Maggie Lindemann

**Margaret Elizabeth Lindemann**, professionally known as *Maggie Lindemann*, is an American singer-songwriter. Since childhood, Maggie has had an interest in music and has always dreamed of becoming a singer. She started posting recordings of her singing on a social media platform called Keek, where she caught the attention of her present manager, Gerald Tennison, who recognized her talent. She later moved to Los Angeles, California to pursue her music career.

## Early life

Lindemann was born on July 21, 1998, in Dallas, Texas, into a German-Scottish family. Lindemann and her family always mentioned how she had a happy childhood and she was often playing around, even running naked at the Church hall once. She was diagnosed with ADHD (Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) at a young age, around first grade and during her school years she was often bullied by her peers, even having her house bushes being lit on fire once during sixth grade.

Lindemann started using social media when she was young and she posted her photography on Instagram and singing videos on Keek. She started amassing a number on fans online and once she posted a video of herself covering the national anthem in a jokingly way and one of her fans reposted it on Youtube where it caught the attention of a former Sony Music Entertainment record label executive and her current manager, Gerald Tennison. He then reached out to her family about pursuing a music career, something Lindemann always dreamed of, and then she moved to Los Angeles where she started recording music professionally. She finished her education by being homeschooled.

## Career

### **2015–16: Career Beginnings**

After moving to Los Angeles in 2015, Maggie Lindemann started taking singing lessons and writing and recording music in the beginning of the year. Lindemann released her debut single *"Knocking on Your Heart"* on September 4, 2015. Her second single, *"Couple of Kids"*, came not long after, on October 30 and her third and final release as an independent artist, *"Things"*, was released on January 29, 2016, which later received a music video on February 5. The singer mentioned these singles were for an debut EP that would be coming later on that ended up not being released.

### **2016–20: *Pretty Girl***

In 2016, Lindemann signed with the label 300 Entertainment and on September 30 she released *"Pretty Girl"*. The song peaked at #8 on the UK Singles Chart. A remix by Cheat Codes and CADE was released on March 7, 2017, which brought the track worldwide commercial success, being her biggest hit to date, amassing more than 1 billion streams across all streaming platforms and was cretified Platinum in the United States. The song's music video was released on March 9. Lindemann featured on The Vamps' single *"Personal"*, which was released on October 13, 2017 and an accompanying music video was released on October 20. Lindemann went to the United Kingdom to promote the single and *Pretty Girl*, serving as a guest performer on the UK leg of The Vamps' tour.

Lindemann's second single as a main performer with 300 Entertainment was *"Obsessed"*, which was released on November 17, 2017 and was paired with the released of a campaign for Pat McGath Labs, in which the singer chose her three favorite shades from the brand and they were sold via her Spotify page, being the first time a beauty brand sold through a music-streaming platform. The single's music video was released on March 27, 2018.

On October 26, 2018, the singer released *"Human"*, along with it's music video. Shortly after, she released *"Would I"* on November 16 and it's music video was released on December 10. Upon the singles' releases, Lindemann mentioned these were for an upcoming EP, but the project was later scrapped due to unknown reasons. Throughout March 2019, the singer served as the opening act for Sabrina Carpenter's The Singular Tour. On the 22 of the same month, Lindemann released *"Friends Go"*, and it's music video came on May 29. A remix for the song featuring Travis Barker was released on June 21 and it marked Lindemann's last release as a main artist with 300 Entertainment. Her last release with the label came on January 30, 2020 when she was featured on *"Moon & Stars"*, with a music video being released the following day.

### **2020–21: *swixxzaudio* and *PARANOIA***

In 2020, Lindemann decided to drop her old label, 300 Entertainment, and start her own. swixxzaudio's launch was officialized when the singer dropped *"Knife Under My Pillow"*, the first single from her debut extended play *"PARANOIA"*, on August 28, 2020. The EP's second single, *"GASLIGHT!"*, was released on September 15, being the first of her many collaborations with Siiickbrain. The EP's third single was *"Scissorhands"*, released on October 9, followed by the fourth and last single from the EP on December 4, *"Loner"*. The *PARANOIA* EP was released on January 22, 2021, along with the music video for *"Knife Under My Pillow"*. The work was praised by many critics and all the vinyls were sold out.

On April 9 and 10, 2022, Lindemann did a livestream concert at The Roxy to celebrate *PARANOIA'*s release. Exclusive cassettes, CDs and merch were available for the fans that bought the livestream tickets. The concert was uploaded to Lindemann's Youtube channel throughout July and August, 2021. A PARANOIA - LIVE IN LOS ANGELES vinyl was released on April 11, 2022, on the concert's one year anniversary, and it was sold out in less than 5 hours.

### **2021–Present: *SUCKERPUNCH***

As soon as *PARANOIA* was released, Lindemann was already stating in interviews that her debut album was in the works and how she didn't want the wait for it to be too long. She started teasing the album's first single, *"she knows it"*, in May, just 4 months after the *PARANOIA* EP was released. The single was debuted live on Madison Beer's Life Support Tour, on October 20 in Montreal, being officially released on October 29, along with it's music video. The album's second single, *"how could you do this to me?"*, was also debuted live on tour.

