Liz

Early life and career Liz was born in Los Angeles and grew up working in the arts. For 13 years of her childhood, she was a ballerina and danced with The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago for a period of time. In addition to dancing and music, she also has a background in acting and has had several cameos in TV shows, co-starred in feature-length films, and has appeared in commercials throughout her artistic career.

She has stated that she has wanted to be a musician since she was little and began to sing around seven years old. She started working with writers and producers when she was 13 years old after she auditioned for the girl group No Secrets which she did not make.

Throughout her teens and early twenties, Liz performed acoustically at small venues in Los Angeles with her keyboard and would sell CDs at her shows. Before signing with Mad Decent, Liz was writing for and working with many different DJs and studios in the EDM community. It was through this community that she was introduced to Diplo who later signed her to his label in 2013. She also released the music videos for "Hush" and "U Over Them" during this year. The website Kick Kick Snare named Liz as their favorite solo artist of 2013 and stated that her melodies "bend, twist, and weave around the nostalgic backing tracks in just the right way" and that she was "90's influenced, but forward thinking". In addition to this, Charli XCX asked her to open for her True Romance U.S. Tour alongside KITTEN. It was during this tour that Liz sold her Tour CD.

In 2014, Liz released her seven track EP Just Like You which she made available to download for free through her SoundCloud. The music video for this song was released the same year as well as her music video for "All Them Boys."

Liz had met and collaborated with producer Sophie for the song "When I Rule the World" in 2014 but it was not released until 2015. It first appeared in a Samsung commercial and then later appeared in an episode of MTV's Scream. The song made both The Guardian's and The Idolator's list for "one of the best songs of 2015."

During October 2016, Liz released her mixtape, Cross Your Heart, which she made available to stream through her SoundCloud. It was a 33-minute, one-track file consisting of 16 different songs made with producers such as Henrik the Artist, Lido, Mess Kid, King Henry, and Valentino Khan. During the shoot, Liz had to continuously put glycerine on her face to achieve the "plastic" look seen in the photos. The mixtape received a lot of positive press which included Noisey calling it "one of 2016's most forward-thinking pop releases."

Liz has stated that being influential and being a "tastemaker" is important to her and her musical career. She places high value on being able to progress with music and pop culture and does not follow music trends without fully understanding the source of that music's origin.

On October 20th, 2022 the mobile RPG Arknights revealed their new theme song "We Will Rise” with vocals by Liz.

On September 17th, 2024 Liz played “When I Rule the World” and “Sunscreen” live in Los Angeles for a Sophie tribute night.

In 2025 Liz released singles “Sunscreen" (produced by Sophie) and “Likey" (co-written with Jimmy Harry) followed in 2026 by "L in Lover” and "Juicy Sweet,” all of which are included on her album “Prototype” released June 3rd, 2026.

Style and influences

Musical Liz has stated that she felt she made more original sounding music when she went back and studied the artists that influenced her growing up, such as Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Max Martin, NSYNC, Aaliyah, Ashanti, Mýa and Craig David. She says those sounds had a big impact on her and helped her figure out who she was as an artist and as a person. Additionally, Liz says that Spears taught her "how to be a pop star".

Japanese culture has been stated to have an effect on her music as well. She likes to explore the idea of innocence in her work, which she feels is present in a lot of Japanese music. and takes influence from her childhood and the 1990s/early 2000s aesthetic.

She states comfort as a priority in her fashion choices and wears a lot of oversized clothing. She also often mixes tomboy pieces with girly pieces. Label: Moving Castle Formats: CD, Digital download, streaming

Released: June 12, 2026 Label: Noteworthy Productions LLC Formats: CD, Digital download, streaming

Mixtapes Title Details Cross Your Heart Release: October 17, 2016 Label: Nicopanda Format: Streaming

Demo albums Title Details Liz: Tour CDReleased: 2013 Label: Mad Decent Format: CD

EPs Title Details XTC Release: March 5, 2013 Label: Jeffree's Format: CD, streaming Hush Release: June 18, 2013 Label: Mad Decent, Jeffree's Format: Digital download, streaming Just Like You Release: February 27, 2014 Label: Mad Decent Format: Streaming Just Like You (Time Capsule Edition) Release: June 10, 2024 Label: Mad Decent Format: Vinyl, CD, digital download, streaming

Singles As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances + Year Title Artist(s) 2012 "Poison" Audrey Napoleon "Human" Nicky Romero · Zedd "Hourglass" Zedd "Learn to Fly" [as Betty Trouble] XV "Opium" [as Betty Trouble] Rusko 2014 "CAND¥¥¥LAND" tofubeats "My Rulez" Kitten "Live Forever" Travis Barker "Employee of the Month" 2 Chainz "Would U Believe It" Usher 2015 "Brand New" Myrne "Set Me Free" Diplo "Wild Target" Henrik the Artist 2016 "Luxury" Lil' Fang & Yup'in 2017 "Do It Again" FEMM 2018 "No Apologies" Rytmeklubben "Real Life (Remix)" Sizzy Rocket "Reconcile" Gent & Jawns "Missing" Synchronice 2019 "Go Time" AObeats 2020 "Sweat"SONIKKU "WKND" "Spells On U" That Kid 2021 "Supermodel (You Better Work)" Bonsai Mammal 2024 "Live In My Truth" SOPHIE & BC KINGDOM 2024 "Why Lies" SOPHIE & BC KINGDOM

Music videos + Year Title Director 2013 "Hush" Mike Bishop "U Over Them" Niko Javan 2014 "All Them Boys" Mike Harris "That's My Man" (lyric video) "My Rulez" (with Kitten) Kaitlin Christy 2015 "When I Rule the World" Justin Francis 2017 "Do It Again" (with FEMM) 2018 "No Apologies" (with Rytmeklubben) Chris Helberg "Reconcile" (with Gent & Jawns) "Super Duper Nova" James Orlando "Pandemonium" James Orlando 2019 "Last Call" (Afterparty Mix) James Orlando "Diamond in the Dark" (feat. Slayyyter) Axel Bizzari

Awards and nominations