Biography
Who is Weyes Blood?
Early life and real name
Natalie Laura Mering was born on June 11, 1988, in Santa Monica, California. She grew up in a religious Pentecostal Christian household. Her family moved frequently during her childhood, including a period spent in Scotts Valley, California.
In 1999, her family moved to Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where she attended high school. Music played a significant role in her upbringing because her parents and two older brothers are musicians. Her father, Sumner Mering, was a guitarist for the Los Angeles new wave band Sumner during the late 1970s.
How Weyes Blood became famous
She began writing songs at age 15 using the name Wise Blood. After high school, she moved to Portland, Oregon, to study music at Lewis & Clark College. Although she attended the college, she left after her first year of studies.
During her time in Portland, she worked in the underground noise music scene. She served as a bassist for the experimental rock group Jackie-O Motherfucker and sang for the band Satanized. These early experiences helped shape her musical path before she released her first studio projects.
Musical career and discography
Performing as Weyes Bluhd, she released the studio record Strange Chalices of Seeing in 2007. She later adopted the name Weyes Blood for her 2011 release The Outside Room on Not Not Fun Records. Following this, she joined the independent label Mexican Summer for the release of The Innocents in 2014 and Front Row Seat to Earth in 2016.
Her popularity grew significantly with the 2019 Sub Pop release Titanic Rising. She followed this with her fifth studio album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, in 2022. This project is considered the second part of a trilogy of albums that began with her 2019 work.
Live performances and tours
Weyes Blood has performed at several major music festivals, including Coachella, Glastonbury, and Fuji Rock. In 2023, she traveled across North America and Europe for her In Holy Flux Tour to support her latest album. She also made her television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers in 2019.
Her touring history includes opening for Kacey Musgraves in the fall of 2019. She has also performed with Lana Del Rey at the Hollywood Bowl. These live appearances have helped establish her presence in the psychedelic folk genre.
Birthday and age
Weyes Blood was born on June 11, 1988, which makes Weyes 38 years old today. That birthday falls under the Gemini sign. Weyes shares the date with 51 other famous people.
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