Regina Spektor
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Born | Regina Ilyinichna Spektor February 18, 1980 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
Citizenship | United States |
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Years active | 2001–present |
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Website | www |
Regina Ilyinichna Spektor (Russian: Регинa Ильинична Спектор, pronounced [rʲɪˈɡʲinə ˈspʲɛktər]; born February 18, 1980) is a Russian-born American singer, songwriter, and pianist.[1]
After self-releasing her first three records and gaining popularity in New York City's independent music scenes, particularly the anti-folk scene centered on New York City's East Village, Spektor signed with Sire Records in 2004 resulting in greater mainstream recognition.[2] After giving her third album a major label re-release, Sire released Spektor's fourth album, Begin to Hope, which achieved a Gold certification by the RIAA.[3] Her following two albums, Far and What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, each debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200.
Mayor Bill de Blasio proclaimed June 11, 2019, Regina Spektor Day in New York City.[4] Spektor was also inducted into the Bronx Walk of Fame on May 18, 2019, by Borough President Rubén Díaz Jr.[5]
Early life and musical beginnings
Spektor was born on February 18, 1980
The family left the Soviet Union for the Bronx in 1989, when Spektor was nine and a half, during the period of Perestroika, when Soviet citizens were permitted to emigrate. She had to leave her piano behind.[14] The seriousness of her piano studies led her parents to consider not leaving the Soviet Union, but they finally decided to emigrate due to the racial, ethnic, and political discrimination that Jewish people faced.[15][16][17] Traveling first to Austria and then Italy, the Spektor family was admitted to the United States as refugees with the assistance of
Spektor was originally interested in classical music only, but she later grew interested in hip hop, rock, and punk as well.[11] Although she had always made up songs around the house, she first became interested in more formal songwriting during a visit to Israel with the Nesiya Institute in her teenage years when she attracted attention from the other children on the trip for the songs she made up while hiking.[17]
Following this trip, Spektor was exposed to the works of Joni Mitchell, Ani DiFranco, and other singer-songwriters, which encouraged her belief that she could create her own songs.[17] She wrote her first a cappella songs around the age of 16 and her first songs for voice and piano when she was 17.[11]
Spektor completed the four-year studio composition program of the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College within three years, graduating with honors in 2001. Around this time, she also worked briefly at a butterfly farm in Luck, Wisconsin,[21][22] and studied in Tottenham (in North London) for one term.[23]
Career
2001–2005: Career beginnings and Soviet Kitsch
Spektor gradually achieved recognition through performances in the anti-folk scene in downtown New York City, most prominently at the East Village's
In June 2005, Spektor was the opening act for the English piano rock band
2006–2008: Begin to Hope
Spektor went on to release the album
Listeners of Sirius Radio's Left of Center channel voted her single "Fidelity" as the No. 1 song of 2006. Towards the end of 2006, VH1 showcased her as part of its "You Oughta Know: Artists on the Rise" featurettes, playing clips from the "Fidelity" music video and showing parts of an interview with Spektor during commercial breaks on the channel.[26] Spektor's video for "Fidelity" reached No. 3 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown.[citation needed] Spektor reached No. 33 on Blender magazine's top 100 of 2006 and was also listed as one of the "Hottest Women of Rock".[27] On January 21, 2007, she was given an extensive feature on CBS News Sunday Morning which showcased her musical beginnings and growing popularity.[28]
In 2007, Spektor began performing at several major music festivals including
On November 14, 2007, at her concert at
Spektor wrote the song "
2009–2011: Far
Spektor's fifth album, Far, was released June 23, 2009. For the record she worked with four producers: David Kahne (who had previously worked with Spektor on Begin to Hope), Mike Elizondo, Jacknife Lee, and Jeff Lynne. The record sold 50,000 copies in its first week, entering the US Billboard 200 at number three; the record remained on the chart for 19 weeks. The album peaked at number 30 and 16 in the UK and Canada, respectively. She then headlined at Serpentine Sessions, a series of concerts at London's Hyde Park on June 29, 2009. Other European performances in 2009 included Glastonbury Festival, Hultsfred Festival, Oxegen 2009, T in the Park, Paradiso, Latitude Festival, and Rock Werchter. Spektor invited Brooklyn-based rock band Jupiter One to open concerts on her 2009 North American tour. As a part of that tour, on October 14, 2009, Spektor headlined a concert at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. On September 16, 2009, it was announced that Spektor would write the music for the musical Beauty, a modern adaptation of the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, which was initially set to open during the 2011–12 Broadway season.[35] Regina made her Saturday Night Live debut on October 10, 2009, performing "Eet" and "The Calculation" off of Far.
