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Genevieve Stokes
12+ albums
my top songsindieindie popalternativeUnited States
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Genevieve Stokes (born Genevieve Curtis; April 12, 2001) is an American singer-songwriter. Her debut EP Swimming Lessons was released on March 5, 2021. Her second EP Catching Rabbits was released on April 7, 2023. Her music has been described as ethereal, and translucent with lo-fi piano progressions and modern alternative-pop themes. She was raised and resides in Portland, Maine. Stokes started playing piano at age 8 and started songwriting at age 9. She is the second youngest of four children; she has an older sister Madeline Haze Curtis, a younger sister Gem Stokes, and a brother Oliver Curtis. At 14, Stokes enrolled in the Maine Academy of Modern Music. She graduated from Falmouth High School in 2019. Stokes worked with producers such as Tony Berg, Brian Kierulf, and Gerard Lange. She was signed to Atlantic Records in 2019. During interviews, Stokes has said that Cat Power, Lorde, Adele, Regina Spektor, Frank Ocean, Bon Iver, Charli XCX, Caroline Polachek, Kendrick Lamar, Moses Sumney, Feist, Isaac Brock, Thom Yorke, Fiona Apple, and Adrianne Lenker are major musical, vocal and lyrical influences. From her official website: Rocks skipping across the water, aimless and endless summertime drives, hearts broken for the first time, and new beginnings flicker into focus like old Polaroids in the music of Genevieve Stokes. The 19-year-old Portland, ME singer, songwriter, and pianist enlivens lush alternative pop with details so vivid you can practically grasp them. She simu
