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Rose Villain is a singer and songwriter from Milan, Italy, now based in New York City.
A film and horror enthusiast – she’s inspired by directors including Quentin Tarantino, the Cohen Brothers, Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch - and a fashion devotee, her eclectic interests include poetry, aliens, criminology and natural catastrophes, all of which find their way into her singular lyric sensibility. Having grown up on a love of rock – Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Guns’N’Roses and Metallica to name a few – Rose was soon drawn to hip hop, citing Kanye West as a major influence. Her music fuses pop, trap and 80’s vibes.
Her debut single ‘Get The Fuck Out Of My Pool’ – produced by SIXPM – was released in
the summer of 2016. With hints of early Rihanna, it fused together modern dance music and African tribal percussions – live drums were recorded with Berbers in Morocco – complete with Villain’s provocative, no-holds-barred attitude. ‘Get The Fuck Out Of My Pool’ was swiftly followed by second single ‘Geisha,’ a mix of glitchy, beat-heavy electronica coupled with the rock guitar that Rose loves and her effortlessly provocative vocal delivery. Both singles were originally released independently, but later picked up and re-released by Universal Germany. Meanwhile, Rose was also co-writing and featuring on the hit single, “Don Medellin” for Italian hip-hop superstar Salmo.
In 2017, Rose released “Kitty Kitty”, for which Vogue Italia premiered the noir-influenced
video, as well as a live video of “Geisha” (premiered by UK tastemaker mag Clash) and a remix of the same song by hot European production squad Swanky Tunes. At the same time, Vogue Italia’s support has extended to featuring Rose in a recent Milan campaign with Converse.
Her new single “Funeral Party”, scheduled for release in the second half of 2018 , is an infectious mix of island influences and urban beats powered by Rose’s defiantly celebratory vocals. The video – written and directed by Rose (as always) and shot in Kingston, Jamaica- features Rose as an unusually seductive, not so Grim Reaper.