1. In 2019, Petras independently released her first two full-length projects, Clarity and Turn Off the Light.
33 Facts About Kim Petras
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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 dancer and her father is an architect.
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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, Bernd Meyenburg, and approved for gender-affirming 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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At 19 years old, Kim Petras moved to Los Angeles, living in the garage of a producer in Redondo Beach.
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In 2013, Kim Petras was featured on two singles named "Flight to Paris" and "Heartbeat" by German DJ Klaas.
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In January 2018, the Nicholas Harwood-directed video for Kim Petras's 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 was featured on the covers of Galore and Notion magazines that same month.
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Kim Petras was later featured on the song "Broken Glass" by Kygo, from his album Golden Hour, released 29 May She released a new song "Party Till I Die", which was included on the 2020 reissue of Turn Off the Light.
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Kim Petras's 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 11 June 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 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 embarked on the Feed the Beast World Tour in support of the album.
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On 18 September 2023, Kim Petras surprise-released a revised version of Problematique.
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Kim Petras was scheduled to make the theme song of UEFA Euro 2024 with OneRepublic and Meduza, but on 20 March 2024, it was announced that Kim Petras would not participate anymore due "unforeseen scheduling issues".
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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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Kim Petras describes herself as a "Kylie Minogue stan first", citing Minogue as a key influence to her sound as a pop artist.
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Kim Petras has spoken several times about her experience with transphobia, both in her personal life and in her career, stating that many record labels turned her down over her being transgender and tried to get other labels to do the same.
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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.