page_title: Girl in Red
section_title: 2018–2019: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
hierarchical_section_title: Girl in Red / Career / 2018–2019: Chapter 1 and Chapter 2
caption_attribution_description: English: Girl in Red performing in Los Angeles in 2019
context_page_description: Marie Ulven Ringheim, also known as Marie Ulven or professionally as girl in red, is a Norwegian indie pop singer-songwriter. She is known for appealing to people with her "bedroom pop anthems about romance and mental health." 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 5 million monthly streamers on Spotify.
  Ulven has been named a "queer icon" by Paper, and a "phenomenon" that is "one of the most astute and exciting singer-songwriters working in the world of guitar music" by New York Times. Her music, which is made from the comfort of her bedroom, has amassed over 150 million streams as of October 2019. Since 2019, Ulven has been on two North American tours and two European tours, and has performed at festivals such as Lowlands, Rock en Seine and Øyafestivalen. She was named by NME as "one of the most hyped acts at The Great Escape" in 2019.
context_section_description: Ulven's 2018 singles "Summer Depression" and "Girls" gained millions of views and streams online. In early 2019, she won her first award when she was presented with "Norwegian Newcomer of the Year" at the 2018 GAFFA Awards. Ulven released "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" on Apple Music in March 2018. After the release of Ulven's debut EP, Chapter 1, on 14 September 2018. "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" was listed at number 9 on The New York Times list of "The 68 Best Songs of 2018". The song currently has over 70 million streams on Spotify. Ulven opened for Clairo in Dublin and Paris in September 2018 and released "We Fell in Love in October" in November 2018 which peaked at 14 on the US Rock Charts in October 2019. In October 2018, the song "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" won "Årets Urørt" at the P3 Gull awards. She performed the song as an interval act at the award ceremony in 2018, alongside names like Astrid S, Dagny, and Emilie Nicolas. Ulven embarked on her first North American tour supporting Conan Gray in March 2019. She released her second EP, Chapter 2, as well as Beginnings, a compilation of her entire single catalogue into one exclusively vinyl album on September 6, 2019 under AWAL in September 2019. She embarked on her first international headlining "World in Red" tour in October 2019, performing in cities such as Dublin and San Francisco.
  In November 2019, announced that girl in red would be leading their Hype List of 2020, meaning that she will be making her first ever front cover appearance in December 2019. Ulven was nominated for "Newcomer of the Year" at the 2019 P3 Gull awards.
caption: girl in red in Los Angeles in September 2019
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