October (singer)
New Zealand singer
Emma Logan (born October 1997), known professionally as October, is a New Zealand singer, songwriter, record producer, and model. She moved from her hometown of Blenheim to Auckland to pursue a career in music and released her debut extended play (EP), Switchblade, in 2016. Her debut studio album, Ultra Red (2018), was self-written and self-produced by her and distributed by Universal Music NZ. In 2020, she began performing as October and the Eyes and released her two EPs under the name, Dogs and Gods (2020) and Who Upset You? (2022), through KRO Records; as of 2023, October and the Eyes performs live as a five-piece band.
Life and career
Emma Logan was born in October 1997 and raised in Blenheim, New Zealand. She has two older brothers, who are both musicians. As a child, she played piano and was exposed to classical music through her mother, a music teacher, who would make her do activities while listening to it. She began writing music at age 12, when she learned the basics of GarageBand, and, in high school, joined a cover band. She taught herself how to produce electronic music at age 16 and began using a MIDI keyboard at age 17 to produce her music. She then began studying music in Wellington before dropping out after her first year and moving to Auckland, where she began meeting with record label executives and a music lawyer in pursuit of a musical career.
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