Robyn Adele Anderson
{{Short description|American singer (born 1989)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Robyn Adele Anderson
| image = Robyn Adele Anderson on stage w Postmodern Jukebox.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|19}}
| birth_place = Albany, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Singer, actress
| years_active = 2011–present
| associated_acts = Postmodern Jukebox
| website = {{URL|robynadele.com}}
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Robyn Adele Anderson (born February 19, 1989) is an American singer and stage actress based in New York City. She is a cast member and featured artist for Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox with over 250 million YouTube views on her music videos. She is credited with the band's breakthrough covers of "Thrift Shop" and "We Can't Stop" in 2013. Anderson also performed lead vocals for performances on Good Morning America (ABC) in 2013, and TEDx in 2014.
Early life and education
Robyn Adele Anderson was born in Albany, New York. She grew up in Glenmont, New York with her mother, father, and half-sister. She is of German, Dutch, English, Scottish, and Native American descent. She attended Bethlehem Central High School where she played clarinet in the Wind Ensemble and sang in several choral groups.{{cite web | title=Singer with local roots makes vintage go viral | website=The Daily Gazette | date=August 13, 2019 | url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/08/15/singer-with-local-roots-makes-vintage-go-viral | access-date=August 20, 2019 | archive-date=August 19, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819230034/https://dailygazette.com/article/2019/08/15/singer-with-local-roots-makes-vintage-go-viral}}
She graduated from Binghamton University in 2011 with a Bachelors of Arts degree in Political Science and Arabic and concentrations in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs. She studied at the University of Seville in Spain for a semester in 2009 and became a study-abroad peer adviser. Her academic accomplishments won her the Israel J. Rosefksy Language and Culture Scholarship and the Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence in 2011. She was also selected as the intern for Binghamton's Planet Library project, an internationalization effort.
Career
From 2012 to 2015, Anderson worked for the ANSOB Center for Refugees, a non-profit organization in Astoria, NY that assists refugees in obtaining legal and social services.{{cite web | last=Brody | first=Danielle | title=Astoria singer stars in viral vintage covers of modern hits with band Postmodern Jukebox | website=QNS.com | date=December 15, 2017 | url=http://qns.com/story/2017/12/15/astoria-singer-stars-in-viral-vintage-covers-with-band-postmodern-jukebox/ | access-date=December 18, 2017 | archive-date=December 22, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222105145/http://qns.com/story/2017/12/15/astoria-singer-stars-in-viral-vintage-covers-with-band-postmodern-jukebox/ | url-status=dead }}
In February 2013, Anderson began collaborating with American pianist and musical arranger Scott Bradlee, becoming a founding member of Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox collective.{{When|date=January 2022}} In 2013, Anderson's vocal contributions to the Postmodern Jukebox cover of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" (2012) helped the video receive one million views on YouTube in its first week and four million in its first year.
After serving as Postmodern Jukebox' primary vocalist, Anderson started producing music under her own name.{{When|date=January 2022}} The music was released on YouTube and other platforms.{{Cite web|title=Robyn Adele (Vol. 1), by Robyn Adele Anderson|url=https://robynadeleanderson.bandcamp.com/album/robyn-adele-vol-1|access-date=January 25, 2022|website=Robyn Adele Anderson|language=en}} As of August 2021, her YouTube channel has over 653,000 subscribers and over 84 million views.
In January 2014, she became a staff writer for the online K-pop magazine KpopStarz.
In 2015, she was cast as Lilyan Tashman in Cynthia von Buhler's Speakeasy Dollhouse: Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic at the Liberty Theatre.
In 2016, she played the part of Lucile in FlexCo.'s production of The Flying Doctor at the Central Booking Art Space in the Lower East Side. Occasionally she is a guest vocalist for the musical duo The Skivvies, composed of Lauren Molina and Nick Cearley.{{When|date=January 2022}}
In 2017, Anderson began a series of solo shows, first at Feinstein's/54 Below{{cite web |title=Robyn Adele to Cover NSYNC, Nirvana, Amy Winehouse and More at Feinstein's/54 Below |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/Robyn-Adele-to-Cover-NSYNC-Nirvana-Amy-Winehouse-and-More-at-Feinsteins54-Below-20170829 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |accessdate=June 27, 2018 |date=August 29, 2017}} followed by several at Sleep No More's Manderley Bar, and a two-week tour in 2018 alongside Von Smith.
Anderson voiced the character Robin Koninsky (a Polish singer) in the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} Other members of Postmodern Jukebox also made appearances.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}} In the same year, Robyn Adele (Vol 1.) was released on Bandcamp.
Discography
= Solo =
- Vol. 1 (2018)
- Vol. 2 (2019)
- Vol. 3 (2019)
- Vol. 4 (2019) {{Citation|title=Robyn Adele - Vol. 4|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18869923-Robyn-Adele-Vol-4|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
- Platinium Collection - EP (2019, Vinyl){{Citation|title=Robyn Adele Anderson - Platinum Collection|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13969715-Robyn-Adele-Anderson-Platinum-Collection|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
- Vol. 5 (2020)
- OMG I Love Jazz (2020)
- Vol. 6 (2021)
- A Very Vintage Christmas - EP (CD){{Citation|title=Robyn Adele Anderson - A Very Vintage Christmas|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/18870010-Robyn-Adele-Anderson-A-Very-Vintage-Christmas|language=en|access-date=January 25, 2022}}
= As member of Postmodern Jukebox =
- Introducing Postmodern Jukebox (2013)
- Twist is the New Twerk (2014)
- Clubbin' with Grandpa (2014)
- Selfies on Kodachrome (2015){{cite web|title=Scott Bradlee|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/scott-bradlee-mn0003132283/discography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=May 18, 2018}}
- 33 Resolutions Per Minute (2017)
= Postmodern Jukebox videography =
As of December 12, 2016, music videos featuring Anderson account for over 200 million of Postmodern Jukebox' 1 billion+ total YouTube viewcount.
