Between the singer’s MySpace page (which to date has over eight million visits and fifteen million plays,) her personal web site and her passion for web-based fantasy games like World of Warcraft, the artist’s online identity is as evolved as your nerdiest teenage boy’s and this is something she’s very proud of. Though her star was clearly on the rise, it was Lights’ online profile that really solidified her fan base. She wrote “February Air,” a poignant ode to the chill of winter love, which became the first of four Lights songs used by Old Navy in the company’s 2008 spring ad campaign. In this state of near-isolation Lights finally found her signature sound- a merging of classic pop songwriting with deeply intimate yet universally appealing lyrics. By eighteen Lights had moved out of her parents’ house and was living in Toronto with only her pet tarantula Lance to keep her company. Then, at thirteen she turned her attention to production.Īs a teenager Lights spent much of her time writing songs up in her attic bedroom, which she dubbed Starry Night studios after her favorite Van Gogh painting. By eleven she’d learned a handful of chords, which she used to write her first song. In 1997 the family moved back to Canada and almost immediately, nine year-old Lights got her hands on a guitar. Lights’ mother home schooled the kids but, one day a week the singer’s father would take over. Born in Timmins, Ontario, Lights lived in the Philippines and Jamaica during her elementary school years.
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