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Sky Ferreira
Ferreira is of Portuguese, Brazilian and Native American descent. Sky grew up around family friend the late Michael Jackson saying “We just became friends with him. When I was born I was raised around him, I always saw him. I had holidays with him and stuff like that.” At age 13, she started taking opera lessons to refine her singing voice.
Shortly before her 15th birthday, she caught the attention of Swedish producers Bloodshy & Avant. The producers were impressed and subsequently decided to work with her.
After signing with Parlophone Records in 2009, Ferreira subsequently appeared in the video for ‘Pop the Glock’ by Uffie and starred in the 2010 film Putty Hill.
In June 2010, Ferreira appeared on the cover of Jalouse magazine after being featured in Dazed & Confused, Interview, and Purple. At the same time, she began to write and record material for her debut studio album.
After the release of ‘One’ and ‘Obsession’ as the first singles from the album, it was announced that the album would be released on January 11, 2011. However, the album was postponed and an extended play titled As If! was announced for release on March 22, 2011 by Capitol Records. The release of the single ‘Sex Rules’ on March 1, 2011 preceded the release of the EP. Ferreira was concurrently featured in the advertisement campaign for Calvin Klein’s ck one. Sky Ferreira appeared on the Spring/Summer 2011 cover of Vs. magazine in the ‘Sky Ferreira: The Performer’ fashion story, shot by photographer Ellen Von Unwerth for Vs. magazine.