In May 2010, Spektor performed for Barack and Michelle Obama along with hundreds of other guests at the White House reception in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. She performed "Us" and "The Sword & The Pen."
2012–2015: What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
Spektor's sixth album, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, was released May 29, 2012. Like her previous album, it debuted at number three on the Billboard 200. Promotional appearances for the record included Spektor appearing on the June 7, 2012 episode of The Colbert Report where she performed "Small Town Moon" as well as "Ballad of a Politician" as online bonus content.[36][37][38] Her world tour in support of What We Saw from the Cheap Seats included a performance in Moscow; Spektor had not returned since leaving with her family in 1989.[39]
In 2012, Spektor was named an official "Steinway Artist"; she plays Steinway & Sons pianos almost exclusively.[40]
Spektor wrote and recorded the main title theme song, "You've Got Time", for the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black,[41] which premiered in July 2013. It was nominated in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards.[42]
2016–2021: Remember Us to Life
Spektor announced her seventh album, Remember Us to Life on July 21, 2016, through her email newsletter. The album was released on September 30, 2016.[43] The first single, "Bleeding Heart", was released July 22, 2016. The follow-up single, "Small Bill$", was released August 11, 2016. Regina Spektor performed George Harrison's "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", released August 5, 2016, for the film Kubo and the Two Strings.[44]
In 2016, Spektor was one of the artists featured on The Hamilton Mixtape; she sings a remix of "Dear Theodosia" with Ben Folds.[45]
In 2017, Spektor was featured as a guest singer on the title track to Gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello's studio album Seekers and Finders.[46] Spektor was also featured as a guest vocalist on Odesza's song "Just A Memory" from their album A Moment Apart.
On November 8, 2018, Spektor released a new song entitled "Birdsong", written specially for an episode of the Amazon Prime series The Romanoffs.[47]
On March 25, 2019, Spektor announced she would be bringing her music to Broadway as the Artist in Residency at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre for five performances June 20–26, 2019.[48]
On July 26, 2019, Spektor released an acoustic version of her own song "You've Got Time", coinciding with the release of the seventh and final season of Orange Is the New Black. The song is featured in the final episode of the series.
In late 2019, Spektor released a new song, "Walking Away", for Amazon Prime Original Series Modern Love.
2022–present: Home, Before and After
On February 22, 2022, Spektor announced her eighth studio album Home, Before and After with a June 24 release date, alongside the release of the album's lead single "Becoming All Alone". Recorded in upstate New York, the album was produced by Spektor and John Congleton.[49]
She performed an
Artistry
Spektor's primary instrument is the piano, and she plays the guitar as a secondary instrument, primarily playing on a seafoam Epiphone Wildkat archtop hollow-body electric guitar for live performances.[51]
Spektor has said that she has created a great number of songs
Spektor performs using a broad vocal range, with a falsetto extension, but without any apparent break. She explores a variety of different and somewhat unorthodox vocal techniques, such as verses composed entirely of buzzing noises made with the lips and beatbox-style flourishes in the middle of ballads, and also makes use of such unusual musical techniques as using a drum stick to tap rhythms on the body of a chair.[17][59] Part of her style also results from the exaggeration of certain aspects of vocalization, most notably the glottal stop, prominent in the single "Fidelity". She also uses a strong New York accent on some words, which she has said is due to her love of New York and its culture.[11]
Spektor usually sings in English, though she sometimes includes a few words or verses of Latin, Russian, French, or other languages. She plays with pronunciations, which she told NPR was a remnant of her early years when she listened to pop in English without understanding the lyrics.
