Theresa Becker Wayman (born June 23, 1980), also known by the stage name TT, is an American musician, singer-songwriter and occasional actress, best known as guitarist and vocalist of the

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band Warpaint.

Early and personal life

Theresa was born and raised in

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. She became interested in music at age 9, when she started "jamming along with erdad" on guitar. At age 10, her mother encouraged her to learn piano. Wayman has said that she "dabbled in guitar as a teen; then got really serious about guitar and drums when hewas about 21". Wayman's musical influences from her childhood and adolescence include

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. During her adolescence, Wayman became close friends with Emily Kokal, with whom she would later form Warpaint. Both traveled through Europe together in their late teenage years and lived together in New York City and

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. Wayman has one son, who was born in 2005. She has said that since becoming a mother, she is "more inspired, and my life is more rich in a certain sense. Because you see the value of human life, and just how fast time moves along. All of a sudden your son is five years old, and you see just how much has happened in that time. It's a good perspective".

Music career

Primavera Sound 2011 - May 28 - Warpaint (5804834747)

After relocating to Los Angeles, Wayman formed Warpaint on Valentine's Day 2004 with Kokal and sisters

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. The band spent four years performing around Los Angeles and composing original material before self-releasing its debut EP, ''

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'', in August 2008. Following a number of lineup changes in 2009—which included Wayman recruiting drummer

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—Warpaint released its debut studio album, '' The Fool'', in October 2010 on

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. The album was well received by critics, peaked at No. 176 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and charted in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Wayman also had "a brief spell" as a member of

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's backing band in 2005. Describing the experience, she said, "I was really, really bummed when Warpaint split up, and was really grateful to be able to keep playing. He and I were going to continue playing, but then Warpaint got back together, and I had to go with that. Because Warpaint is my heart and soul". Wayman formed a group, BOSS, with Sarah Jones of

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and Guro Gikling of All We Are. The trio's first single, "I'm Down With That", was released by Speedy Wunderground on November 27, 2015. On March 6, 2018, under the name TT, Wayman released the first single, "Love Leaks", from her debut solo record, ''

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''. The album was released on May 18, 2018, through her own LoveLeaks label and distributed by

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. As a guitarist, Wayman is known to play a

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Film career

Wayman occasionally works as an actress, and has appeared in two feature films and two short films. In 2002, she appeared in a minor role as a food service girl in ''

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'', alongside later bandmate Sossamon. She later portrayed J.T. in ''Rift'', a 2004 short film by Sam Goldberg, and Ada in Burke Roberts' 2006 short film ''Insult to Injury''. In 2010, Wayman played a supporting role in ''Pete Smalls Is Dead'', portraying Saskia, "a laconic femme fatale". In 2021 it was announced she will play the role of Ruth in the feature film adaptation of Kenneth J. Harvey's award-winning novel, INSIDE.

Discography

;With Warpaint *''

'' EP (2008) *'' The Fool'' (2010) *'' Warpaint'' (2014) *'' Heads Up'' (2016) *'' Radiate Like This'' (2022) ;Solo as TT *''

'' (2018)

References

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