She also appears performing backup vocals on at least one video with Postmodern Jukebox:
"Rude - Vintage 1950s Sock Hop - Style MAGIC! Cover ft. Von Smith" published July 15, 2014
- TEDx Talks: "A bizarro world of pop music | Postmodern Jukebox | TEDxFoggyBottom"
- Good Morning America (ABC)
References
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{{cite news|author1=Sarah Barness|title=This Is What 'Blurred Lines' Sounds Like As A Bluegrass Barn Dance|accessdate=March 29, 2016|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/23/scott-bradlee-blurred-liness-bluegrass-cover-_n_4149200.html|work=The Huffington Post|date=September 23, 2013|quote=The catchiness is undeniable, and when you mix in a banjo with the incredible vocals of Robyn Adele Anderson, you gotta crack a (toothless) smile.}}
{{cite news|author1=Gary Black|title=Postmodern Jukebox, ranked|url=http://www.newsminer.com/features/latitude_65/postmodern-jukebox-ranked/article_1e348e92-67e3-11e5-a6da-ffbb06df773b.html|accessdate=March 29, 2016|newspaper=NewsMiner|date=September 30, 2015|location=Fairbanks, Alaska}}
{{cite news|author1=Lindsey Robertson|title=Katy Perry's 'I Kissed A Girl' gets a doo-wop makeover|url=http://mashable.com/2015/07/17/katy-perry-kissed-a-girl-cover/#e0AjB7Jbc5qN|accessdate=March 29, 2016|publisher=Mashable|date=July 17, 2015|quote=Robyn Adele Anderson totally nails it in this Postmodern Jukebox cover of Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl". With some backup help from The Tee Tones, the band performs a totally killer doo-wop cover of the pop classic.}}
{{cite web|author1=Kevin Fallon|title=Doo-Wop 'We Can't Stop': Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/11/doo-wop-we-can-t-stop-behind-the-ridiculously-good-miley-cyrus-cover.html|accessdate=March 29, 2016|website=The Daily Beast|date=September 11, 2013|quote=Robyn Adele Anderson, the woman singing these songs, is like jaw-droppingly good. Insanely good. Tell me all about her.}}
{{cite news|author1=Eric Felten|title=A Jazz Band Has the Pop Scene Covered |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323981304579081440116519808|accessdate=April 1, 2016|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=May 23, 2013}}
{{cite web|author1=Kevin Fallon|title=Doo-Wop 'We Can't Stop': Behind the Ridiculously Good Miley Cyrus Cover|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/11/doo-wop-we-can-t-stop-behind-the-ridiculously-good-miley-cyrus-cover.html|accessdate=April 7, 2016|website=The Daily Beast|date=September 11, 2013|quote=Robyn's actually my girlfriend. We dated for about a year before I put her in one of the videos, too. "Thrift Shop" I wasn't even familiar with at the top, and she was one day just sort of singing it in jazz style. I thought, We should do video of this. And we did and posted it. It was her first video singing in public. And that has over 2 million views now.}}
{{cite magazine|author1=Matthew Blank|title=Photo Call: Phillipa Soo, Ephraim Sykes, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Zak Resnick, Adam Kantor and More Bare It All With Skivvies|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/photo-call-phillipa-soo-ephraim-sykes-nikka-graff-lanzarone-zak-resnick-adam-kantor-and-more-bare-it-all-with-skivvies-com-344495|accessdate=April 7, 2016|magazine=Playbill|date=March 18, 2015}}
{{cite magazine|title=Talking Tunes With Postmodern Jukebox|url=http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=811059|accessdate=April 7, 2016|magazine=Pollstar|date=May 1, 2014 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160407052900/http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=811059|archivedate=April 7, 2016|quote=Also, the singers have a lot of good ideas. Robyn Adele Anderson, for instance, came up with the melody for "Thrift Shop". We worked together and she worked out a melody to put the rap into the ragtime melody I put behind it.}}
{{cite news|title=Guns n' Roses' 'Sweet Child O' Mine' Like You've Never Heard It Before|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-like-youve-never-heard-it-before/|accessdate=April 9, 2016|work=Blabbermouth.net|date=February 14, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409225536/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine-like-youve-never-heard-it-before/|archivedate=April 9, 2016 |quote="Postmodern Jukebox actually originated as a musical concept created by our bandleader/pianist Scott Bradlee," lead singer Robyn Adele Anderson told Pipe Dream last year. "He came up with the term some years ago when he first started covering songs in different genres. I loved the idea but didn't get involved until February of [2013] when Scott first asked me to be in a video (our vintage 'Thrift Shop' cover) and we've continued to make videos together ever since."}}
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External links
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- {{Official website|robynadele.com}}
- {{IMDb name|5937912}}
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Category:American stage actresses
Category:American women pop singers
Category:Singers from New York (state)
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:21st-century American actresses
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Category:21st-century American singers
Category:American people of German descent
Category:American people of English descent