21 Facts About Julia Jacklin

Julia Jacklin is an Australian singer-songwriter from the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales.

Julia Jacklin has released three studio albums, Don't Let the Kids Win, Crushing and Pre Pleasure.

Julia Jacklin grew up in the Blue Mountains, Australia, in a family of school teachers.

Julia Jacklin studied social policy at Sydney University, and after graduating she lived in a garage in Glebe, a suburb of Sydney, and worked in a factory making essential oils.

Julia Jacklin continued to perform locally, and formed the band Salta together with Liz Hughes in 2012.

Julia Jacklin gained an audience and significant critical acclaim through her first two singles, "Pool Party" and "Coming of Age", which both received radio airplay on BBC Radio 6 Music.

Julia Jacklin toured extensively from March 2016 in the US, UK, Europe and Australia, appearing at various festivals.

Julia Jacklin has played headline gigs and has supported artists such as First Aid Kit, Whitney, Marlon Williams and Okkervil River.

Julia Jacklin did not consider herself a full-time musician until August 2016, when she really started touring and figured she could not manage her regular job anymore.

Julia Jacklin was working at an essential oils factory to save money to record with producer Ben Edwards, having been inspired by Aldous Harding's debut album.

In January 2017, Julia Jacklin was named "Next Big Thing" at the FBi SMAC Awards for 2016 before she embarked on another extensive tour of Europe.

Julia Jacklin achieved various award nominations including ARIA Charts Female Artist of the Year, J Award for Album of the Year, as well as APRA Music Awards of 2017 Song of the Year for her single 'Pool Party'.

In March 2018, Julia Jacklin confirmed, via social media, that she had completed her second album.

In light of the release of Crushing, Julia Jacklin came at number 4 in Happy Mags list of "The 15 Australian female artists changing the game right now".

Julia Jacklin has stated that the song, "Head Alone" was written about personal boundaries, contrasting with the encroachment of her personal and physical space during album tours and relationships.

On 10 May 2022, Julia Jacklin announced her album Pre Pleasure with a 26 August release date via Polyvinyl.

Julia Jacklin accompanied the announcement with the release of her single "Lydia Wears a Cross".

In 2014, Julia Jacklin formed the indie garage group Phantastic Ferniture along with members Elizabeth Hughes and Ryan K Brennan.

Julia Jacklin has mentioned Fiona Apple and Leonard Cohen as influences.

Julia Jacklin has co-directing credits on all of her music videos to date.

In February 2019, Stella Donnelly released a music video for her single "Tricks", in which Julia Jacklin co-directed with longtime collaborator Nick McKinlay.