Kim Petras is a German singer and songwriter based in Los Angeles, California.
30 Facts About Kim Petras
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In 2019, Petras independently released her first two full-length projects, Clarity and Turn Off the Light.
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Kim Petras signed with Republic Records in 2021 and released the EP Slut Pop, her first project with Republic, the following year.
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Kim Petras's mother is a choreographer and artist, her father is an architect, and her older sister is a singer.
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The first song Kim Petras wrote was "about this dude in second grade who didn't like me back".
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In September 2007, Kim Petras was a model for a German chain of hair salons.
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Kim Petras was evaluated by the head of the psychiatric unit at Frankfurt Hospital, Dr Bernd Meyenburg, and approved for gender-confirmation surgery at 16 years old.
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In November 2008, Kim Petras announced that the surgery was completed.
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The Daily Telegraph claimed that Kim Petras was the youngest person in the world to have had that surgery at the time.
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Later in 2011, Kim Petras released her debut extended play, One Piece of Tape, under the imprint Bionic Ballroom.
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In 2013, Kim Petras was featured on two singles named "Flight to Paris" and "Hearbeat" by German DJ Klaas.
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In 2015, Kim Petras appeared on "You" by Isaac Phase for his album, Phase 00001.
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In January 2018, the Nicholas Harwood-directed video for Kim Petras' single "Faded", which features Lil Aaron, premiered on Noisey, That same month, she appeared in the January issue of Galore.
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On 1 October 2018, Kim Petras released Turn Off the Light, Vol.
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Kim Petras was featured on Cheat Codes' song "Feeling of Falling" in November 2018.
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Kim Petras has not publicly expressed plans to release an album with these eleven "neon head" digital singles from late 2017 until early 2019, but has referred to this release period as "Era 1".
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In March 2019, Kim Petras appeared as a headline act at the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, noted as one of the world's largest pride festivals, which has been headlined by other notable acts including Kylie Minogue, Cher, Dua Lipa, Kesha, Sam Smith, The Veronicas and George Michael.
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Kim Petras released her debut album, Clarity, on 28 June 2019.
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Kim Petras was featured on the covers of Galore and Notion magazines that same month.
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Kim Petras' song "Reminds Me" was sampled by the Kid Laroi for his song "Reminds Me of You", a collaboration with Juice Wrld released on the first anniversary of his death.
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Kim Petras performed the song at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on 12 September 2021, as the first out trans artist to perform at the VMAs.
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Kim Petras performed at the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, becoming the first out trans performer to do so.
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Kim Petras was featured in the 2021 holiday film The Bitch Who Stole Christmas.
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On 3 December 2021, after overwhelming fan response on TikTok, Kim Petras released "Coconuts", doing so around a month earlier than scheduled.
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On 10 February 2022, after teasing some of the songs on TikTok, Kim Petras announced a surprise EP titled Slut Pop, which was released the following day.
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On June 11,2022, Kim Petras performed at Los Angeles Pride with Christina Aguilera.
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On 30 July 2022, Kim Petras seemingly confirmed via Twitter that the album titled Problematique had been scrapped.
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On 22 September 2022, Kim Petras released the song "Unholy", a collaboration with Sam Smith.
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Kim Petras is a pop singer who makes electronic dance music, dance-pop, electropop and bubblegum pop.
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In 2023, Kim Petras became the second trans woman to be featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.