Oh Land's debut album, Fauna, was released in her native Denmark on 10 November 2008 by Danish independent label Fake Diamond Records.[8] For her eponymous follow-up album, she worked with producers Dan Carey, Dave McCracken and Lester Mendez.[9] The album was released on 14 March 2011[10] and peaked at number five on the Danish Albums Chart.[11] It also served as her debut in the United States, where it was released on 15 March 2011 by Epic Records,[12] reaching number 184 on the Billboard 200 chart.[13] An EP with the same name was previously released on 19 October 2010, containing four tracks from the full-length album.[14] On 7 April 2011, she was given the Brink of Fame: Music Artist award at the 2011 NewNowNext Awards.[15]
On 20 May 2013, "Renaissance Girls" was released as the lead single from Oh Land's third studio album, Wish Bone.[25][26] The album was released in Denmark on 16 September 2013,[27] and will be released in the United States on 24 September via Dave Sitek's boutique label Federal Prism.[26][28] The second single "Pyromaniac" was released on 2 September 2013.[29] On 20 September, Oh Land kicked off her Wish Bone tour at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The show featured special guests Sun Rai and (Who Is) Anastasia,[30] who will both also appear with her at Gramercy Theatre on 24 September.[31]
On 28 June 2014, Oh Land revealed plans for her fourth record, which would be recorded in her Brooklyn apartment and crowdfunded in collaboration with PledgeMusic;[33] part of the proceeds would also be donated to Greenpeace's Save the Arctic campaign.[34] The album was ultimately titled Earth Sick, and its lead single "Head Up High" was released on 6 October 2014.[35] Oh Land debuted "Head Up High" live on 23 September 2014 on Denmark's Voice Junior, for which she serves as a coach. The music video for "Head Up High" was released on 20 October 2014, with a world premiere on the Nylon website, which described it as "a victorious electro-jam smattered with twinkling bells and grounding percussion" and while that could be used to describe other songs, they felt the new track still demonstrated Oh Land's evolution and maturation as an artist.[36]Nylon also announced that Earth Sick would be released on 11 November 2014 on Oh Land's Tusk or Tooth label. On 27 October, the title track from the album was made available to download for people who had pre-ordered the album on her pledge site, and the following day it was released as the instant download track on other retailers.
On 2017 Oh Land collaborated with her then husband, visual artist Eske Kath, in the interactive art exposition "SKIBET", available at Nikolaj Kunsthal from August 23, 2017, until January 7, 2018.[39] On 30 March 2018 she released the soundtrack album from the exhibition, "Watermusic". In 2018 Oh Land recorded "Der Var Et Yndigt Land", a modified version of Denmark's national anthem, to serve as the theme of the Netflix series The Rain.[40]
On 27 May 2018 Oh Land performed at 50º Danish Crown Prince's birthday celebration on live TV. She played with the DR symphony orchestra, livgarden, the DR junior choir and 25 dancers as well as musicians Adi Zukanovic and Hans Hvidberg at the Danish Royal Arena in Copenhagen.[41] In July 2018 she became an ambassador from WWF's Wild Schoolprojekt and travelled to Kenya to an action from the project.[42]
On 11 February 2019 she released the single "Human Error" and announced her new album Family Tree to be released 3 May 2019.[43] That year, she also made her debut as a judge on the twelfth season of Danish TV show X Factor.
Between 15 May - 4 Jun 2022 Oh Land played Anna I in the opera "Manualen & De syv dødssynder", performed in Danish and German.[46][47]
On October 11, 2022, Oh Land announced (via Instagram) she was working on an all-Danish EP to be released later that year and an international album coming out in spring of 2023. "Bad Timing" was announced as a Danish single on October 19, subsequently releasing the entire EP, Xtra, on November 11, including three more tracks.
In June 2023, Oh Land announced a new album Loop Soup would be released in September 2023.[48]
Between November 9 and 21, the ballet adaptation of Julefeber was performed at the Aarhus Theater, with music composed by Oh Land.[49]
She married artist and designer Eske Kath in 2013 at a zoo in Denmark.[52] On 14 February 2016 she gave birth to her first son Svend in New York.[53] The family moved to Søborg, a northern suburb of Copenhagen, after Svend was born.[51][54] The pair subsequently split, with their separation being finalized on 23 October 2018. She has a small dog named Ujan that travels with her sometimes.[55][56] On 21 August 2020 Oh Land gave birth to her second son by her boyfriend, Adi Zukanović, known to the public as Moust; the child's real name remains a family secret.[57]
Musical style
In 2011, The Line of Best Fit described Oh Land's music as pop that is both catchy and experimental. The magazine said her vocals have a wide range and go from gentle to soaring.[58] In 2020, Higher Plain Music felt her album Family Tree represented a new direction; more album while retaining quirky element. They said there was a gospel influence, vocal and use of orchestral synths.[59]
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^Gonzalez, Michael Jose (14 September 2013). "Oh Land: Wishbone". Gaffa (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
^Vandborg, Lone (12 August 2018). "Oh Land hjælper i Afrika". Billed-Bladet. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.