Poppy is an American singer, songwriter, ambient music composer, actress, dancer, and YouTube personality portrayed by Moriah Rose Pereira. She moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue a musical career, where she signed with Island Records and in 2016 released her debut EP, Bubblebath, under the name That Poppy.
In late 2016, Poppy became the face of Sanrio's "Hello Sanrio" collection. In the summer of 2017, Poppy signed to Mad Decent, and in October 2017, she released her debut studio album, Poppy.Computer, and embarked on her first tour, consisting of 34 North American cities separated by London and Tokyo shows one month apart.
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Early life
Born Moriah Rose Pereira in Boston, Massachusetts, Poppy recalls wanting to be a Rockette as a child and grew up dancing, which she did for 11 years. Her father was a drummer in a band, and she recalls watching his band play when she was very young. She also reports being bullied frequently while attending school in Boston for being shy and quiet, leading her to seek out music as an escape. She moved to Nashville, Tennessee around age 14; stating in a 2013 interview "I moved here, because my dad switched his job and we kind of wanted to start over, so I was like, 'Nashville!' And my parents went with it - which was kind of weird - so yeah, we ended up in Nashville." Shortly after, and at the young age of 15, Poppy left home for Los Angeles in pursuit of a career in entertainment.
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Career
2012-2014: Early performances
Prior to 2014, Poppy performed at various social media festivals, including VidCon in June 2012 and DigiTour in June 2013. In 2012, she sang covers of Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks" and MGMT's "Kids", with her friends in the musical group Heyhihello. She is featured on Eppic's track "Hide and Seek". She collaborated with Steamy In the City Creator Studio to produce music videos for covers of Alt-J's "Breezeblocks" and Mazzy Star's "Fade into You".
2015-2016: YouTube partnership with Titanic Sinclair and 3:36 (Music to Sleep To)
Poppy then moved to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue her musical career. There she teamed up with director Corey Michael Mixter, known by his stage name Titanic Sinclair, to make a series of abstract promotional videos on a YouTube channel originally titled "Moriah Poppy" and then "thatPoppyTV". The channel is now simply known as "Poppy". As of October, 2017, the channel is actively uploading videos and has attracted a large audience. In 2015, she signed to Island Records, and released her debut song under Island, "Everybody Wants to Be Poppy" in June of that year. She performed at the Corona Capital Festival in November 2015. She released her first single, "Lowlife", a month after releasing "Everybody Wants to Be Poppy" and released her first EP, a four-track pop record called Bubblebath, on Island in February 2016. In August 2016, she released a series of advertisements for the shoe company Steve Madden on her channel as a part of its Steve Madden Music program.
In October 2016, Poppy released an experimental ambient music album called 3:36 (Music To Sleep To), composed by Titanic Sinclair and herself, with assistance from polysomnographists from the Washington University School of Medicine. In November 2016, she became the face of Japanese retailer Sanrio's first "Hello Sanrio" collection.
2017-present: Poppy.Computer
In February 2017, she starred in a series of videos for Comedy Central called "Internet Famous with Poppy". In September, 2017, Poppy won a Streamy award in the category 'Breakthrough Artist'.
Poppy's debut studio album, Poppy.Computer, was released on October 6, 2017 by Mad Decent. Her first concert tour, the 36-city Poppy.Computer Tour, started on October 19, 2017, in Vancouver. Subsequently, in November 2017, Poppy announced that her second studio album was "almost ready", and that she was going to Japan again to finish it. On January 1, 2018, Sinclair confirmed on his Twitter that he and Poppy were in Japan recording that album. In an interview conducted on January 11 by AWA in Japan, Sinclair stated that the recording for the album was completed the day before on January 10. According to him, it will feature both references to Japanese and French culture. He also commented that the album takes heavy influence from Vaporwave such as its keyboard sounds and "very strange sounding synthesizers", which are used "almost exclusively" on the album.
Poppy made her YouTube Rewind debut in 2017, and was one of the few content creators to get their own lines.
