Låpsley

Early life

Låpsley was born in York, North Yorkshire. Her middle name, Lapsley, is her mother's maiden name. She changed "Lapsley" to "Låpsley" by adding the Scandinavian character Å, partly due to her perceived ties with Scandinavia through her Scottish heritage, as well as how it looked when written. She grew up in Southport, Merseyside, where she attended Greenbank High School. In 2011, at the age of 14, she was nominated by her teachers as a "Gold Ambassador" to promote sports and the Olympics in her school on behalf of the Youth Sport Trust. Her sporting interests included yachting.

2013–present

Having been part of a number of bands in the Merseyside area, Låpsley won the "One to Watch" prize at Merseyside's GIT (Getintothis) Award in April 2014, following over half a million listens of her solo bedroom-recorded Monday EP on Soundcloud. She played the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival in June 2014 having been championed by BBC Radio 1 DJ's Huw Stephens and Zane Lowe. Her track Painter (Valentine) was playlisted by BBC Radio 1 in September 2014 and received daytime airplay.

Låpsley signed with XL Recordings in October 2014. On 30 November 2014, Låpsley was revealed as one of acts on the BBC Sound of...2015 long list. Her Understudy EP was released on 5 January 2015. Her debut album Long Way Home was released on 4 March 2016. She performed at Lollapalooza in July 2016.

In 2016, the track "8896" by Låpsley was included in the sound track of American Honey, directed by Andrea Arnold.

Personal life

Låpsley enjoys yachting and owns a boat called Theodore.