In 2012, King released her debut EP "The Elle King EP" on RCA; one track from that EP, "Playing for Keeps", is the theme song for VH1's Mob Wives Chicago series.
She released her debut album "Love Stuff" in 2015. It produced the US top ten single "Ex's & Oh's", which earned her two Grammy Award nominations. King has also toured with acts such as Of Monsters and Men, Train, James Bay, The Chicks, Heart, Joan Jett, Michael Kiwanuka, and Miranda Lambert. She is the daughter of actor and comedian Rob Schneider and former model London King. King uses her mother's surname to distinguish her career and identity from her father's. "People know who my dad is," she told ABC News, "but I think that my voice and my music speaks for itself: that I am my own person."
King is a four-time Grammy Award nominee, two each in the rock and country categories, and received honors from the Country Music Association Awards and the Academy of Country Music Awards.
King was born on July 3, 1989 in Los Angeles, California, to then-Saturday Night Live cast member Rob Schneider and London King, a former model. Her parents divorced and her mother remarried. She grew up living in Ohio, between Wellston and Columbus. When she was nine, her stepfather, Justin Tesa, gave her a record by all-female hard-rock band the Donnas; she views this as the pivotal moment when she decided she wanted to be a musician. Around this time, she also started listening to the Runaways and Blondie, and she made her acting debut alongside her father in the movie Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.
At the age of 13, King started playing guitar, immersing herself in the music of Otis Redding, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, AC/DC (she has the phrase "dirty deeds" tattooed on her biceps), and Earl Scruggs. Her interest in the country and bluegrass of Hank Williams and Earl Scruggs inspired her to learn the banjo. During her teenage years, she attended Buck's Rock camp in Connecticut, where she starred successfully in a number of musicals.
King spent her teenage years in New York City, but she has also lived in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Copenhagen, Denmark. Upon graduating from Elisabeth Irwin High School/Little Red School House, she moved to Philadelphia to enroll at University of the Arts, studying painting and film. During these college years, she had an artistic epiphany seeing a live show where the band onstage used a banjo purely for accompaniment purposes, eschewing the bluegrass and country musical vocabulary traditionally associated with the instrument. King then began to use the banjo as a compositional tool. After college, she briefly lived in Copenhagen and Los Angeles, before moving back to New York where she currently resides in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
In September 2014, King released "Ex's & Oh's", which serves as the lead single off her debut album. She released the album, Love Stuff on February 17, 2015. She performed "Ex's & Oh's" the next day on The Today Show to promote it. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming King's first top ten single in the United States. "Ex's & Oh's" received two nominations at the 58th Grammy Awards: Best Rock Performance and Best Rock Song. In July 2015, King supported Modest Mouse on their UK tour. "Under the Influence" and "America's Sweetheart" were later released as singles for rock radio and mainstream radio, respectively. In 2016, her single "Good Girls" featured on the Ghostbusters soundtrack and played over the movie's credits. In 2016, she teamed up with country singer Dierks Bentley for the song "Different for Girls". They performed this song at the 50th CMA Awards on November 2, 2016, when she and Bentley won the award for Musical Event of the Year.
On March 6, 2017, she premiered a new single "Wild Love" featuring a sparse electronic production, marking a slight departure from her previous style in music.
King released her second studio album "Shake the Spiri", on October 19, 2018, which she made with her band the Brethren. On August 3, 2019, she was featured singing on a version of Lindsey Stirling's "The Upside". Throughout 2019, King served as a guest co-host on the MTV series Catfish: The TV Show opposite lead host Nev Schulman.
In 2021, it was revealed she was pregnant with her first child with tattoo artist Dan Tooker. On September 1, 2021, she welcomed a baby boy. King has several tattoos, and worked at a tattoo company called East Side Ink.
