Lane Moore

Career

She is a writer for The Onion and The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information and regularly contributes to McSweeneys and Someecards.com.

Moore is currently the Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and was previously an editor for Jezebel and Autostraddle. She has also written for GQ, Elle, Esquire, Marie Claire, Seventeen, Ms. Magazine, Feministing, XOJane, and sat on the Board of Advisers for the Women in Comedy Festival in Boston.

In 2011, she published a comic book based on her experiences in Los Angeles called Smarty Pants that is sold throughout the United States and Canada and was featured at Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco.

Tinder Live With Lane Moore

Moore is the creator and host of Tinder Live! With Lane Moore, a live monthly comedy show at the Knitting Factory in New York City where she goes on the popular dating app Tinder (application) and interacts with Tinder matches in real time. Moores comedy show was called Best In Indie Comedy by The Village Voice, saying "Tinder Live With Lane Moore is a gonzo romance extravaganza...with a treasure trove of ridiculous tips, tricks, and swipe etiquette...Its a ridiculously good time and restores your faith in digital hook-up culture." and Time Out, said "We love comedian Lane Moores show, Tinder Live, where she fires up her Tinder account and lets audience members help choose who to swipe right on and what to say to them—sometimes she even calls them and tries to get them to come to the theater! The show is always a hilarious time." HelloGiggles.com said "smart and hilarious writer/comedian Lane Moores comedy 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." Vice (magazine) said of the show, "Tinder Live makes light of just how absurd and soul-sucking swiping through an endless procession of other human beings can become. Initially, I was worried this was going to be a shallow game of cynical, romance-wary New Yorkers yelling “swipe left!” about poor Tinder users who are unaware their profile is being collectively judged by hundreds of people. However, Moore expertly steered the crowd from mean-heartedness to substance with each match."

Television

Lane Moore is a regular commentator on VH1 talking head shows and previously hosted a man-on-the-street comedy series for truTV.

Gold Stars

Lane debuted comedy web series Gold Stars, which Lane created, wrote, directed, stars in, produced and created original music for, on YouTube in 2014. The show follows two low income, freelancing women in their 20s navigating gender identity, feminism, Craigslist jobs, and sexuality in New York City.

Co-creator of MTVs Daria, Susie Lewis, endorsed the show saying "Warms my heart when young, talented women continue to create & write stories about strong females. Like. Follow."

The show also received positive reviews from After Ellen, Autostraddle, and Curve Magazine where critic Amanda Guilford wrote that Gold Stars "brings to the screen an unlikely friendship that draws you in and makes you feel like youre watching your own life" noting that main characters Cassie and Anna are "people youd hope to run into on the street or have over for a rousing game of Cards Against Humanity" and stated the web series "smacks of clever banter and amusing quips that shows two people making the best of situations in order to remain the people they want to be."

It Was Romance

Lane is a vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who performs under the stage name It Was Romance. Before it had even been released, Pitchfork listed her self-titled debut album as an album to watch and Bust magazine called them the Best Band of 2015. The Village Voice premiered their 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 Moores velvety vocal delivery make the rest of "It Was Romance" saunter around like the life of the party, occasionally winking just to make sure youre hooked." BuzzFeed included their first single "Philadelphia" in their Songs You Need In Your Life This Summer and Curve Magazine said the band can "kick some serious ass when it comes to tight lyrics."

The band released a music video for the first single "Philadelphia" in June 2015. The video was directed by Moore and was an homage to the John Waters film Cry-Baby, with Moore playing Johnny Depp and Traci Lords. The Advocate praised the video, calling it "awesomely creative...the video will have you singing all day." Curve Magazine called the video "badass" saying its "sure to leave its mark in your brain" and the videos John Waters-inspired feel would have "John Waters, himself, drooling all over." Out Magazine praised the video for exhibiting "that riot grrrl, DIY aesthetic with a splash of humor. The song is a catchy tune that youll want to add to your summer playlist."

Other work

She previously played with Luscious Jackson and composed original music and the theme song for her web series Gold Stars.