Her lyrics are equally eclectic, often taking the form of abstract narratives or first-person character studies, similar to
Spektor's first album, 11:11, was recorded and self-released while she was still in college. It differs from Spektor's later releases as she was heavily influenced by blues and jazz at the time of its recording. Her second album, Songs, was recorded on Christmas Day, 2001. Each song was recorded with just one take and is entirely acoustic. The session from which the album was derived was not originally intended as an album recording session.[60] Her third album, Soviet Kitsch, featured strings on several songs and was her first to feature a full rock band. Upon signing with a major label – which provided a bigger budget for production and studio time – Spektor began to emphasise production and more prominently use traditional pop and rock instruments.[14]
Spektor says the records that most impact her are those of "bands whose music is really involved".
British singer Kate Nash said, "I related to her because she's a woman who plays the piano and writes imaginative songs. I've played the piano since I was about seven but I'd never seen it as an instrument for pop music. Regina Spektor made the piano cool… I love the fact that her accent shines through. When I started making music, it inspired me to sing the way I talk, because that's what's real."[64]
Appearances in the media
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Since 2005, Spektor's music has been used in various television programs and commercials.
- In late 2005, "Us" (from Soviet Kitsch) was used in a commercial as part of the What Do You Want To Watch? series for the United Kingdom's MtvU, and by Dutch telecom company KPNin a commercial.
- "Somedays" was used in a 2005 episode of CSI: NY and "Samson" was used in a 2006 episode of the same series.
- "On the Radio" was used in an episode of ABC's Grey's Anatomy and more recently, Netflix's Sex Education.
- "Field Below" was used in a 2006 episode (titled "The Last Word") of CBS's Criminal Minds.
- "Music Box" has been used in a commercial for JC Penney.
- "That Time" can be heard playing in the background of the 2008 indie drama In Bruges.
- "Fidelity" has been used in an episode of Grey's Anatomy (titled "Six Days, Part 2"), on end credits of Love & Other Drugs (2010). "Fidelity" was also used in a 2007 Yahoo!Xtratelevision commercial in New Zealand.
- In 2007, the mobile phone company Vodafone used her lyric, "Come into my world", from the track "Hotel Song" in an extensive TV advertising campaign in the UK and Ireland. It also was used in ITV's Secret Diary of a Call Girl.
- "Better" was used in a commercial for XM Satellite Radio, an episode of How I Met Your Mother, the series finale of The Good Wife, and the 2009 film My Sister's Keeper.
- Spektor sang the title song "Mile Deep and a Foot Wide" (2006) and her "Ghost of Corporate Future" was used both at the beginning and end of the episode.[66]
- "TVN. "Eet" debuted on the show 90210in April 2010.
- On his 2010 release Scratch My Back, Peter Gabriel recorded a version of the song "Après Moi" from Begin to Hope.
- The song "Human of the Year" featured prominently in the trailer and first episode of the 2011 HBO series Enlightened, and "Hotel Song" was featured in the opening of the 2011 movie Friends with Kids.
- The title of the song "eighth season of Weeds.
- The website Consequence of Soundtakes its name from the Spektor song "Consequence of Sounds".
- "All the Rowboats" was featured on The CW's Ringer in March 2012.
- The song "Your Honor" was used in the Season 2 premiere of HBO's series Girls on January 13, 2013.
- "Laughing With" was featured on BBC drama The Crash in March 2013 as well as in HBO's The Leftovers in November 2015.