A few months later, on April 15, 2022, Lindemann officially announced *"how could you do this to me?"* featuring Kellin Quinn as the album's second single, with a website being created to promote her debut album, called sckrpn.ch. The single was released two weeks later on April 29. The album's third single was *"break me!"* featuring Siiickbrain, which was released on June 3, along with it's music video, that was directed by Siiickbrain. On July 11, Lindemann announced the album's fourth single, *"you're not special"*, along with two pop-up shows to promote *SUCKERPUNCH*. The tickets for the show were available on July 15, the day *"you're not special"* was released, and the tickets were sold out in under 3 minutes. The album's fifth single, *"self sabotage"*, was released on August 2 and it was the last single before the album's release.

On September 16, 2022, *SUCKERPUNCH* was released, along with the music video for *"cages"*, the album's last single.

## Personal life

Lindemann is very open about her struggles with mental health. The singer was diagnosed with ADHD at a young age and with bipolar disorder when she was a teenager. Lindemann also struggles with constant depression and anxiety.

On June 22, 2015, a video of Lindemann with Carter Reynolds, her tboyfriend throughout 2014, in which Reynolds was attempting to convice Lindemann into giving him oral sex, while the singer was continuously saying how the situation was making her "uncomfortable". After the leaked video, Lindemann and Reynolds had some heated exchanges over social media, and later the singer was admitted into the hospital due to a overdose. Some time after, the singer mentioned she was trying to move on from the situation and that the relationship was long over and she wanted to leave it in the past.

On October 19, 2016, Lindemann did a live on Periscope, in which she came out as bisexual. Later, when talking about the choice of coming out in a social media platform, the singer mentioned:

"I was working on a project actually, and there was a ton of LGBTQ stuff around me and, at the time, Periscope was a big [platform], so I used Periscope to announce to the world that I was bisexual. I think if I were to come out again, I would definitely do it completely differently, but, in that moment, it felt right.
I think coming out helped a lot with me growing into myself, and being who I really am. Coming out really shaped who I am today. I finally feel like I'm not hiding anything. If I want to talk about [a love interest] in my music, I don't have to worry about hiding anything about it. I can finally be and express myself."
On June 19, 2019, Lindemann was perfoming in Malaysia, where she was escroted off stage and arrested along with her team for perfoming without a professional visit pass, as required by all foreigners performing work in the country. She was released on bail the next day, with the event organizers pleading guilty. The incident served as a big inspiration for the song "*Different*".

In early 2022, Lindemann went through breast augmentation surgery.

## Relationships

### Carter Reynolds

Lindemann and Reynolds dated from January to December, 2014. In 2015, the pair had numerous heated exchanges on social media, specially after a video of Reynolds pressuring Lindemann into giving him oral sex was leaked. At first, Reynolds insinuated Lindemann had cheated on him with Hayes Grier. After the video was leaked, Reynolds continuously spoke ill of Lindemann in various livestreams. Lindemann later mentioned Reynolds would often be aggressive and would threaten and yell at her throughout their relationship.

### Mikey Barone

In June, 2016, Lindemann and Barone were seen together a few times on social media. The pair also shared videos hugging and kissing on social media, however they were not seen together after.

### Brennen Taylor

On January 29, 2017, Taylor posted a video on his Youtube account witht he title "MEET MY GIRLFRIEND", in which he introduced Lindemann as his girlfriend. They were seen together until May, 2017, when they reportedly broke up. Some time later, Taylor changed the title of his video to "MEET MY EX GIRLFRIEND"

### Brandon Arreaga

Lindemann and Arreaga were seen together in early 2019, which sparked rumours about a relationship between both. On July 21, 2019, the relationship was made official when Arrega posted a happy birthday message to Lindemann on his Instagram. The couple was together until April 2022. Lindemann confirmed the pair had broken up on July 11 and said she would no longer be singing "*Love Songs*" live, since the song was for Arreaga. In an interview with People Magazine, Lindemann spoke about the breakup:

"This is my first relationship that ended on genuinely good terms. I wish him nothing but the best. It didn't feel like a loss. It just felt like the chapter ended."
In an interview with Zach Sang, Lindemann also mentioned the reason they broke up was because she felt like she was in a completely different place from when they started dating.

### Jordan Clarkson

On August 2, 2022, Lindemann posted a TikTok Story where Clarkson could be seen in the back. A few days later, on August 21, Lindemann was seen with Clarkson in the Philippines accompanying Clarkson in several basketball games. The couple started posting pictures and videos together on social media and were seen in several events which led fans to believe they were dating. In her interview with People Magazine, Lindemann confirmed the relationship, saying:

"He literally comes to all my s---. It's crazy because I'll be like, 'I'm going here,' and he's like, 'Oh, cool. When? I'm going to book a flight," she says with a smile. "It's been great. He's super supportive."