Låpsley
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Holly Lapsley Fletcher (born 7 August 1996), known professionally as Låpsley, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. She came to prominence in the mid-2010s with a series of self-produced EPs and was long-listed for the BBC Sound of 2015 poll. Her debut album, Long Way Home (2016), was released by XL Recordings to positive reviews and peaked at No. 32 in the UK Albums Chart. She has since released three further studio albums – Through Water (2020), Cautionary Tales of Youth (2023) and ''I'm a Hurricane I'm a Woman in Love (2025) – as well as the 2024 EP A Guilty Heart Can Nev
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It is catalogued under topics including 1996 births, 21st-century English singer-songwriters and Bisexual musicians.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 17
Top works
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1996-08-07
Discography
- Shelbie, Part 22013
- Close to Us (GXNXVS remix)2014
- Monday2014
- Understudy2015
- Station2015
- Hurt Me2015
- Long Way Home2016
- My Love Was Like the Rain2019
- Ligne 32019
- These Elements2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 368,055
- Total plays
- 4,319,842
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After an explosive rise to fame as a teenager, when she first uploaded her minimal, mournful self-produced electronica to SoundCloud, Merseyside-hailing Holly Lapsley Fletcher AKA Låpsley’s debut album Long Way Home was released to critical acclaim on XL in 2016. Singles ‘Hurt Me’ and ‘Falling Short’ confirmed her as one of the most exciting new songwriting talents, whilst DJ Koze’s disco edit of ‘Operator’ produced an instant dancefloor classic. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/L%C3%A5psle
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fletcher
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Southport
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- electronica
- Record label
- XL Recordings
- Official website
- www.musiclapsley.com
- Image
- Låpsley 2015.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1996-08-07
- start of work period
- 2013-00-00
- sexual orientation
- bisexuality
- social media followers
- 88000
- Commons category
- Låpsley
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 2013–2016: EPs and ''Long Way Home''
- 2017–2021: ''Through Water''
- 2022–2024: ''Cautionary Tales of Youth'' and ''A Guilty Heart Can Never Rest''
- 2025: ''I'm a Hurricane I'm a Woman in Love''
- Musical style and influences
- Personal life
- Discography
- Studio albums
- Extended plays
- Selected singles
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Holly Lapsley Fletcher (born 7 August 1996), known professionally as Låpsley, is an English singer, songwriter, musician and producer. She came to prominence in the mid-2010s with a series of self-produced EPs and was long-listed for the BBC Sound of 2015 poll. Her debut album, Long Way Home (2016), was released by XL Recordings to positive reviews and peaked at No. 32 in the UK Albums Chart. She has since released three further studio albums – Through Water (2020), Cautionary Tales of Youth (2023) and ''I'm a Hurricane I'm a Woman in Love (2025) – as well as the 2024 EP A Guilty Heart Can Never Rest'', moving from major-label releases to fully independent work.
== Early life == Låpsley was born in York, North Yorkshire, and grew up in Southport, Merseyside. Her middle name, Lapsley, is her mother's maiden name. She attended Greenbank High School and Formby High School for sixth form.
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