Maude Latour

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Maude Latour
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Latour in 2023
Born
Maude Latour

(1999-10-08) October 8, 1999 (age 25)
Sweden
Alma mater Columbia University
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2018–present
Father Almar Latour
Musical career
Labels Warner Records
Website maudelatour.com

Maude Latour (born October 8, 1999) [1] is an American singer-songwriter. [2]

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Early life and education

Latour was born in Sweden. [3] Her father is Almar Latour, former executive editor and current publisher of The Wall Street Journal and CEO of Dow Jones & Company, and her mother is a journalist for S&P Global. [4] She lived in New York City, London, and attended Hong Kong International School before attending the Brearley School in Manhattan. [5] [6] Latour graduated from Columbia University in 2022 as a philosophy major. [7]

Career

Latour began songwriting at 15 and uploading her music to Spotify at 17. She released her first EP, High School High, in 2018. It has since been taken off streaming platforms. She released her second EP, Starsick, in 2019, which includes songs such as “Superfruit”, “Shoot and Run”, and “Lovesick”. [8] [9] Latour wrote one of her most streamed songs "Shoot and Run" for a school project her senior year of high school. [10]

Latour is currently signed to Warner Records. She released her breakout single, "One More Weekend" [11] in July 2020 and it has amassed over 37 million streams on Spotify. [2] Latour released her second EP Strangers Forever in October 2021 [12] and in the spring of 2022 she headlined her first tour, [3] performing in 13 cities across North America.

In 2022, Latour released singles "Headphones", [13] [14] "Lola", [15] and "Trees". [12] She performed at Lollapalooza in July 2022. [16] [17] Ahead of the festival, she released a new single, "Probabilities". [18] [19] In addition to headlining her "What is This Feeling?" tour, Latour performed at multiple music festivals in the fall, including Austin City Limits Music Festival, All Things Go Fall Classic, and Music Midtown.

On September 16, 2022, Latour shared on Instagram that she covered Kim Wilde's "Kids in America" for the 2022 Netflix film Do Revenge . [20] [21] Three days later, Latour announced her newest EP, 001, was to be released on September 30, 2022. [22] On 001, 2 new songs were released, "001" and "Living It". On December 9, 2022, a new song "Reality television" was added to 001.

In 2023, Latour released singles "Heaven", "Lunch", and "I am not the sun", which were all included on EP Twin Flame released on June 9. [23] [24] [25] [26]

In 2024, Latour released "Too Slow", "Cursed Romantics", "Comedown", and "Whirlpool" in March, May, June, and August respectively. [27] [28] Her debut album, Sugar Water , was released on August 16, 2024. [29] The album received positive reviews from major publications. Rolling Stone highlighted her as an "Artist You Need to Know" and praised the album's exploration of existential themes. [30] PopMatters commended it for its lyrical depth and emotional resonance, [31] while Earmilk described it as a dynamic and genre-blending project, stating that Latour "deserves infinite roses" for her innovative approach to pop music. [32] She is scheduled to open all U.S. shows for Fletcher's In Search of the Antidote Tour in Fall 2024. [33]

Personal life

Latour described herself as a "fluid bi girl" in 2022. [34]

Discography

Albums

TitleAlbum details
Sugar Water

EPs

TitleDetails
Starsick
  • Released: November 15, 2019
Strangers Forever
  • Released: October 29, 2021
001
  • Released: September 30, 2022
Twin Flame
  • Released: June 9, 2023

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"Furniture"2020Strangers Forever
"One More Weekend"
"Block Your Number"
"Walk Backwards"2021
"Clean"
"Headphones"2022001
"Lola"
"Trees"
"Probabilities"
"Cyclone"
"Kids in America (From the Netflix Film "Do Revenge")"Non-album single
"Heaven"2023Twin Flame
"Lunch"
"I am not the sun"
"Too Slow"2024Sugar Water
"Cursed Romantics"
"Comedown"
"Whirlpool"

Tours

Headlining

Opening act

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