Ella Jane Roth (born 7 November 2001), is an American

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. She is known for her two albums, ''This is Not What it Looks Like!'' (2021) and ''Marginalia'' (2022).

Early life and education

Roth was born and raised in

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to a Jewish family. Her father, a jazz pianist, named her after singer

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. She began playing the piano when she was four years old and she started songwriting when she was eleven. Roth attended

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in the fall of 2020 as an English major. She dropped out to move to

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and pursue music full-time.

Career

In February 2020, she independently released "The City" using

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. This was followed "Nothing Else I Could Do" in July 2020. It was written in isolation during the

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after a creative and emotional rut. For her final creative project in

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, she chose to write a song inspired by ''

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''. She posted the song on

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in October 2020. The Tiktok video of her performance of the song went viral, gathering over 2 million views. Roth was signed to

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in 2020. Fader Label released Ella Jane's debut album, ''This is Not What it Looks Like!,'' on September 10, 2021. Her single, "Calling Card," released on October 26, 2021 and has over 500,000 streams on

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. Roth performed her track "Calling Card" on

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's ''Rocket Hour'' radio show on

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. The song was influenced by the character, Cassie, in ''Euphoria''. In 2022, "Nothing Else I Could Do" was featured as part of the soundtrack of the

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TV series, ''Heartstopper''. In 2022, she relocated to

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after living for a year in Brooklyn. On October 28, 2022, Roth released her second album, ''Marginalia''. In 2022, she released the pop song "Sore Loser" with Charlie Hickey. Roth cites singers

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, and

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, among her lyrical influences. In 2023, Ella Jane posted on her

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the

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"''Circuitos Sintéticos''" by Brazilian

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Arlyzinho BR, gaining recognition on various Brazilian news portals.

Discography

References

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