Biography
Julia Jacklin is an Australian singer-songwriter born on 30 August 1990 in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales.[1] She grew up in a family of school teachers and began classical singing lessons at ten.[1]
She studied social policy at the University of Sydney and worked in an essential oils factory before music took over.[1] After forming the band Salta in 2012 and releasing the solo EP Santafel in 2014, her singles "Pool Party" and "Coming of Age" earned BBC Radio 6 Music airplay, and she stood out at SXSW in 2016.[1]
Her debut album, Don't Let the Kids Win (2016), was produced by Ben Edwards in Lyttelton, New Zealand.[1] Crushing (2019), produced by Burke Reid, reached number 8 in Australia and scored 85 on Metacritic.[1] Pre Pleasure followed in 2022, recorded in Montreal, and won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album.[1] She also plays in the band Phantastic Ferniture.[1]
References
- Julia Jacklin (Wikipedia) — Biography, discography and awards