Sky Ferreira

At 31 years old, Sky Ferreira has this physical status:

Sky Tonia Ferreira (born July 8, 1992) is an American singer, guitarist, model, and actress.

Ferreira began posting videos of herself singing songs she had written on Myspace, leading to her encounter with Bloodshy & Avant and a future recording contract with Parlophone in 2009.

As If!, her first extended play, defused elements of electropop and dance music, was released in 2011.

Ferreira's second extended play Ghost (2012) mixed pop with more stripped-down song designs and featured collaborations with Jon Brion and Shirley Manson, as well as the critically acclaimed track "Everything Is Embarrassing," which she coproduced with Dev Hynes. Ferreira's debut studio album Night Time, 2013, marking a change from her previous style by combining more experimental indie rock with synth-pop elements.

The album was preceded by its lead single "You're Not the One."

After being arrested for drug possession and appearing in Eli Roth's The Green Inferno, she ventured into film that year.

After being announced as the first act on the international Bangerz Tour, headlined by Miley Cyrus, which began on February 14, 2014, she was exposed to a mainstream audience. Ferreira's earlier works were influenced by dance-pop, but her most recent projects were an experiment in acoustic, new wave, and mainly indie rock musical styles.

Her lyrical writing began with themes of rebellion and teenage romance and has since expanded to address personal insecurities and more mature romantic topics.

She has modeled for many brands and magazines, including serving as the spokeswoman for Redken in 2014.

Early life

Sky Tonia Ferreira was born in Venice, Los Angeles, on July 8, 1992. Ferreira's ancestry is rooted in Native American, Brazilian, and Portuguese Portuguese roots.

Ferreira was largely raised by her grandmother, who had been Michael Jackson's personal hairstylist for more than 30 years. "I was raised around him, I was always there [and] had holidays with him and stuff like that," she said, adding that she was unaware of his fame before she was 13 years old. Ferreira expressed an interest in singing as a child, and Ferreira's grandmother enrolled her in opera lessons with Jackson's encouragement. Ferreira has said she was sexually assaulted in her adolescence twice, firstly in a situation involving a stranger who had broken into her home twice. Ferreira said in an interview with Rookie: "I've never said anything [about this publicly] because I don't want it to define me, but I feel it's appropriate to say something [here]. People believe it identifies you, but it isn't. It's really sad, disgusting, and traumatizing, but it doesn't make you who you are." Ferreira dropped out of high school after completing her sophomore year.

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Career

Ferreira began owning a Myspace profile, where she posted demo versions of self-written tracks on her website. She wrote a letter to producers Bloodshy & Avant requesting that they provide them with a recording contract shortly before her 15th birthday, which she says happened "right off the bat" after she first came across her name. She was signed to Parlophone in 2009 and began preparing for her debut studio album, which she claims she began when she was 14 years old. After appearing in the magazine Dazed and Interview, she ventured into film and modelling industries in 2010.

Ferreira revealed that her debut studio album would be released on January 11, 2011, after the former "17" and "One" were at number 64 on the UK Singles Chart. The lead single, "Obsession," debuted at number 37 on the US Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart, a hit song. These plans never came to fruition, and they were substituted for the extended play. (EP) As If! That March, the country's best-selling single "Sex Rules" became available, as well as its lead single "Sex Rules." A writer for MuuMuse praised the project as a "rock solid 5-track collection of next-level crunchy pop cuts" in a "vocal and musical versatility" and praised it as a "rock solid 5-track collection of next-level crunchy pop cuts." Ferreira appeared in the Calvin Klein "CK One" commercial campaign alongside Cassie Ventura. Ellen von Unwerth's photography for Vs. in the year after, she appeared in the Adidas "Originals" commercial with rappers Big Sean and Snoop Dogg.

Ferreira revealed in November 2011 that her debut studio album would be released in 2012, in the case of a lead single that will lead to the launch of the album in February. She was later discovered to have been working with Jon Brion, Greg Kurstin, and Shirley Manson on the project. Ferreira announced Wild at Heart as the name of her debut in early 2012, and that "24 Hours" and "Swamp Girl" were added to the track chart. "Lost in My Bedroom," Ferreira's "most electro pop [song] on the record," surfaced on the internet in March. She renamed the album "I'm Not Alright" after releasing the music video for the track "Red Lips" in June.

