Gigi Rowe

**Laura Rebecca Warshauer**, known professionally as **Gigi Rowe**, is a American singer-songwriter. She started her career in 2003 by releasing a self-titled album via Engine Company Records. In 2008, Warshauer was signed to Island Records and Fontana Records, in which she released a self-titled EP and an album sampler while simultaneously touring and doing live performances. In 2010, she won The Holy Prize at the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

After being dropped of the label, Warshauer started to reciprocatively use the stage name "Gigi Rowe" in some of her performances around the time. In 2011 she released her second studio album called "**The Pink Chariot Mixtape**", which contained the hit single "*Wishing Well*".

In 2016, Rowe returned with her comeback single "*Run the Night*", released for the soundtrack of the game **Just Dance 2017**, the song that raised her popularity at the time. The song was later featured on her second extended-play (EP) **"Hello Gigi Rowe"** (2016). Rowe would continue to record music, releasing a third EP titled "**Stardust Motel**" (2017).

## Early life

Laura Warshauer was born on December 23 of 1983, in New Jersey, United States, to an american father and a french mother. She has started singing since a very early age, with her first performance being a cover of *I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus*. At the age of 12, her parents gave her an acoustic guitar.

Rowe studied one year at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, being roomates with Prince William and Kate Middleton. She has shared a lot of stories about her time with them, as well as writting a song about them following their engagement.

Rowe was part of the charity Musicians on Call, where artists would perform at hospitals for children with life threatening cancer.

## Career

### 2003-2005: First self-titled studio album

In 2003, Warshauer joined Engine Company Records, a record label that was founded one year before. She released a self-titled album with 10 tracks in the label. It is unknown if the album has any official singles or if it had been promoted. Currently, the album is rare to be found, only being able to be purchased from sites like Amazon.

### 2006-2009: Signing to Island Records and second self-titled EP

In August 2006, some tracks performed by Warshauer and produced by Rich Keller were promoted on the website "FreeIndie.com". She would be later signed to Island Records by the label CEO LA Reid in 2007.

In September 2008, it was announced that Warshauer would release a self-titled album (which was actually an EP) on September 23, 2008, along with Fontana Records and the self-made label Pink Chariot Music. The annoucement also mentioned another album, titled **Such a Lovely Place**, to be released on 2009, but it has never been released for unknown reasons. A sampler for this album which included the title track and two additional tracks was released on 2008. *Sweet 17* was released as the only single of the EP in September 2008.

On March of 2009, Rowe was part of the line-up of SXSW BMI 2009, and later performed at the CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival 2009.

### 2010-2014: *The Pink Chariot Mixtape*

Around 2009 or 2010, Rowe was dropped of Island Records. She made a guest appearance on the TV series The Jimmy Lloyd Songwriter Show on which she had performed her song "*Impossible*". In December 2010, she released a christmas song called "*I Love You, Mr. Grinch*".

In April 14, 2011, she released her second studio album: "**The Pink Chariot Mixtape**" through Pink Chariot Music. The album spawned three singles: "*To Will and Kate, Meet Me at Exit 109*" on April 20, 2011. "*Wishing Well*" on July 1, 2011. *"Heaven Above"*, which is only available on physical versions of the album, on December 13, 2011. Rowe later covered the song "*Little Lost Girls*" for the controversial tribute album "**Take It or Leave It: A Tribute to the Queens of Noise: The Runaways**", released on June 28, 2011. On November 21, 2011, Rowe re-released "*I Love You, Mr. Grinch*" on streaming. She performed "*That'll Be the Day* at the 2011 PBS tribute concert "Buddy Holly: Listen to Me".

In 2012, Rowe performed at two different events: at Lollapalooza 2012 and the first Sunset Sessions tour in December 5. She also wrote four songs for Bianca Wu's album "Déjà Vu" along with producer Rich Keller, with who she worked on her 2008 album.

On January 1, 2013, Rowe released the single "*Running from the Grave*", which was her last release as Laura Warshauer. The song was later re-released under her current stage name Gigi Rowe. On March 13, 2013, she performed at the Bing Lounge.

On an unknown date before 2016, all her releases as Laura Warshauer as well as "*Running from the Grave*" under the name of Gigi Rowe were removed from streaming services for unknown reasons.

### 2016-2018: Just Dance partnership, *Hello Gigi Rowe* and *Stardust Motel*

On August 17, 2016, Rowe released a new single titled "*Run the Night*", made for the dance video game Just Dance 2017. The song was later added to her second EP "**Hello Gigi Rowe**", which also spawned the singles "*I Love This Crush*" and "*South Beach Stars*". The EP was released on December 2, 2016.

On January 27, 2017, Rowe released "*24/7 Dreamers*" as a standalone single. She announced a remix EP of "*Run The Night*", with a remix made by Bulgarian DJ Pancho being released as a single to promote it, a month after. On March 31, 2017, she released the single "*Cover Me Up*". On April 9, 2017, Rowe performed at Miami Beach Gay Pride Festival. Rowe co-wrote the song "*My Boyfriend's Clothes*" by Dream Beats featuring Christie, which was released on June 21, 2017. On September 15, 2017, she released a new single called "*Got That*" for the soundtrack of the video game Just Dance 2018. The song was later included on her third EP "**Stardust Motel**", released on October 27, 2017.

