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Coco O.
Danish musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshøj,[2] known professionally as Coco O., is a Danish musician best known as the singer in electronic soul duo Quadron. She released her debut album It's a Process in 2021.[3]
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Early life
Cecilie Maja Hastrup Karshøj was born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark.[1] Her father is biracial of Tanzanian descent.[4]
Karshøj began singing in kindergarten and aspired to sing professionally from childhood.[5][1] She first realized that her voice was received positively by others during a secondary school performance of a Bill Withers song.[4] She names Michael Jackson and Lauryn Hill as early inspirations. Karshøj's grandfather was a jazz musician.[1]
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Quadron
Performing under the name Coco O., she formed the duo Quadron with Robin Hannibal of Rhye in 2009.[6] The word Quadron comes from archaic Danish "kvadron", a term used to signify persons of "quarter" race, and refers to the fact that both musicians have a biracial parent.[7][6] Coco O. was the duo's singer and moved to Los Angeles after the release of their debut album.[8] Her voice was referred to by Pitchfork as "sweetly soulful."[9]
Solo work
Jay-Z selected Coco O. to contribute the song "Where the Wind Blows" to the soundtrack for Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby.[6] She has also worked with Pharrell Williams and provided featured vocals for Tyler, the Creator, Vulfpeck and Joey Dosik.[3][10][11]
In 2015 she released her first solo single, "Hardest Thing."[9] Coco O. moved back to Denmark in 2018 and released her debut solo project Dolceacqua on 25 May 2018.[12] The two-song EP has a bossa nova sound.[13] The album was written for an ex-boyfriend and named after the small Italian village where they fell in love.[1] ColorsxStudios described it as "featuring mellow, acoustic guitar accompanied by rich, cinematic strings" and noted the sound is a departure from her previous work with Quadron.[14]
On 30 April 2021 she released her first solo album It's a Process.[15] Zo of Okayplayer heralded the album as "a stunningly intimate showcase of the singer’s voice across a range of compositions pulling from all eras of r&b and soul."[16]
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Other ventures
Coco O. appeared as a contestant on dancing competition TV series Vild med dans in 2019. She and her partner Morten Kjeldgaard finished in second place.[17]
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with Quadron
Other appearances
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