Girl in red

Marie Ulven Ringheim (born: ), better known online as girl in red, is a Norwegian indie pop musician. She is best known singles i wanna be your girlfriend and we fell in love in october. She is often labeled a "queer icon"https://www.papermag.com/girl-in-red-2639222000.html. She is known for her genre of Bedroom Pop. She is also very open about the importance of mental healthhttps://www.gaytimes.co.uk/culture/shes-back-girl-in-red-reveals-brand-new-single-rue/.
==Early Life==
Marie Ulven was born in the town of Horten, Norwayhttps://www.nme.com/big-reads/girl-in-red-interview-nme-100-2020-star-2592144 and has two sisters but her parents are divorced. Her grandfather could play guitar and piano, but she grew up without any instruments. She was gifted her her first guitar by her Grandfather in 2012 as a birthday gift and started playing on it in 2013, thus she credits her Grandfather for sparking her interest in music.
==Personal Life==
She studied music production and songwriting at Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology.
==Career==
Under the pseudonym of Lydia X, Marie started writing and releasing Norwegian songs to SoundCloud. Using her new moniker girl in red, she published her debut single "I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend" on SoundCloud in November 2016, where it got about 5 thousand streams within five months. 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. "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".
===YouTube===
She joined YouTube in 2014 has amassed over 203,335,346 views in total. Her most popular song is we fell in love in october which has over 35 million views.
==Trivia==
*Marie Ulven is openly queer and gay.
*Whilst in high school, Ulven was curious about becoming a teacher before she was introduced to the guitar and songwriting.
*She has a diary.
==Tours==
*The World in Red Tour (2019)
*Supporting
**Fall Tour (2018) (Clairo)
**The Sunset Shows (2018–19) (Conan Gray)
==Gallery==
Girl_in_Red.jpg|girl in red at End of the Road 2019
Girl in red2.jpg|Marie Ulven
Girl-In-Red-Gay-Times-header.jpg|Her header for Gay TImes
==References==
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