Kelsy Karter (born 1 August) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and front-woman of British/Australian rock n' roll band Kelsy Karter & The Heroines. She is best known for her viral publicity stunt in which she supposedly tattooed a picture of Harry Styles on her face to promote her 2019 single "Harry". Time Magazine compared her to the likes of Ozzy Osbourne for this outlandish stunt.
Early life Kelsy Karter moved to Australia when she was young, and grew up between the Gold Coast and Los Angeles. She was born into a family of jazz musicians and began songwriting at age 16. She now lives between London and Los Angeles with her dog Lennon, named after John Lennon. In her downtime, she enjoys playing poker and cooking. Karter's background is in musical theatre, Motown and jazz; however, her genre is rock and roll and punk. Her musical inspirations include David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Mick Jagger and Freddie Mercury.
Career Karter rose to international fame in 2019, when she successfully pulled off a publicity stunt tied to the release of her single “Harry,” in which she appeared to have a large portrait tattoo of English singer Harry Styles on her face...
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