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IRISH, GERMAN-JEWISH roots

she is of german and irish descent — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.113.99.138 (talk) 01:42, 11 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

MORE PLEASE! Jcalery (talk) 20:19, 8 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

yes.. her mother is jewish — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:191:5FA0:CCE:2109:728F:3883 (talk) 17:55, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Possible sources for expansion

JEWISH GERMAN father and irish mother

please put it in — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:191:5FA0:251E:A6:2E91:898B (talk) 16:16, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

First, that would need a reliable source per WP:BLPRS. Second, why exactly does that need to be mentioned? Should we also put that her mother is Irish Catholic or Protestant? clpo13_(talk) 18:03, 29 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Please add producer

Alice Merton is British based English/German singer-songwriter and producer.

Here are some sources confirming that Alice co-produces all her music. https://tidal.com/browse/credits/6352481

https://www.discogs.com/release/23966099-Alice-Merton-SIDES?srsltid=AfmBOopp0FUEtiYh83ZAbjfJ7zKofM0NmX2eJYkR-QHxoqEc8RbcYyUG

https://genius.com/Alice-merton-no-roots-lyrics

https://headlinerhub.com/alice-merton-no-roots-tiktok-generation-ep-heron.html Anna PPR (talk) 12:06, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Addiotinoal Information: Reason why Alice Merton and Paul Grauwinkel founded own record label suggestion

Text suggestion: After moving to Berlin, Merton and her manager had several meetings with major labels. When this proved unsuccessful, they began discussing other options and set up their own label, releasing No Roots on their own terms.

Sources confirming this:

She explains the reasoning for creating her own label, Paper Plane Records International: “It happened early, just because we didn't get any other deals,” she admits candidly, bursting into laughter.

https://headlinerhub.com/alice-merton-no-roots-tiktok-generation-ep-heron.html#:~:text=She%20explains%20the%20reasoning%20for,but%20they%20kept%20cancelling%20meetings. After being rejected from several record labels, she decided to start up her own, Paper Plane Records Int., where released her first single, No Roots, whose music video surpassed one million views in barely ten months. https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/alice-merton-as-fresh-as-ever

https://axs.tv/artists/alice-merton/ Anna PPR (talk) 12:08, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alice Merton joined Vance Joy on his The Nation of Two World Tour 2018 in the US

https://www.facebook.com/Vancejoy/posts/pleasure-to-have-alice-merton-and-her-rad-band-and-crew-on-the-road-the-last-mon/2094272063916265/

https://newenglandmusicnews.com/portfolio-view/vance-joy-and-alice-merton-at-the-blue-hills-bank-pavilion-boston-ma/

https://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Nation_of_Two_World_Tour Anna PPR (talk) 12:09, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alice Merton has performed on TV shows like NBC’s Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, The Late Late Show with James Corden, or ABC’s Late Night Show Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Alice Merton was guest at NBC’s The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon on 9 February, 2018

https://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/guests/alice-merton/a30f9099a3c76aaee82a4f5d5719fc4911831d42

https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt7945616/

Alice Merton performed No Roots at the Late Late Show with James Cordon May 9^th, 2018

https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/alice-merton-performs-no-roots-james-corden-video-8455377/

https://headlineplanet.com/home/2018/05/10/alice-merton-performs-late-late-show-james-corden-first-look/

Alice Merton was musical guest at Jimmy Kimmel 10.April 2019 perfoming Funny Business

https://www.facebook.com/JimmyKimmelLive/posts/funnybusiness-from-alice-merton/10157101356243374/?locale=sw_KE

https://www.hawtcelebs.com/alice-merton-performs-at-jimmy-kimmel-live-04-10-2019/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10127248/characters/nm9152800

Alice Merton returned at musical guest at Jimmy Kimmel 2021 performing Vertigo

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=337442504803958 Anna PPR (talk) 12:10, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AWOLNATION feat. Alice Merton "THE BEST" - please include in text

On March 27th, 2020, Alice Merton was featured on the AWALNATION song The Best.

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/track/5iReOl0OJPQjSIIndoYDMd https://tonedeaf.thebrag.com/awolnation-alice-merton/ Anna PPR (talk) 12:12, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Alice Merton performed at Coachella 2019.

https://pitchfork.com/news/coachella-2019-weekend-2-lineup-and-schedule-all-the-set-times-you-need-to-know/

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/04/228995/coachella-lineup-women-performers-2019

https://eu.desertsun.com/picture-gallery/life/entertainment/music/coachella/2019/04/15/photos-alice-merton-performs-coachella-2019/3469763002/ Anna PPR (talk) 12:13, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please add info on 2023

2023

In 2023, Alice Merton released two stand alone singles: Waste My Life and Charlie Brown. Waste My Life was first introduced on the S.I.D.E.S. tour in 2022. On January 19^, 2023 the song was released alongside a live video as thank you to all her fans.

After touring with Bastille in North America found herself back in the studio, writing with Chris Wood aka “Woody” the Drummer from Bastille and Songwriter/Producer Matt Wills. Merton recalls “It was honestly one of the best times of my life, getting to tour with such a lovely group of people, and then creating music together” William Farquarson (Bass player in Bastille) joined the session a few weeks later and out came “Charlie Brown”.

Waste My Life references: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-kzn5xgDaXXRi_pvcZ02rQ/community?lb=UgkxUbVj_HXdksty736bfRrvqhF9f7RUKvXm https://www.eventim.de/magazin/rock-pop/waste-my-life-alice-merton-veroeffentlicht-liebeserklaerung-an-ihre-fans?srsltid=AfmBOop5b4JMDqCEckjVtCSbOA_6udVzwVx-zl0Ds7YGLiWnsw0XMubg

References Charlie Brown:

https://www.totalntertainment.com/music/alice-merton-shares-charlie-brown/ https://rockshotmagazine.com/alice-merton-is-back-in-the-drivers-seat-with-charlie-brown/ Anna PPR (talk) 12:15, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please add info 2024

After two studio albums, Alice's next chapter began in 2024 with the release of 'Heron'. In this EP her thoughts turn inwards, and instead of finding a home in the outside world, she went on an internal journey of feeling lost on the inside and asking the question of all questions: who am I supposed to be, and how well do you know yourself at all?

It questions one’s own happiness, in a world where we are constantly influenced by other people’s opinions on what happiness is for them, especially through social media. It’s become almost impossible to filter out the noise and truly ask ourselves “What is it that we really want out of this life, and how well do we actually know ourselves at all? Can we independently find happiness without being bombarded by everyone else’s definition of what they think happiness is?“ ‍Alice’s collaborators on the Heron EP include her long-term producer and co-writer Paul Whalley, Jonny Coffer,James Dring, Nick Hahn and Tobias Kuhn. The first single “run away girl” was released on January 1, 2024. The song spent 22 weeks in the Alt Nation Top 18, peaking at #3. In the Alt Nation 36 of 2024, "run away girl" reached #14.

https://www.alicemerton.com/about#alice-merton

https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/album/75FDoESZuozw9thPEuevA0

https://www.alicemerton.com/

https://headlinerhub.com/alice-merton-no-roots-tiktok-generation-ep-heron.html

References Alt Nation Charts 36 of 2024 (incl. overall weeks and peak position)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/r0ckradi0/posts/1335036000991415/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelastdinnerpartiers/posts/902891891965524/

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2F1ifm6ra1a17e1.png%3Fwidth%3D801%26format%3Dpng%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3D3b2f06e56031534b9e33ea736fe83d0e0cb23541

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDub7JJv8xH/?hl=de&img_index=2 Anna PPR (talk) 12:17, 10 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]