YouTube
Poppy's YouTube channel was created on October 6, 2011, and her earliest video is from November 2014, an abstract skit called Poppy Eats Cotton Candy, directed by Titanic Sinclair. The videos are described by their producer Sinclair as "a combination of Andy Warhol's pop accessibility, David Lynch's creepiness, and Tim Burton's zany comedic tone". The channel has been discussed by other YouTubers, including PewDiePie, Social Repose, Night Mind, The Film Theorists,, Reaction Time and the Fine Brothers on their React series. She starred in an episode in which she reacts to children reacting to her videos.
Sinclair alludes in an interview that Poppy's character in the promotional videos presented itself to him as an android, and how some of the concept relates to the uncanny valley hypothesis.
Aside from her abstract promotional videos, Poppy's channel features her original music, various covers and acoustic versions of her songs, including a cover of Mac DeMarco's "My Kind of Woman" and acoustic versions of her songs "Everybody Wants to Be Poppy" and "Lowlife".
Poppy's friend Charlotte, a celebrity interviewing mannequin with a synthetic voice, is a recurring character. She usually appears interacting with Poppy, but also on her own. She appears to have developed a drug and jealousy problem after Poppy became famous, which hurts their relationship.
The channel also has an animated promotional miniseries called Everybody Wants to Be Poppy, directed by Titanic Sinclair and illustrated by Melanie Foreman, which stars Poppy as herself, Titanic Sinclair as Rex, actor Matt Bennett as Pho, Canadian singer-songwriter Simon Wilcox as Phoebe, and Los Angeles-based photographer Sam McGuire as Wyatt. The series documents Poppy and Rex's journey as they attempt to find a "magical kale smoothie".
I'm Poppy series
I'm Poppy, a short film and the first episode of a television series of the same name directed by Titanic Sinclair, made its world premiere on January 23 at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In it, Poppy leaves the Internet for the real world and confronts the pitfalls of fame, including cults, deranged fans, Satan, and her bitter rival Charlotte.
Artistry
Poppy explains that her stage name originated as a nickname her friend used to call her. After her friend persistently introduced her as "Poppy", the name stuck.
Poppy has described herself as a "kawaii Barbie Child". She has described her music style as "music [that] makes you want to rule the world." Poppy states that she drew inspiration from genres such as J-pop and K-pop, as well as reggae. She recalls beginning to write music in 2012. She told Tiger Beat her musical inspirations are Cyndi Lauper, The Unicorns, Elvis Presley, Jimmy Eat World, No Doubt, and Blondie.
Poppy's identity was initially kept guarded. She explained, "I don't want people to talk about how old I am; I want them to talk about what I'm making [...] People, especially nowadays, are so obsessed with knowing everything. They'll have to invest their time in finding it."
In mid-2017, Poppy released a book called The Gospel of Poppy, which parodies the Bible and contains "prayers" and transcripts of her YouTube videos.
Reception
Critics have both praised the catchiness of Poppy's music and described her persona as distant from reality. Racked called her "sweet, but alien" and "brightly addictive". PopularTV said of her music: "Paralleling Gwen Stefani in the No Doubt era, That Poppy mixes punk with ska-pop and makes you want to get up and dance." The UQ Music Blog described her as "Electra Heart meets Princess Peach". David Mogendorff, who works in artist content and services for YouTube and Google Play Music, said she has "a strong J- and K-pop influence".
Poppy's YouTube channel is often regarded as a commentary on social media. VICE described the tone of the channel, saying, "...if you have the patience to work your way through all the videos on this channel, certain trends start to emerge. The most obvious is Poppy's fixation with the internet and social media culture, which she claims to love. But far more interesting is the general tone of the videos, which have gotten progressively darker over the last two years." Gita Jackson of Kotaku suggested the videos are a commentary on the experience of being on the Internet, writing, "In a way, she's made every YouTube video, ever. Her channel is an index of every insincere apology, desperate bid for views and assurance that they couldn't do it without her fans you'll ever see. That Poppy is not only skewering the absurdity of people who make a living as public figures on the internet--she has it out for the entire experience of being online." Mogendorff said the videos are "like social commentary...touch[ing] on the anxieties of modern life" and "a really interesting way of communicating, personal but strange".
Discography
- Studio albums
- Poppy.Computer (2017)
Tours
- Poppy.Computer Tour (2017-2018)
Awards and nominations
References
External links
- Official Poppy YouTube channel
- Business Insider article, December 5, 2017
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