Chelsea Jade

Chelsea Jade Metcalf (born 11 May 1989) is a South African-born New Zealand singer-songwriter and record producer based in Los Angeles. Vice has described her as New Zealand's "Accidental Dream Pop Hero". In 2017, she was nominated for New Zealand’s Silver Scroll Award for song of the year for her song "Life of the Party." As a songwriter, Jade has written with numerous artists including The Chainsmokers, Cxloe, Jai Wolf, and Attlas.

Career Chelsea Jade was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Her family relocated to Auckland, New Zealand when she was five years old. In high school, she formed the folk trio Teacups with schoolmates Elizabeth Stokes (The Beths) and Talita Setyady. The band opened shows for Cat Power, Kimya Dawson, and José González.

Jade’s first solo project, Watercolours, won her the New Zealand Music Award’s Critic Choice prize in 2012. In 2014, she released her second EP, Beacons, her first release as Chelsea Jade. That year she participated in the Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo, Japan.

In 2015 she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue her own artist career as well as writing songs for others.

Jade was a recipient of a 2017 APRA professional development award, presented every two years to three New Zealand songwriters and composers who demonstrate outstanding potential in their field.

Her first full-length album Personal Best was released on 20 July 2018. It includes collaborations with New Zealand producers Leroy Clampitt (Big Taste), Sam McCarthy (BoyBoy), Justin Pilbrow, and American producer Brad Hale (of Now, Now).

She has opened for Lorde, who is a friend of hers. In August 2021, Jade appeared in Lorde's "Mood Ring" music video.

On 15 April 2020, she released the single "Superfan" and its accompanying music video.

In April 2022, her sophomore album “Soft Spot” was released via Carpark Records. Rose Matafeo featured in the video for “Best Behaviour”, the second single from Soft Spot.

Jade won the Tui award for “Best Album Artwork” in November 2022.

Discography Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions NZArtist Personal Best Released: 20 July 2018 Label: Self-released, Create Music Group Formats: Digital download, LP 10 Soft Spot Released: 29 April 2022 Label: Carpark Records Formats: Digital download, LP 20

Extended plays Title Details Over and Under Released: 20 December 2012 Label: Self-released Formats: digital download, Portals Released: 14 January 2014 Label: Self-released, Rallye Formats: CD, digital download Beacons Released: 24 October 2014 Label: Self-released Formats: digital download

Singles

As featured artist

Title Year Album "Diving Board" 2015 "Holy Water" 2018 Desperate Late Night Energy "Boomtown" Haja

Guest appearances

+ List of non-single guest appearances with other performing artists Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Secrets" 2012 Boycrush Everybody All the Time "Birds" 2013 The Veils Time Stays, We Go "Another Night on Earth" "Lush Life" 2015 Boycrush Girls on Top "Parallel Lines" Attlas Sin EP "Reece's Pieces" 2018 Boycrush Desperate Late Night Energy "Shark Attack" 2021 True Colours, New Colours: The Songs of Split Enz

Songwriting credits + List of songs written or co-written for other artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Artist(s) Album "Anti Radiation Fez" 2012 James Duncan Vanishing "Daylight" Boyboy Boyboy "Afraid" 2017 "Ruin" So Below II "Me" Boyboy Boyboy "Tough Love" Cxloe "U" Boyboy Boyboy "Touch" LaDonnis "Youth" Luna Shadows Youth EP "Cellophane" Soren Bryce "Close" So Below II "Visions" 2018 "Alrite Tho" Boyboy Boyboy "Boy" "None of Your Love" "You Owe Me" The Chainsmokers Sick Boy "Aisle Seat On a Rough Flight" Soren BryceDiscussions with Myself "Houses with Ugly Wallpaper"