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Cailin Russo is an American singer-songwriter and recording artist. She gained fame through her appearances in the Justin Bieber music videos for “All That Matters” and “Confident”, as well as her featured vocals on the League of Legends World Championship 2019 promotional song "Phoenix".
Early life
[edit]Russo was born to rock musician Scott Russo, lead vocalist of the band Unwritten Law, and Jodi Russo, and was raised in Encinitas, CA. She is the subject of Unwritten Law's 1998 song "Cailin".
Career
[edit]Russo began modeling "accidentally".[1] She has modeled for brands such as Forever 21, Wildfox Couture, Ocean Pacific, Pacsun,[2] American Apparel,[3] Free People, and Brandy Melville. Russo was cast as Justin Bieber's love interest in the music videos "All That Matters" and "Confident" by a family friend.[4] Cailin later signed with a label and started her music career.
Music
[edit]Russo is the lead singer of her eponymous band RUSSO. In 2018, she released an EP, House with a Pool, and has since released two singles: "Phoenix" and "Love No More." She cites Missy Elliott, OutKast, Gorillaz, Gwen Stefani, Bill Withers, Lauryn Hill, and Stevie Wonder as influences.[1][5] RUSSO's sound has been described as "grunge-influenced punk rock, with a pinch of pop thrown in for good measure."[6] They have toured with Jessie Ware and Madison Beer.[7]
She collaborated with Chrissy Costanza in the song "Phoenix" that was made for the League of Legends World Championship 2019. The collaboration has gained over 140 million streams.
Cailin Russo became a Grammy-nominated artist for her work on Kanye West’s song "Hurricane",[8][circular reference] where she contributed as a songwriter on ‘Hurricane.’ The song is part of Kanye West album "Donda" with was released September 2021.
In 2022 Cailin released her first single "Die Down" off her debut album "INFLUX"[9] as an independent artist. The album was released March 3, 2023. The album has gained Cailin over 1.1M monthly Spotify listeners.
Cailin has been releasing her new music on Web3.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "BAEwatch: Cailin Russo". Hypebae. 19 July 2018.
- ^ "Justin Bieber's Kissing Girl Cailin Russo: 5 Things to Know About His New Music Video Lady". E! Online. 20 November 2013.
- ^ "Cailin's a Bieleber". San Diego Reader.
- ^ "CAILIN RUSSO FROM WONDERLAND SUMMER 17 On the come up, she's the full package". Wonderland. Magazine. 5 July 2017.
- ^ "loudmouth". Office magazine. 6 December 2018.
- ^ "Now Hear This: New releases by Anderson Paak, Hozier, Ms Banks and Headie One, plus spotlight act RUSSO". The Independent. 16 November 2018.
- ^ "Cailin Russo's Got a New Band RUSSO—and You're Going to Love Their Debut Song". Harper’s Bazaar. 17 May 2018.
- ^ Hurricane (Kanye West song)
- ^ https://orcd.co/influxINFLUX