On July 21, 2018, Rowe released "*New Reality*" for the soundtrack of the video game Just Dance 2019, which is her latest appearance in the *Just Dance* series.

### 2019-2021: Standalone singles and *Gigi Rowe Wishes*

On July 26, 2019, Rowe was featured on Natiive's single "*Lost in Each Other*". On August 30, 2019, she released a single titled "*Warrior*" through Pink Chariot Music, being her first release on the label since *Running from the Grave*. Another single titled "*Promises*" was released on December 6, 2019.

On January 31, 2020, Rowe released "*Brigitte Bardot*", named after the former French actress of the same name. A song titled "*Stranger*" was supposed to be released on February 14, 2020, but the release was cancelled because it was not "the correct time" for that. She was later featured on Final Child song "*Wanna Look Like Me Dotcha*" for the movie "Chick Fight", released on November 13, 2020.

In 2020 she teased a new song titled "*Lollipops*", which was released on January 29, 2021. In February 5, 2021, a song titled "*Get Up*" was released, performed by Molly Kate Kestner and co-written by Rowe. In March, Rowe officially announced her upcoming child book "**Gigi Rowe Wishes**", along with a Launch Team which was previously given to selected fans and people. The book was released on April 30, 2021 to positive reviews, along with a single called "*Wishes*".

On September 25, 2021, Rowe teased for the first time since 2013 about an upcoming album released.

### 2022-present: *Laura* and *Posy Flynn Sings*

On April 4, 2022, Rowe launched her children podcast series "**Posy Flynn Sings**", partnered with GoKidG. The podcast follows the adventures of Posy Flynn (played by Gigi Rowe), who just found out about a competition called the Starlight Starbright Sing-Off. Each monday, along with a new episode, a new track is released, eventually set to be featured on a Soundtrack CD that is set to be released after the end of Season 1.

On April 25, 2022, Rowe did a livestream on Instagram where she shared all the tracks that are set to be featured on her thrid studio album "**Laura**", confirming that she would be starting releasing music in June of 2022. The songs were later registered on BMI in May of 2022. The album is set to be released on September 30, 2022.

On August 2022, Rowe signed to the indie record label Head Bitch Records, with her first release there being "*When The Time Comes*".

## Character

While the name of "Gigi Rowe" has been used since 2012. Most of the interviews and content from 2013 to the present have Warshauer referring Rowe as a character she is playing. The most oldest thing known to mention this is a Facebook post from 2013 where she states that "Laura Warshauer" is a creation of her parents, while "Gigi Rowe" being a creation of her.

### Background

The Gigi Rowe character has been labeled by Warshauer as a "glamorous runaway" whose vision is about living the life of our dreams, keeping courage of still trying to reach what we want. Warshauer mentioned that Gigi Rowe exist to "freed her from anything holding her back".

### Story

In a interview made on 2016, Rowe stated that the character father is from the future while his mother was a Hollywood star. Both collided in time and space and had her, She was later left on the steps of a Parisian orphanage at birth wrapped on a blanket with the word "Gigi" on it.

The 2013 music videos series of "**The Life of Gigi Rowe**" mentioned a story for the character but it is unclear if it is a different one or the one that is currently being used. Considering that most of the stuff prior to 2016 has been deleted or made private, as well as "*Run the Night*" and the "**Hello Gigi Rowe**" EP being considered her debut, it is probably that most of the things about the story of Gigi Rowe between these years are no longer "canon", with some minor exceptions being "*Lips*" and "*My Fault*".

### Inspirations

Gigi Rowe as a character is probably inspired by the characters of Pippi Longstocking and Madeleine, which were some of Warshauer favorites characters when she was a child. The respective media of these characters were also an inspiration for "**Gigi Rowe Wishes**", which also has the Gigi Rowe character as the protagonist.

## Personal Life

On a interview about "**The Pink Chariot Mixtape**" she mentioned to have been on a abusive relationship, with the song "*My Fault*" being based on it.

Most of the songs Rowe has composed or performed has been inspired of issues or events of her life, such as "*Sweet 17*", "*Explode*", "*Promises*", between others.

## Trivia

* Rowe has stated that her influences are Cher, Cyndi Lauper, Madonna, Alanis Morisette, Joan Osborne, Bruce Springsteen and U2.
* Rowe favorite artists includes Lana del Rey, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, The Chainsmokers and The Weeknd.
* Rapper and producer Jay-Z is said to be a fan of Rowe.
* Before using the stage name **Gigi Rowe**, one of the ideas for the new stage name was "Liv Wilder". This idea was later rejected due to the name being used by a adult film actress.
* Rowe has four official YouTube channels:
	+ **laurawarshauer**: which only have an acoustic performance of "*Black Crow*".
	+ **LauraWarshauerVEVO**: which contains the music video for "*Sweet 17*".
		- This channel got verified on January of 2021.
	+ **Gigi Rowe**: her current channel for her music and vlogs.
	+ **GigiRoweVEVO**: which contains the music video for "*Run the Night*" and "*Got That*".
* Rowe's family business is an electrical supply company called Warshauer Electric.

## Gallery

*For the Gigi Rowe gallery, click* **here***.*

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