years_active label article_title name background genre origin birth_name
2014 -- present wonderlick entertainment montaigne -lrb- artist -rrb-
 montaigne solo_singer art pop sydney , australia jessica cerro
montaigne -lrb- artist -rrb-

jessica cerro -lrb- born 1995/6 -rrb- , better known by her stage name montaigne , is a sydney-based singer/songwriter .
jessica cerro was a triple j unearthed high finalist in 2012 with her indie pop song `` anyone but me , '' but decided to wait on pursuing a full-time music career in order to finish her secondary studies .
in november 2012 , jessica signed a publishing deal with alberts music and spent the following two years refining her songwriting skills under the guidance of michael szumowski .
in late 2013 , jessica decided to adopt the moniker ` montaigne ' , inspired by the 16th century philosopher and essayist .
shortly after completing her hsc montaigne began recording her debut ep with producer tony buchen -lrb- the preatures , andy bull -rrb- .
in july 2014 montaigne secured a management and recording deal with wonderlick entertainment and also signed to the booking agency , select music .
shortly prior , montaigne released her first single `` i am not an end ' , which was added to high rotation on triple j and listed as its 36th most played song of 2014 .
on november 21 , 2014 , she performed the single for the radio station 's like a version segment , along with her cover of sia 's ` chandelier ' .
the same day montaigne also released her second single ` i 'm a fantastic wreck ' in conjunction with the `` life of montaigne '' ep .
` i 'm a fantastic wreck ' also received high rotation on triple j and sydney-based community radio station fbi radio , which also listed the song as its 8th most played song of 2014 .
montaigne was selected by san cisco as the support act for their run tour in november 2014 .
shortly after , she was also chosen by megan washington to be the main support for her february 2015 national there there tour .
in january 2015 , montaigne won fbi radio 's next big thing award at its annual smac awards , which recognises ` the musicians , artists , performers , restaurants and events that shaped the sydney 's creative culture in 2014 ' .
montaigne announced her first headline tour in february 2015 , visiting brisbane , sydney , melbourne and perth in april .