Shame
Elle King Lyrics
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Don't you need it pump, pumping 'til it crumble
Trouble, trouble's what you need (what you need)
That's what you get in getting me (what you need)
From the bottom of your soul
Shame, shame, shame, shame
Every night you go to
Shame, shame, shame, shame
There a woman wants to roll, ooh
I can make you shake
Right through your bones
I'm a fire, just to spark under your halo
Rolling thunder, I'm high up, ain't got no shame, no
Trouble, hey, what you calling me? (calling me)
Uh, come get some of what you need (what you need)
From the bottom of your soul
Shame, shame, shame, shame
Mama doesn't know, ooh
Every night you go to
Shame, shame, shame, shame
There a woman wants to roll, ooh
I can make you shake
Right through your bones
You can live forever, babe
Walk with me in shadows
I can make you better, babe
Come pray with me, get safe with me
Shame, shame, shame, shame
Mama doesn't know, ooh
Every night you go to, ooh
Shame, shame, shame, shame
There a woman wants to roll, ooh
I can make you shake
Shame, shame, shame, shame
Mama doesn't know, ooh
Every night you go to
Shame, shame, shame, shame
There a woman wants to roll, ooh
I can make you shake
Right through your bones
In Elle King's song Shame, the singer portrays herself as a seductive and sedating figure. The lyrics describe how the man 'feels it creeping' and 'pumping until it crumbles.' It seems that the man is in search of trouble, and he finds it with the singer. She is the one that can make him feel alive and shake right through his bones. The repetitive chorus repeats the word shame, emphasizing the theme of seduction and the consequences of indulging in such behaviour. Mama doesn't know, and every night, the man goes to shame; the man is trapped.
The singer describes herself as a fire, just to spark under the halo, implying that she is a catalyst for sinful behaviour. Rolling thunder, 'I'm high up, ain't got no shame, no trouble,' she seems to be fearless of the consequences. The singer is an alluring and irresistible figure that can offer temporary pleasure to a soul that is searching for meaning.
The song's lyrics explore the theme of temptation, seduction, and forbidden pleasure. It is a dangerous game that the singer is playing. The chorus's repetition of the word 'shame' is a reminder of the consequences that come with indulging in sinful behaviour. Overall, the song explores the idea that indulging in such behaviour can lead to feeling trapped and ashamed.
Line by Line Meaning
Oh, you feel it creep, creeping at the tempo
You are aware of the desire slowly advancing in you
Don't you need it pump, pumping 'til it crumble
You crave for it to consume you, until you break down
Trouble, trouble's what you need (what you need)
You want to feel the chaos and commotion it brings
That's what you get in getting me (what you need)
I bring that trouble and disorder you crave
From the bottom of your soul
This desire comes from the deepest depths of your being
Shame, shame, shame, shame
You feel guilty and embarrassed about your actions
Mama doesn't know, ooh
Your mother is unaware of what you're doing
Every night you go to
You engage in this behavior every evening
There a woman wants to roll, ooh
A woman is waiting there to satisfy your needs
I can make you shake
I can give you the intense sensations you desire
I'm a fire, just to spark under your halo
I'm a catalyst that ignites your innocence and morality
Rolling thunder, I'm high up, ain't got no shame, no
I'm unapologetic and unashamed in my approach
Trouble, hey, what you calling me? (calling me)
You are acknowledging that I am the source of your problems
Uh, come get some of what you need (what you need)
I'm inviting you to indulge in what you crave
You can live forever, babe
I'm promising you a life without repercussions or judgement
Walk with me in shadows
I'll take you to places where darkness reigns
I can make you better, babe
I can provide you with what you're missing
Come pray with me, get safe with me
I want you to trust and depend on me
Right through your bones
My influence will penetrate deep inside you
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Tanner Elle Schneider, Tim Pagnotta
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@ryanna.5758
I dont understand why she's not blowing up on the radio?! She's so incredibly talented!!!
@carryjgful
She recently hopped the fence to Country. And she is doing well. Heard a couple songs. Had a hard time finding this Vid as its way down in her list of songs on the search, wz afraid they pulled it. Wanted to show a frnd. Had to finally locate thru her Wiki discography. This wz on ghe radio awhile
@michellejackson8973
I know 🤔
@justinhodges1760
This song slays. She’s so underrated 🔥
@julianmartinez3060
You're cute
@xxmeilaoxx
Hey Elle, it's 2019, we need MOREEEEEEEEEE of you
@k.dimitrova8621
I also have recently found and become a fan of her. I really like her type and notion <333
@thefactoryfilms4214
Now it's 2020 and still nothing!!!! :'(
@fledora1217
@@thefactoryfilms4214 2021, almost 2022
@dianinda5782
She has an authenticity that grabs me. There is something very raw about the way she expresses emotion that draws people in.