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Artist
Glüme
12+ albums
synthpopelectronicdream popelectropopsynthwave
about
Glüme, formerly known as Molly Marlette; now known as Viola Odette Harlow. Born in 1988 & raised in Los Angeles, it all started with a Judy Garland biopic. She released her first album at age in 2008 at age twenty, under her real name. When a six-year-old Glüme heard her parents arguing about money, she knew what to do. If the Wizard of Oz’s Dorothy Gale could become a star & buy her parents a house in the real world – Glüme could do it too. She stopped going to school, started taking dance lessons & started booking auditions. Baby Glüme landed roles in 102 Dalmatians, Kingdom Hearts, & a Hayao Miyazaki film, but her airy voice & melancholic aura wasn’t exactly what the Disney Channel was looking for. “There were all these happy, girl power albums, but they were all written by men. Guys would say to me, you need to be more empowering, more uplifting. I don’t have any of that to say.” Fast forward…Glüme hears Chromatics on Spotify Shuffle. Immediately, she knew that Johnny Jewel’s production was the only way the music in her head could be translated to the outside world. Her years as an actor had supplied her with enough connections to get a meeting with the president of Warner Brothers & Rihanna’s lawyer, but she couldn’t track down Johnny Jewel. Then, out of nowhere, Glüme wound up in the ICU for two weeks. After dozens of tests, she was diagnosed with Prinzmetal Angina, a rare heart disease. It felt like a door had closed. “I didn’t like the vision of myself as a si
