Cailin Russo is an American singer-songwriter and recording artist. She gained fame through her appearances in the

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music videos for “ All That Matters” and “

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”, as well as her featured vocals on the League of Legends World Championship 2019 promotional song "Phoenix".

Early life

Russo was born to rock musician Scott Russo, lead vocalist of the band

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, and Jodi Russo, and was raised in the Rancho Penasquitos neighborhood of San Diego, CA. She is the subject of Unwritten Law's 1998 song " Cailin".

Career

Russo began modeling "accidentally". She has modeled for brands such as

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, Wildfox Couture, Ocean Pacific,

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, and Brandy Melville. Russo was cast as Justin Bieber's love interest in the music videos " All That Matters" and "

" by a family friend. Cailin later signed with a label and started her music career.

Music

Russo is the lead singer of her eponymous band RUSSO. In 2018, she released an EP, ''House with a Pool'', and has since released two singles: "Phoenix" and "Love No More." She cites

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, and

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as influences. RUSSO's sound has been described as "grunge-influenced punk rock, with a pinch of pop thrown in for good measure." They have toured with

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and

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. She collaborated with

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in the song "Phoenix" that was made for the League of Legends World Championship 2019. The collaboration has gained over 140 million streams. Cailin Russo became a Grammy-nominated artist for her work on Kanye West’s song "Hurricane", where she contributed as a songwriter on ‘Hurricane.’ The song is part of Kanye West album "Donda" which was released September 2021. In 2022 Cailin released her first single "Die Down" off her debut album "INFLUX"https://orcd.co/infl
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/ref> as an independent artist. The album was released March 3, 2023. The album has gained Cailin over 1.1M monthly Spotify listeners. Cailin has been releasing her new music on Web3.

References

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