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Kelsey Lu
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| Birth name | Kelsey Elizabeth McJunkins |
| Born | (1991-05-12) May 12, 1991 (age 33) Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Origin | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Avant pop,[1] baroque pop[2] |
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| Years active | 2016–present |
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| Website | www |
Kelsey Elizabeth McJunkins (born May 12, 1991), known professionally as Kelsey Lu, is an American singer and cellist based in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Kelsey Lu was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, and had a strict Jehovah's Witness upbringing.[4] Both of Lu's parents are musicians: her father is a percussionist, her mother a pianist.[5] Her father's family hails from Nigeria.[6] Lu began studying classical composition at age 6, learning piano, violin, and cello.[4] At age 18, Lu left their family home to attend the University of North Carolina School of the Arts on a scholarship.[5] A year later, she dropped out of the school.[7]
Kelsey Lu recorded her debut EP, Church, in a church in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.[8] During this time, she toured with the band Wet as her opening act.[4] She released Church in 2016.[9] She released her debut album, Blood, in 2019.[10] In that year, she also released Blood Transfusion, a collection of remixes of tracks from Blood.[11]
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| "Shades of Blue"[12] | 2018 | Non-album single |
| "Due West"[13] | Blood | |
| "Morning Dew"[14] | 2020 | Non-album single |
| "let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out" (with Yves Tumor featuring Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd)[15] | ||
| "Ride or Die" (with Boys Noize featuring Chilly Gonzales)[16] |
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| "Where or When"[17] | 2020 | Onyx Collective | Manhattan Special |
| "Manchild" | 2022 | Neneh Cherry | The Versions |
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