Genevieve Artadi

Genevieve Veronica Artadi (born July 1, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and video producer who is the lead vocalist of the independent electronic jazz-funk duo Knower. She was previously the lead vocalist of the electropop band Pollyn.

Artadi has released five albums with Knower beginning in 2010. As a solo artist, she has released five albums and collaborated with artists such as Snarky Puppy and Thundercat.

Early life

Artadi was born on July 1, 1982, in Los Angeles. Her parents, who had immigrated to the United States from the Philippines, were both musicians who toured in rock bands when Artadi was a child.

As a student, Artadi took classical piano lessons and Polynesian dance classes. She attended California State University, Northridge, where she received a degree in jazz studies, before continuing her studies at California State University, Long Beach.

Career

Artadi first performed as lead singer, bassist, and keyboardist of the indie electro-pop trio Pollyn, which formed in Los Angeles in 1998 and released their first EP in 2003. Her primary influences for the band included Portishead and Massive Attack. Artadi later featured on the song "When You're Ugly" on Cole's 2018 album Time.

In 2021, Artadi appeared on the fifth season soundtrack for the HBO series Insecure, featuring on the track "Satellite" with Cole and Thundercat.

In March 2023, Artadi released her third solo album Forever Forever, her second Brainfeeder release. The album was recorded at El Desierto Studio in Mexico and features Cole, guitarist Pedro Martins, keyboardist and vocalist Chiquita Magic, and pianist Chris Fishman. Artadi said the theme of the album is love, partially inspired by her on-and-off relationship with Martins at the time. Half of the album's tracks were originally written for big band, following Artadi's collaborations with the Norrbotten Big Band from Sweden. AllMusic's Paul Simpson awarded Forever Forever an Album Pick, praising it as "a kaleidoscopic, highly disciplined sound filled with knotty arrangements and detailed solos that always seem to fit naturally and logically within the songs."

Immediately after, Artadi began work on her fourth solo album, which she says "is going to be anime rock inspired."

Discography

Studio albums Solo Title Album details Genevieve Lalala Released: March 6, 2015 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming Dizzy Strange Summer Released: July 17, 2020 Label: Brainfeeder Format: CD, digital download, streaming Forever Forever Released: March 17, 2023 Label: Brainfeeder Format: CD, digital download, streaming Collaborative Title Album details Another Leaf (with ) Released: April 7, 2025 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming Everything Is Under Control (with Real Bad Man) Released: October 3, 2025 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streamingWith Knower

Louis Cole and Genevieve Artadi (2010) Think Thoughts (2011) Let Go (2013) Life (2016) Knower Forever (2023) With Pollyn

Songs for Sale (2003) This Little Night (2009) Living in Patterns (2011) Distress Signals (2016)