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My Take
Elle King hooked me with her voice before anything else. Born in Los Angeles in 1989, she blends country, rock, and blues into something gloriously rough around the edges, and I love that she never sands it down for polish. There's an art-school sensibility colliding with barroom grit, and the grit always wins. What I value isn't technical perfection but rawness, that lived-in, human quality that makes a song stick. From her debut EP onward she's followed her own instincts rather than chasing trends, and that stubborn authenticity is exactly the kind of artist I root for.
Overview
Tanner Elle Schneider (born July 3, 1989), known professionally as Elle King, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her musical style is influenced by country, rock, and blues. She signed with RCA Records to release her debut extended play, The Elle King EP (2012); one of its tracks, "Playing for Keeps", became the theme song for VH1's Mob Wives Chicago series.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Elle King
- Name (Japanese)
- エル・キング
- Reading
- える・きんぐ
- Born
- January 1, 1989 (age 37)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Snake
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / actor / songwriter / composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School
- University
- The University of the Arts
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.elleking.com/
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/elleking/
- Xhttps://x.com/ellekingmusic
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elle%20King
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.