Singer Porcelain Black was born on October 1, 1985 in the USA. She grew up in Detroit, Michigan. My mother was an accountant and my father was a hairdresser. He owned his own salon and often took his daughter with him to various shows and shows. The singer's parents divorced when the girl was 6 years old. Her mother remarried and took her to Rochester with her.
There, the singer was enrolled in a Catholic school, but at the age of 15 she was expelled from there for hooliganism. After she enters Rochester High School, where the story of the fight was repeated again. She became an outcast among her peers. Her father died when Marie was 16 years old.
From childhood, the girl performed at various concerts, participated in them, studied jazz, dance, and was even going to perform on Broadway. She wanted to take dancing seriously. After being expelled from school, the girl decides to run away from home. The girl leads a street lifestyle, begged on the streets, spent the night with friends and became addicted to drugs. However, after touring with Armor for Sleep, Marie gives up her addiction.
The first creative activity of Porcelain Black
When Black was in New York, she was approached by a manager who was interested in her work. He advised her to find him when the girl turned 18 for an audition. After 1,5 years, Marie did just that. In Los Angeles, she found this man, and they signed a contract with Virgin Records.
Then Mary recorded under the name "Porcelain and the Tramps" and worked with Tommy Hendrix and John Lowry. However, misunderstandings began with the studio. The owners wanted Black to create pop music similar to Avril Lavigne.
The musicians of the team were also not satisfied with the singer's musical experiments. Then Porcelain Black began to post their recordings on the Myspace platform, where they gained more than 10 million views in a couple of months. The girl also became a co-author of the composition "Lunacy Fringe" by the group "The Used", where she performed backing vocals. After that, the performer was approached by Courtney Love with a request to record backing vocals for her solo disc. Black participated in the recording of the song "Actoin!" group "Street Drum Corps".
Marie left Virgin Studios, worked with Billy Steinberg and Josh Alexander, and also contributed to Ashley Tisdale's album.
Solo career
Studio "RedOne" became interested in the work of Black. They arranged a meeting with her in 2009. The very next day, the first solo composition "This is what roch n rolls like" is released. The studio helped to competently terminate the contract with the previous company and contributed to the conclusion of a new contract with the label "Universal Republic".
They also brought the singer together with a new talented manager, Derrick Lawrence, who also worked with rapper Lil Wayne. After that, the girl decided to change her pseudonym to "Porcelain Black" so that she was perceived as a soloist, and not a group.
History of Porcelain Black alias
The girl took her new name from childhood memories. Then she was called "Porcelain", because she had a solid collection of porcelain dolls, which her aunt gave her. It seemed to the latter that her niece was very similar to these porcelain charms herself: pale thin skin and airy blond hair. The artist added the word "black" to "porcelain" to enhance the contrast between her personality and the softness of the porcelain.
Development of creativity
The girl appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman in 2011, which contributed to the development of the singer's popularity. Soon the second single "Naughty Naughty" is released, which has been in the top lines of the music charts for a long time.
In 2013, Porcelain Black performed at a private concert in Hollywood with new tracks. Studio "2101 Records" releases five songs at once. The most popular of them were "One woman army" and "Rich boy". The girl said that the album still does not have a final title, and she is considering the options "Black Rainbow" and "Mannequin Factory".
The singer and the recording studio "2101 Records" could not resolve some issues, and their joint activities were interrupted. Black promised her fans that she will continue to create her compositions in the same style as before, and an album will be recorded by 2017.
At the beginning of 2020, the girl reported through social networks that the album was almost ready, and all that remained was to mix the music and finalize everything. She also revealed the full track listing, but the album's title has yet to be released. In December 2020, several singles were unexpectedly released to the public: "Thorns", "CUNT", "Hurt" and several others.
Personal life
The singer was married to model Bradley Sualo. However, after only two years of marriage, the couple ended their relationship.
Style and genre of performance
The performer herself characterizes her style as a mixture of the work of Merlin Manson and Britney Spears. The girl's voice can be described as creaky and hoarse, even a growl can be heard in her compositions. She says she sings in the horror pop genre, performing old songs in a new rock and roll sound.
Working with RedOne Black assures that although the tracks were created together, all the lyrics were written by her alone.
Critics are inclined that the girl still sounds more in the style of pop, and there is almost nothing from rock or rock and roll. She is also ranked among the performers of "industrial pop" music. Image Black campaign on Lady Gaga, Nikki Minaj and Courtney Love. Her music often resonates with supporters of the LGBT movement, so she unofficially became an icon for them.
Influence of musicians on Porcelain Black style
The artist admits that her work was greatly influenced by such groups as "Led Zeppelin", David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Nine Inch Nails, AC/DC and many others. The musical tastes of her parents were also strongly influenced: so she attended an AC / DC concert with her father. It was then that she decided that this was exactly the activity to which she would devote her whole life.
