Leah Kate

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Leah Kate
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Kate performing in 2022
Born
Leah Kate Kalmenson [1]

(1992-09-09) September 9, 1992 (age 32)
Los Angeles County, California, U.S. [2]
OccupationSinger
Years active2018–present
Musical career
Genres
Website www.leahkatemusic.com

Leah Kate Kalmenson (born September 9, 1992) is an American singer. Kate released her debut extended play, Impulse, in June 2019 followed up by What Just Happened? in 2021. In 2022, she released the single "10 Things I Hate About You", which charted in Australia and the UK. She was then chosen as the support act for the European leg of Madison Beer's Life Support Tour, taking place in March and April 2022. She released her debut album, Super Over, in September 2023.

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Early life

Kate was born on September 9, 1992. [3] [4] She was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and her family owned a radio station. [5] Kate lived in New York for a while to pursue a career in music. [2]

Career

Kate performing in Sydney, Australia in December 2022. Leah Kate performing in Sydney.jpg
Kate performing in Sydney, Australia in December 2022.

In 2018, Kate began posting song covers on her self-titled YouTube channel. [5] In this period of time she released her debut EP, Impulse, which included the singles "WTF?" and "So Good". She followed up the EP with the release of singles "Visions" and "Bad Idea". In June 2020, Kate released "Fuck Up the Friendship" which picked up traction on TikTok and was streamed over 33 million times on Spotify. [6] She followed this up with several singles including the releases of "Grave", "Boyfriend" and "Boy Next Door". [7]

In 2021, Kate released the singles "Calabasas" and "Veronica" in preparation for her second EP, What Just Happened?, which was due for release that October. She had plans to open up for Bailey Bryan on her Fresh Start Tour across the United States and Canada but it was cut to only two shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9]

She released the single "Dear Denny" in March 2022 and following it going viral on TikTok, quickly followed up with the release of "10 Things I Hate About You", her first song on a major label, 10k Projects. The song continued growing on TikTok and grew in many European countries as she toured with Madison Beer on the European leg of her Life Support Tour. [10]

In 2022, she also toured with Chase Atlantic on their Cold Nights Tour across North America and released her single "Twinkle Twinkle", which was voted as the "Worst Song of 2022". [11] [12] She followed this release with singles such as "Life Sux", "Monster", and "Hot All the Time", all included on her third EP, Alive and Unwell, which was released on October 28, 2022. She began her first headline tour, the Alive and Unwell Tour, in Manchester on the same day. [13] In December 2022, Kate toured Australia for the first time, performing shows in Sydney and Melbourne. [14] In September 2023, Kate released her debut album, Super Over. [15]

In June 2024 Kate released her single "What Girls Do". [3]

Discography

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected details
TitleAlbum details
Super Over

Extended plays

List of EPs, with selected details
TitleEP details
Impulse
  • Released: June 28, 2019 [16]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
What Just Happened?
  • Released: October 1, 2021 [17]
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming
Alive and Unwell
  • Released: October 28, 2022 [18]
  • Label: 10k Projects
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

List of singles, with year released, selected chart positions, and album name shown
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
Bub.
[19] 		AUS
[20] 		CAN
[21] 		IRE
[22] 		UK
[23] 		WW
[24]
"I See You" [25] 2018——————Non-album singles
"I See You (Acoustic)" [26] ——————
"LA" [27] ——————
"LA (Chachi Remix)" [28] ——————
"Have to Forget" [29] ——————
"WTF?" [30] 2019——————Impulse
"Left With a Broken Heart" [31] ——————
"So Good" [32] ——————
"Do What I Wanna Do" [33] ——————
"Visions" [34]
(with Kevin Courtois)		——————Non-album singles
"Bad Idea" [35] 2020——————
"Fuck Up the Friendship" [36] ——————What Just Happened?
"Used to This" [37] ——————Non-album singles
"Grave" [38] ——————
"Boyfriend" [39] 2021——————
"Boy Next Door" [40] ——————
"Calabasas" [41] ——————What Just Happened?
"Veronica" [42] ——————
"Shit Show" [43] ——————
"F U Anthem" [44] [10] ——————
"Dear Denny" [45] 2022——————Non-album single
"10 Things I Hate About You" [46] 222823430116Alive and Unwell
"Twinkle Twinkle Little Bitch" [49] ——————Non-album single
"Life Sux"——————Alive and Unwell
"Monster" [50] ——————
"Hot All the Time"——————
"Don't Call Me"
(with Slushii) [51] 		2023——————Non-album single
"Happy" [52] ——————Super Over
"Super Over" [53] ——————
"Space"——————
"Get In Loser"——————
"Bored"——————
"Unbreakup"——————
"Brainwash"——————
"What Girls Do"2024——————Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Tours

Headlining

Opening

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  2. 1 2 Madden, Josh (June 24, 2022). "Leah Kate: "By the time I was 5, I knew I wanted to be a pop star"". Alternative Press. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
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