- Regina wrote and recorded "Orange is the New Black which premiered in 2013. Spektor was approached by the show's creator, Jenji Kohan, to create the opening number.[67]
- Spektor's cover of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", performed on a shamisen, was featured on the soundtrack of the 2016 animated film Kubo and the Two Strings.
- Spektor's cover of "And Your Bird Can Sing" was the feature of episode 21 of Beat Bugs.
- A cover of "Us" is performed in the 2017 film Something Like Summer.
- Spektor wrote and recorded "Birdsong" featuring guitarist Atticus McKittrick for Amazon's The Romanoffs.
- Spektor wrote and recorded "Walking Away" for Amazon's Modern Love.
- Spektor wrote and recorded "One Little Soldier" for the 2019 film Bombshell.
- Spektor wrote and recorded "The Call" for the 2008 film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.
- Spektor performed her song "Prisoners" featuring dancer Caleb Teicher for the 957th episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Personal life
Spektor is fluent in Russian and reads Hebrew.[68] She has described herself as "very Russian Jewish".[69] She has paid tribute to her Russian heritage, quoting the poem "February" by the Russian poet Boris Pasternak in her song "Après Moi", and stated that she is "very connected to the language and the culture."[68] Spektor and her family did not return home to Moscow until July 2012, when she toured through Russia in support of her sixth album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.[39] In a 2016 interview on NPR, Spektor discussed how her experiences and struggles as an immigrant youth in New York contributed to the album Remember Us to Life, which title is a phrase from the Yom Kippur liturgy (זכרינו לחיים) that she encountered while pregnant.[70][71] She has also frequently paid tribute to her Jewish identity and talked about the antisemitism she experienced.[72][73][74]
Spektor was
Political views
Spektor considers herself politically liberal and admires former President of the United States
Spektor is a supporter of Israel and performed at a ceremony at the
Philanthropy
In 2007, Spektor covered John Lennon's "
Discography
- 11:11 (2001)
- Songs (2002)
- Soviet Kitsch (2004)
- Begin to Hope (2006)
- Far (2009)
- What We Saw from the Cheap Seats (2012)
- Remember Us to Life (2016)
- Home, Before and After (2022)
Awards and nominations
MVPA Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2006 | "Us" | Best Director of New Artist | Nominated |
Best Directional Debut | Nominated | ||
Best Animated Video | Nominated | ||
2007 | " Fidelity "
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Best Director of a Female Artist | Nominated |
Best Adult Contemporary Video | Nominated | ||
2008 | " Better "
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Best Alternative Video | Nominated |
Other awards
Year | Association | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2005 | Antville Music Video Awards | Best Video | "Us" | Nominated |
2006 | Shortlist Music Prize | Shortlist Music Prize | Begin to Hope | Nominated |
2007 | Planeta Awards | Best Female Vocal Interpretation | " Fidelity "
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Nominated |
Best Pop/Hip-Hop Artist/Band of the Year | Herself | Nominated | ||
2008 | Pollstar Concert Industry Awards | Best New Touring Artist | Nominated | |
2009 | Studio8 Media International Music Awards | Studio8's Female Voice of August 2009[88] | Won | |
2011 | New York Music Awards | Best Female Rock Vocalist | Won | |
Best Live Recording | Live in London | Won | ||
2012 | MTV Video Music Awards | Best Art Direction | "All the Rowboats" | Nominated |
2014 | Grammy Award
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Best Song Written for Visual Media | "You've Got Time" | Nominated |
2015 | Broadcast Music, Inc. | BMI Streaming Media Awards | Won | |
2020 | Guild of Music Supervisors Awards[89] | Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film | "One Little Soldier" (from Bombshell) | Won |
- 2019 Bronx Walk of Fame
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External links
- Official website
- Regina Spektor at IMDb
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- "Regina Spektor", by Katie Cook (Strangers Almanac column, Volume 27), Glide Magazine, 1 July 2009
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