Arlo Parks is of half Nigerian, quarter Chadian and quarter French ancestry.
18 Facts About Arlo Parks
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Arlo Parks made her solo debut when she released the song "Cola" through Beatnik Records in November 2018, and announced the release of her debut EP, Super Sad Generation.
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Arlo Parks released the title track of her upcoming EP, Super Sad Generation, in January 2019.
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Arlo Parks performed her first-ever gig at The Great Escape in Brighton in May 2019, then went on to perform on the BBC Music Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival in late June 2019, as well as at Latitude Festival in July 2019.
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Arlo Parks embarked on her first tour supporting Jordan Rakei on the UK leg of his tour in September 2019.
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Arlo Parks embarked on her first headlining tour of Europe in February and March 2020, but could not complete it due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In May 2020, Arlo Parks released the singles "Eugene" and "Black Dog", which were well received during the COVID-19 lockdown, the latter of which became BBC Radio 1's Tune of the Week.
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Arlo Parks made the front cover of NME in late July 2020.
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Arlo Parks won the AIM Independent Music Award for One to Watch in 2020 in August 2020, after losing the same award to Georgia a year before.
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Arlo Parks released her debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, on 29 January 2021.
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On 12 February 2021, Arlo Parks was the music act on The Graham Norton Show singing "Caroline".
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On 19 February 2021, Arlo Parks was the main guest of Jools Holland on his BBC programme Later.
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On 11 May, Arlo Parks won the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 2021 Brit Awards.
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On 25 June 2022, Arlo Parks performed a 53-minute set on The Park Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2022, before joining Phoebe Bridgers later in the day to perform "Graceland Too".
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On 18 January 2023, Arlo Parks announced the release of her second studio album, My Soft Machine, which was released on 26 May 2023.
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Arlo Parks is openly bisexual and is based in Los Angeles.
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Arlo Parks was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith and completed her A Levels in early 2019 at Ashbourne College.
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Arlo Parks has named Sylvia Plath, Radiohead and Joni Mitchell as among her influences.