• After several singles including "We Fell in Love in October" which has more than 42 million views on YouTube, Marie Ulven Ringheim alias Girl in Red unveils at age 22 her first project entitled "If I Could Make It Go Quiet".

  • In this 11-track album, produced during the pandemic, Girl in Red addresses topics such as her mental health, her sexual orientation and her self-confidence.

  • Thanks to her assumed and sometimes raw words about her romantic relationships with women, Marie Ulven has become a lesbian icon.

"Are you listening to Girl in Red?" This question means more than you might think. She's become a coded way for women on social media to ask each other if they're queer. But behind "Girl in Red" also hides a musician who oscillates between the vocal sweetness of Billie Eilish and the rebel attitude of Avril Lavigne. Gen-Z icon and phenomenon of the moment, Marie Ulven Ringheim unveils her first album

If I Could Make It Go Quiet

.

At 22, the Norwegian delivers in this project her heartaches, her mental health problems and self-confidence, like a diary.

Authentic, Girl in Red is not afraid to highlight her emotions and her vulnerability through her music.

"It's important for me to talk about these things in my songs because that's what I'm going through right now and it allows other people to be able to relate to my lyrics," he said. she at

20 minutes

.

No theme is taboo for the singer who even got her stage name from heartache.

“Girl in Red” is a reference to one of his first loves, a young girl he met at a festival wearing a red sweatshirt.

A first album marked by the pandemic

Marie Ulven took her first steps in music thanks to an electric guitar she received for Christmas in 2012. At the time, she was rocked by Justin Bieber, the One Direction and especially Taylor Swift, her idol.

It was in 2018 that Girl in Red had her first success with singles such as W

e Fell in Love in October

 and I

 Wanna Be Your Girlfriend

, a song ranked among the 10 best songs of the year according to the

New York Times.

The singer then surfs on the wave of her success and works from 2019 on her future first project

If I Could Make It Go Quiet

.

But this is without counting on the global pandemic which has put a stop to its ambitions.

The young Norwegian is not let down for as much and continues the writing and the composition of her project, described as "bedroom pop", directly from her bedroom.

The singer even offers herself as a bonus renowned collaborations like Finneas O'Connell, brother of Billie Eilish with whom she will co-produce the song

Serotonin

.

“We did everything using the Zoom software, it wasn't always easy but it was really cool to have one of my favorite producers to work with me,” she explains.

Icon despite herself

A few days after the release of her project, Girl in Red can release the pressure a little and rejoice in the very positive feedback on her music. “Taylor Swift mentioned my album in one of her Instagram stories,” she exclaims with joy. A consecration. But the respite will be short-lived. With a promo also impacted by the pandemic, the young artist continues from Oslo, interviews with media from all over the world to discuss with the rising star. A success that is still difficult for Marie Ulven to accept: “I am not a person who has great confidence in her, I am working on it. But above all, I remain very grateful because to be recognized worldwide is what I dreamed of ”, she assures us.

Girl in Red also owes her international success to social media. From the release of his first singles which recount his love stories with another woman, the songs have been used repeatedly on TikTok and have become essential especially with the LGBTQ community. Marie Ulven is then proclaimed a “queer icon” and the question “do you listen to Girl in Red? To learn about the sexual orientation of his interlocutor has become increasingly popular. “I find it really funny that it has become a trend on TikTok. It's really cool to have that level of cultural impact. Basically, I just live my life and make music. But I think it's great that people can have someone to look up to if they need to and I'm happy to be that person ”,rejoices the singer.

Back to Paris

While waiting to set foot on the boards of La Cigale on May 7, 2022, Girl in Red already imagines herself in front of her French audience, whom she knows well.

“I had already come to France for three concerts in Paris.

The fans had organized a surprise for me with lights and photos, it was really touching.

I can't wait to be able to come back to the Parisian scene and shout “the girl in red”, ”she exclaims in French.

But before thinking about her 2022 European tour, Girl in Red wants to take her time.

His plans for the future?

“To continue writing music of course, but above all to go hiking with my friends and enjoy the life that I had to put on hiatus for the release of my album.

I want to find myself with myself, ”she reveals.

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