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Victoria Hesketh (born 1984), known professionally as Little Boots, is an English electropop musician. She sings, plays synthesizers, Japanese electronic instrument the Tenori-on, piano and the stylophone.

Biography

Hesketh was born in Thornton-Cleveleys on the Fylde coast in Lancashire and now lives in London. Her father is a businessman and her mother is an author of children's books. She has three younger brothers. She attended Elmslie Girls' School, Rossall School, Blackpool Sixth Form College and then the University of Leeds, where she gained a first-class honours degree in Cultural Studies, with a dissertation on "The concept of originality in the music of Jamie Cullum".

At the age of 16, Hesketh took part in the ITV television talent show Pop Idol, being eliminated after three rounds. She went on to form a Jazz trio, toured Europe with a big band, and later formed the dance-pop band Dead Disco. Her solo stage name comes from a nickname given to her by a friend after watching the film Caligula (the Latin name Caligula translates as "little boot"). She appeared on Later... with Jools Holland in November 2008. She has collaborated with electropop band Hot Chip.

In January 2009 she came top of the BBC's Sound of 2009 and second in the BRITs Critics' Choice Award behind Florence and the Machine. In an interview in January 2009, Hesketh explained that she originally wrote Stuck on Repeat with the intention that Kylie Minogue would sing it.

On 4 March, 2009 Little Boots was the subject the entire United States late night talk show program Last Call with Carson Daly. Hesketh was interviewed by Daly and several clips from a Los Angeles nightclub performance were shown.

In March 2009 Little Boots played the SXSW event Austin, Texas. She is scheduled to play nearly all the United Kingdom festivals during the Summer of 2009.

Hesketh is a self professed pop musician saying "I wanted to make a pop record. I don’t care about being cool or edgy. I wanna reach people and I wanna make music that people have fun to and have a good time".

Hands

Little Boots is scheduled to release its debut album Hands on 6 June. The album is being produced by Greg Kurstin who is also producing her EP with Joe Goddard of Hot Chip. It will a feature a song Symmetry in which she will duet with Human League frontman Philip Oakey.

Discography

Albums

• Hands (6 June 2009)

EPs

• Arecibo (2008)
• Little Boots (2009)

Singles

• "Stuck on Repeat" (2008)
• "Meddle" (2008)
• "New in Town" (25 May 2009) (first CD release)

References

1. ^ Smith, Aidan (15 February 2009). "Little boots in a big bad world". Scotland on Sunday. Retrieved 2009-02-26. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
2. ^ "Little Boots - The Profile". MTV. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
3. "BBC - Music Profiles - Little Boots". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
4. "BBC Sound of 2009: Little Boots". bbc.co.uk. 5 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
5. Wolfson, Sam (12 October 2008). "Flash forward: Little Boots". The Observer. Retrieved 2008-12-09. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
6. ^ "Later With Jools Holland - Little Boots". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
7. Ettridge, Lisa (8 January 2009). "Fylde singing star tipped as next big thing". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 2009-01-08. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
8. Duke, Robin (6 November 2008). "Little Boots' Big Break". Blackpool Gazette. Retrieved 2008-12-30. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
9. Lester, Paul (24 November 2008). "Synths, glitter and a cosmic disco vibe". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-12-13. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
10. ^ Heawood, Sophie (10 January 2009). "Little Boots is the big sound for 2009". The Times. Retrieved 2009-01-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
11. Alexis, Petridis (10 January 2009). "'I've done so much embarrassing stuff it's untrue'". The Guardian. Retrieved 2009-1-10. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
12. Monger, James Christopher. "Little Boots > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
13. Clarke, Paul (17 September 2008). "Little Boots: queen of geek chic". Metro. Retrieved 2008-12-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
14. "Little Boots tops music tips list". bbc.co.uk. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
15. "Critics' Choice". The Brits. Retrieved 2009-01-08.
16. Heller, John (18 January 2009). "Little Boots Interview". The Comment Tree. Retrieved 2009-03-07.
17. "Last Call with Carson Daly - Little Boots Interview". NBC. 24 March 009. Retrieved 2009-03-07. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
18. Little Boots: 'I'm doing nearly all the UK festivals this summer!' NME 20 March, 2009
19. Rising Star: Little Boots Access Hollywood 25 March, 2009
20. ^ >Madonna Plans Another Greatest Hits: Plus Beastie Boys, Little Boots and Florence and the Machine, www.albumvote.co.uk 26 March 2009
21. ^ "Breaking: Little Boots" Rolling Stone 25 March 2009
22. "Little Boots duets with Human League's Phil Oakey". musicradar.com. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-14.
23. Hesketh, Victoria (2009-03-09). "Hi from the sky". Little Boots (Mailing list). Retrieved 2009-03-11. {{cite mailing list}}: Unknown parameter |mailinglist= ignored (|mailing-list= suggested) (help)
24. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNa-zbW22iU&feature=channel_page Little Boots New In Town video

Further Reading

• Here's what I think: Little Boots for The Times 22 March, 2009

External links

• Official website
• Template:Myspace
• littlebootsvideos
• Little Boots on Twitter

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• 1984 births
• Living people
• Alumni of the University of Leeds
• Electronica musicians
• English pop musicians
• Wonky Pop acts
• Old Rossallians
• People from Blackpool