Ferreira's second extended play Ghost will be released in October on her debut studio album, which is still unveiled. To the Billboard 200, the Top Heatseekers and Alternative Albums component charts reached their respective peak of 8 and 71. Katherine St. Asaph of Pitchfork's second single "Everything is Embarrassing" was dubbed by Ferreira as the track where Ferreira "may have her breakout moment" and transitioning to "what should be a buoyant chorus" as the track's second single "Everything is Embarrassing." Ferreira sang on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in January 2013, her debut television appearance. "The Leaked Track" on Ghost was the previous leaked track on Ghost and was included on an episode of ABC's Anatomy in December.

Ferreira appeared in the short film IRL playing Angel, which has been described as "an eye-opening glimpse at the reality of youth in New York" in June 2013. She renamed her debut studio album, I Will, and teased that it would be released "later this summer." It would consist of "ten up-tempo songs, all still pretty cool, but for some reason it comes across more pop-rocky live." Night Time, My Time, was renamed again by Capitol Records and expected to be released on October 29, 2013. Following its launch, it was received praise from music critics; at Metacritic, which assigns a score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream journalists; and, "generally favorable reviews," according to the album's average. Rolling Stone named it as the fifth best debut album of 2013, owing to its potent blending of synth-pop elements with a more grunge-inspired indie rock sound. Complex also ranked the album as the year's best overall album of the year. On the US Billboard 200, the record debuted at number 45. On September 24, 2013, "You're Not the One" was released as the lead single from Night Time, My Time.

Ferreira starred Kaycee in the independent film The Green Inferno in September. Rebecca and her companion, DIIV frontman Zachary Cole Smith, were arrested early in September 14 in Saugerties, New York, for drug possession. Ferreira, who was in possession of ecstasy tablets, was arrested on drug possession and resisting arrest; Smith was in possession of opium; Smith was in possession of opiates. She had to get out of the house. Ferreira's final week of her trip with Vampire Weekend ended after suffering a hemorrhage to her vocal cords, which she later explained as laryngitis. Ferreira and Icona Pop were announced as the opening acts for Miley Cyrus' Bangerz Tour in November, which began on February 14, 2014. Night Time, My Time: B-Sides Part 1 later this month, she performed her third extended play. Ferreira was named as the spokeswoman for hair care brand Redken in December. She debuted on her own "My Molly," Ariel Pink's "My Molly," which was released as a music video on December 23 of this year.

Ferreira collapsed and split open her shin onstage on February 20, 2014, during the third performance opening for the Bangerz Tour. Ferreira was admitted by ambulance to an Anaheim hospital and treated with 60 stitches after completing the show. She was forced to temporarily suspend from tour support as a result of the injury, but soon after. Ferreira debuted "Guardian" on November 20, 2014, while on her North American tour.

Ferreira revealed on Twitter on July 16, 2014 that she was working on her second album. She described the album's music as "more experimental" and is working with Ariel Rechtshaid and Justin Raisen, who co-produced Night Time, My Time, as well as Scottish band Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Andrew Innes. Ferreira also expressed the desire to collaborate with Gesaffelstein. She appeared in Elvis & Nixon, directed by Liza Johnson, and The Trust, which stars Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood, and is produced by Benjamin and Alex Brewer.

Ferreira revealed on April 7, 2015, that Masochism, her forthcoming second studio album, will be released. Grant Singer, the singer's long-time collaborator, announced on May 12, 2015 that she and her collaborator Grant Singer would film a film co-written and directed by her frequent collaborator Grant Singer, as well as a new single, which is expected to be released later this year. Ferreira will be the star of their new perfume, Illicit, according to Jimmy Choo. She co-produced "Where the Light Gets In," the band's 11th studio album, Chaosmosis, on February 1, 2016. Ferreira will guest-star in the 2017 sequel to David Lynch's 1990s television series Twin Peaks, which was announced on April 25, 2016. She appeared in Lords of Chaos, based on Michael Moynihan and Didrik S.derlind's 1998 book of the same name in October 2016. She appeared in Playboy in October 2016, with the photoshoot serving as a "visual introduction" to her forthcoming album. Ferreira appeared in Edgar Wright's 2017 heist film Baby Driver, portraying the mother of lead character Baby (played by Ansel Elgort). She also contributed to the film's soundtrack, with the Commodores song "Easy."

"I would just like to say for some: My silence should not be mistook for negligence," she said in 2018. This includes all of my earnings. I will not put out anything that I can't abide by or the basic minimum."

Ferreira unveiled the single "Downhill Lullaby" on March 21, 2019. During the Pitchfork Music Festival in July, she performed "Descending" in July. On her first single "Cross You Out" which was released in August, she collaborated with Charli XCX.

Ferreira said on December 19, 2021, that Masochism would be "actually coming out." In March 2022, she launched "Don't Forget," Masochism's second single, which was later released on May 25.

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