Girl in red

Marie Ulven Ringheim (born 16 February 1999), also known as Marie Ulven or professionally as Girl in Red (stylized in all lowercase), is a Norwegian indie pop singer-songwriter. She is known for appealing to people with her "bedroom pop anthems about romance and mental health."[3] Her single "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" has gained over 150 million streams online, and was listed at No. 9 on The New York Times list of "The 68 Best Songs of 2018". Since 2018, Ulven has released two extended plays from her bedroom studio and has amassed over 7 million monthly streamers on Spotify.

Early life.
Marie Ulven Ringheim was born in the town of Horten, Norway on 16 February 1999.[16] She grew up in the town with her sisters and her divorced parents,[17] and described it as "quiet and kinda boring" in an interview with Triple J in October 2019.[18] Her mother worked with technology and her father worked as a policeman.[9] Her grandfather could play the guitar and piano, however she grew up without instruments in the home.[3] Ulven received her first guitar as a Christmas gift from her grandfather in 2012, but didn't start playing it until 2013 after losing interest in fingerboarding.[18] She credits her grandfather for sparking her interest in music.[18] Whilst in high school, Ulven was curious about becoming a teacher before she was introduced to the guitar and songwriting at the age of 14.[8] She had taught herself piano, guitar and music production from the comfort of her bedroom.[19] Ulven began by writing and releasing Norwegian music and planned to study music, but never concluded that she was going to become a musician.[8]

Career
After getting a Blue Yeti microphone from her father in 2015,[18] Ulven began writing and releasing Norwegian music to SoundCloud under the moniker of "Lydia X".[8][20] She stopped attending guitar lessons after six months once her teacher refused to acknowledge her interest in songwriting and producing.[18] Ulven coined the stagename "Girl in Red" after attempting to identify herself in a crowd to a friend via text.[21] Using the new moniker, she published her debut single "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" on SoundCloud in November 2016,[22] where it got about 5 thousand streams within five months.[10] Following the single's feature on the Norwegian music website NRK Urørt, "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" amassed thousands of streams and gained Ulven a large online following.[23]