Chelsea Emily Cutler (born February 11, 1997) is an American singer, songwriter, and
producer from
Westport, Connecticut
Westport is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Located in the Gold Coast (Connecticut), Gold Coast along the Long Island Sound, it is northeast of New York City and is part of the Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connec ...
. She released her debut studio album, ''How to Be Human'', in January 2020 through
Republic Records
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. It peaked at number 23 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart.
Early life and education
Chelsea Cutler was born and raised in Westport.
She played acoustic musical instruments as a child moving into producing electronic music in high school.
While in high school at the
Pomfret School in 2014, Cutler began posting covers and original songs on her own
SoundCloud
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page.
She continued posting music to SoundCloud while attending
Amherst College
Amherst College ( ) is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College by its then-president Zepha ...
in
Massachusetts
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; she also played varsity soccer there.
Cutler later decided to drop out of college to pursue music full-time after she was offered a support role on
Quinn XCII's national tour in 2018.
Career
By 2017, several of Cutler's songs (including "Your Shirt") garnered numerous streams
and led to collaborations that year with acts including
Louis the Child
Louis the Child (893 – 20/24 September 911), sometimes called Louis III or Louis IV, was the king of East Francia from 899 until his death and was also recognized as king of Lotharingia after 900. He was the last East Frankish ruler of the Car ...
("Slow Down Love"),
Ayokay ("The Shine"),
Kidswaste ("Tonight"
and "More Colors"), and
Kasbo ("Found You").
She signed a record deal with
Ultra Records
Ultra Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, which is a subsidiary of Sony Music Group.
Company history
Established in 1995 in New York City by Patrick Moxey, a former executive of PolyGram and Virgin Records ...
in late 2017 and released her first EP, ''Snow In October''.
After touring with Quinn XCII in early 2018, Cutler released two independent mixtapes, ''Sleeping with Roses'' and ''Sleeping with Roses II''.
She also went on her first two nationwide headlining tours each in support of a mixtape, both of which sold out in advance.
In March 2019, she signed to Republic Records
and released a joint EP, ''brent'', with friend and label-mate
Jeremy Zucker shortly afterwards.
The EP features the single "You Were Good to Me", which they performed live on
''The Today Show''.
In May 2019, Cutler collaborated with
Kygo
Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll (; born 11 September 1991), known professionally as Kygo (), is a Norwegian DJ and music producer. He first received international attention with his December 2013 remix of the track " I See Fire" by Ed Sheeran and his De ...
on the single, "
Not OK".
It became her third collaboration (after "Slow Down Love" and "The Shine") to appear on the ''
Billboard
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''
Dance/Electronic Songs
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chart peaking at number 9.
In late 2019, Cutler began releasing new singles, including "How To Be Human"
and "Lucky" (featuring Alexander 23).
Along with "Sad Tonight", the songs served as the primary singles for her debut studio album, ''How To Be Human'', released on January 17, 2020, by Republic Records.
On January 23, 2020, she performed the lead single, "Sad Tonight", on ''
Late Night With Seth Meyers
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''.
That song became Cutler's first entry on the ''
Billboard
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''
Mainstream Top 40
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airplay chart, peaking at number 32 in March 2020.
In April 2020, she was featured alongside Quinn XCII on the Louis the Child track, "Little Things".
Cutler was slated to perform at
Coachella
Coachella (officially called the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and sometimes known as Coachella Festival) is an annual music festival, music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valle ...
2020,
which was canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In June 2020, she released a version of her song "Crazier Things" which features
Noah Kahan
Noah Kahan ( ; born January 1, 1997) is an American singer-songwriter who signed with Republic Records in 2017. His breakthrough single, " Hurt Somebody", achieved gold status in the United States and charted in multiple international markets. T ...
.
In 2022, Cutler sang
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...
's song "
Imagine" in
Times Square
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on
New Year's Eve
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, making her the youngest artist to do so at the age of 25.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
EPs
Singles
As lead artist
As featured artist
Tours
Headlining
* ''Sleeping with Roses Tour'' (2018)
* ''Sleeping with Roses Tour, Part II'' (2019)
* ''How to Be Human Tour'' (2020)
* ''Stay Next to Me Tour''
ith Quinn XCII/small> (2021)
* ''When I Close My Eyes Tour'' (2022)
* ''When I Close My Eyes Tour II'' (2022)
* ''The Beauty Is Everywhere Tour'' (2024)
Livestream
* ''Brent: Live on the Internet'' (2021)
(with Jeremy Zucker) [changes due COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
]
* ''A Night at the Drive In: Live on the Internet'' (2021)
(with Quinn XCII) [changes due COVID-19 pandemic]
References
External links
*
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1997 births
Living people
Republic Records artists
American women singers
American women songwriters
Record producers from Connecticut
Musicians from Connecticut
Ultra Records artists
21st-century American women