Lucy Loone

Lucy Loone is a non-binary American singer-songwriter and visual artist. They are mostly known for their alternative artistic style. Loone's music genre has been considered as "Trap alt-pop" which can be heard throughout their debut mixtape Looney and EP I Love Lucy, released in 2019 and 2020 respectively.

In April 2021, Loone, along with their musical partners Cottontail and Jane's World, founded the group The Dark Angels, which took on a more mainstream sound, with the music video for "The Beautiful Version" gaining six thousand views within the first month.

2018-2019: Chimney Chat and Looney
In December of 2018, Loone announced a collaborative Christmas EP titled Chimney Chat with Cottontail,. Although most extended plays tend to have 4 to 8 tracks, Chimney Chat only featured 2 songs. A visual version of the extended play was released on December 31, 2018 on YouTube, but it was later removed for unknown reasons.

Loone's debut single, "Cookies", was released on January 15, 2019 exclusively on YouTube and SoundCloud. Another single titled "I'm Peachy" was released on March 5, 2019. The single "PPP" with Cottontail was released on April 20, 2019, but was later removed in August due to their dissatisfaction with the song. Looney's debut mixtape titled Looney was released on October 9, 2019. Entirely produced and mixed by Derek Spill, it has been described as a Trap and Alternative R&B album, with influenced of Dream-pop and Novelty, the latter due to its lyrics. One of the tracks was a remastered version of the previously-released "Cookies". The mixtape managed to peak at number 26 on the iTunes comedy charts. "Lobotomy", a song from the mixtape, was met with the most success out of any other song, gaining over six hundred thousand streams as of September 2021.

2020-present: I Love Lucy, Bring Me the Axe!, and The Dark Angels
They started the year 2020 with the releases of three singles exclusively on SoundCloud; "Bite It Off", "Manifesting Boredom", and "Box o' Chocolates". In July 2020, they would go on to drop "Y.O.T.S." on all streaming devices, and a few days later, the song "Creepies" on SoundCloud. In October, Loone would announce the release of their official debut EP titled I Love Lucy, which would be released on October 23. The EP peaked at number 6 on the iTunes comedy albums charts. The song "Big Blood Mansion" would receive a music video one week later, marking it as Loone's first official music video. Also in October, Loone made a guest appearance on Cottontail's EP Trick 'R Treat, on the sixth track "Death Becomes Her". On December 14, Loone would surprise-drop a Christmas-themed EP titled Red Christmas. None of the songs were priorly released as a singles and the EP had little to no promotion.

Loone would be featured on Witch on Film's remix of her song "Puppet Show", which would be released on January 1, 2021. As a special gift for Valentine's Day, Loone would release a SoundCloud-exclusive song titled "Crazy in Love", which sampled Beyonce's track with the same title. On February 23, Loone dropped Nightgore, a compilation album with their previously-released songs, as well as some new bonus tracks, edited in nightcore (sped up) and daycore (slowed down) styles. On March 12, Loone appeared as a gust performer on Love Ghost's single "Heist", along with Cameron Azi. The song also received a music video. Later that month, Loone released their EP Bring Me the Axe!, which took on a more downtempo genre. During April, Loone would hold a fan art contest to determine the cover of their upcoming single "Do What I Say!", which was put out on April 30. The winner of the art contest was @nicciejamitkowskiart, who was announced five days prior the single.

In April and May, Loone, Cottontail, and Jane's World began to tease an upcoming group project titled The Dark Angels. Loone and Cottontail would also be featured on Jane's single "Sugarcube", that was released on May 14. On July 24, The Dark Angel's debut EP, Revelations: Side A, was announced via Instagram, as well as its track list. It was released on July 30, along with a music video for the track "The Beautiful Version". This EP took on a more mainstream route, with R&B and electropop as main genres, and influences of Deconstructed and Jersey Club, Reggaeton, and Trap.

"Kill the Lights!", a song from the 2020 EP I Love Lucy, received a music video on August 14. Few days later, on Augst 20, Loone would be featured on Zepkins's mixtape Forever the Moment, on the seventh track "Mint CondItion". On August 29, three demos from SoundCloud were put on for public streaming, those being "Cold Calliber", "Kno I'm Immortal", and "Incision". "123", from the same EP, also received a music video on September 3.

Trivia

 * During April 2020, they were supposed be touring with singer Jazmin Bean on the Bitch Ball Tour as their opening act, along with Cottontail, but the tour was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.