girl in red is Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven Ringheim, whose bedroom pop became shorthand for queer indie — do you listen to girl in red? entered the language. If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021) won Norway's Spellemann Award for Pop Album of the Year; I'm Doing It Again Baby! (2024) keeps the run going. Shop girl in red vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Marie Ulven Ringheim, performing as girl in red (all-lowercase styling), was born in Horten, Norway on February 16, 1999. She launched her recording career in 2017 with the SoundCloud single I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend, which became a viral hit. She is openly queer and her work has been particularly significant in queer pop music - the phrase do you listen to girl in red? has become an online shorthand for asking whether someone is queer. Her debut album If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021) earned the Norwegian Spellemann Award for Pop Album of the Year. She runs her own label World in Red with AWAL distribution.
girl in red's sound combines indie pop, bedroom pop, alternative pop, indie rock, and singer-songwriter with intimate vocal delivery, lo-fi production aesthetics (particularly on early material), and lyrical content addressing queer relationships, mental health, and emotional vulnerability.
World in Red pressings of the girl in red catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and retailer-exclusive pressings.
Listeners new to girl in red typically start with If I Could Make It Go Quiet (2021) or I'm Doing It Again Baby! (2024).
