Elise Ashlyn Trouw (born April 27, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer.

Early life and education

Trouw was born in

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to Arie and Anne Trouw. The family moved to

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when she was young. At six, she learned to play the piano and at age ten, she started taking drum lessons. Trouw attended

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from 7th to 11th grade, graduating before her senior year to pursue her music career. While in high school, she was selected to be a member of the Grammy Foundation's Grammy Camp alumni band, allowing her to perform at Club Nokia on February 11, 2016.

Career

Trouw was signed in November 2015 to a one-album record deal by Pacific Records of San Diego. In September 2016, she left Pacific Records, buying out her contract and retaining the rights to her music. By October 2016, she had released four singles, "X Marks the Spot", "She Talking", "Your Way", and "Burn". On February 24, 2017, Trouw released her ten-song debut album, ''Unraveling'', under her own label, Goober Records based in San Diego. The album features her on drums, vocals, guitar, piano, and bass guitar; the tracks were mixed and mastered by Alan Sanderson and Christopher Hoffee. Trouw appeared as the drummer on Fox Wilde's "Soap" music video on April 4, 2017. On May 7, 2017, Trouw celebrated the release of her debut album and her 18th birthday at The Loft at the

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. In late 2017 and early 2018, she released two live looping

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videos. She is endorsed by

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, Paiste Cymbals and

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. Trouw appeared on

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on February 8, 2018, after being bumped from the January 30, 2018, episode. She was the first artist to be featured on the circular lobby stage at the show where she performed a

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mashup, as well as the song "Awake." In 2019, she toured as the opening act with

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from October 16 to 27. For the

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feature film

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, she collaborated with

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to reimagine

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's Enter Sandman. In 2023, she released an EP titled “Losing Sleep” and went on tour.

Critical reception

In 2016, she was listed as one of San Diego's best new bands by SoundDiego, and she was named 2017 "Breakout Artist" by NBC 7's SoundDiego. Her influences include

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, and

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Discography

* ''Unraveling'' (2017) * ''2017–2019 Collection'' (2020) * ''Studio Live Session – Little Big Beat Studio'' (2020) * ''Scary Pockets – Best Of 2020'' Cover of "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac (2021) *''Losing Sleep EP'' (2023)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trouw, Elise 1999 births Living people 21st-century American women pianists 21st-century American pianists American alternative rock singers American alternative rock drummers American child singers American women drummers American women singer-songwriters 21st-century American multi-instrumentalists American people of South African descent American pop pianists American pop rock singers American rock songwriters American child pop musicians Singers from San Diego Singer-songwriters from California 21st-century American drummers 21st-century American women singers 21st-century American singer-songwriters The Bishop's School alumni