Ellen Ciara Rowsell (born 19 July 1992) is an English singer and musician from North London. She serves as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the Mercury Prize winning indie rock band Wolf Alice. Rowsell is known for her

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...

voice.

Early life

Rowsell was born on 19 July 1992 in Archway, North London, and grew up in an Irish community, with her father who is from Dublin. She studied at the Camden School for Girls from 2003 to 2010. At the school, Rowsell wrote stories and poetry, picking up the guitar at the age of 14 and later developing her songwriting using

GarageBand GarageBand is a line of digital audio workstations developed by Apple Inc. for macOS, iPadOS, and iOS devices that allows users to create music or podcasts. GarageBand is developed by Apple for macOS, and was once part of the iLife software s ...

Personal life

In February 2021, Rowsell publicly accused rock singer

Marilyn Manson Brian Hugh Warner (born January 5, 1969), known professionally as Marilyn Manson, is an American rock musician. He came to prominence as the lead singer of the band which shares his name, of which he remains the only constant member since it ...

of upskirting her with a

GoPro GoPro, Inc. (marketed as GoPro and sometimes stylized as GoPRO) is an American technology company founded in 2002 by Nick Woodman. It manufactures action cameras and develops its own mobile apps and video-editing software. Founded as Woodman La ...

backstage at a music festival. Her accusations came in the wake of a wave of abuse allegations made against Manson.

Political views

During the

2017 United Kingdom General Election The 2017 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 8 June 2017, two years after the previous general election in 2015; it was the first since 1992 to be held on a day that did not coincide with any local elections. The governing ...

, Rowsell endorsed the Labour Party, calling the vote "a vote between the fair and the unfair." She is a vocal supporter of former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. In October 2017, Corbyn encouraged his supporters via Twitter to buy the Wolf Alice album, ''

Visions of a Life ''Visions of a Life'' is the second studio album by English alternative rock band Wolf Alice, released on 29 September 2017 through Dirty Hit. The album received acclaim from music critics and appeared on several year-end lists, as well as winning ...

'', to try to send it to No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart during its high-profile race against the Shania Twain album '' Now'', saying he was "returning the favour" following the group's support of him during the 2017 general election.

Discography

Singles

As featured artist

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowsell, Ellie 1992 births 21st-century English women singers 21st-century English singers 21st-century women guitarists Alternative rock singers British indie rock musicians English rock guitarists English rock singers English rock keyboardists English women guitarists English women singer-songwriters Labour Party (UK) people Living people People educated at Camden School for Girls People from Archway, London People from Camden Town Singers from London Women keyboardists Women rock singers English people of Irish descent