUT100 of 2017, a list that celebrates compelling people who have had a hand in moving forward LGBT rights.

In 2023, Moore's second book You Will Find Your People won the American Book Fest Award.