Bat for Lashes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Bat for Lashes
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Oct 25, 1979(1979-10-25)
Age	45
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Bat for Lashes Biography

Bat for Lashes is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on October 25, 1979 in London, England, United Kingdom. Natasha Khan (born 25 October 1979), known professionally as Bat for Lashes, is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She has recorded five studio albums, Fur and Gold (2006), Two Suns (2009), The Haunted Man (2012), The Bride (2016) The Bride (2016), as well as Lost Girls (2019), being awarded Mercury Prize nominations for Fur and Gold, Two Suns and The Bride. Khan can also be found as the singer for Sexwitch which is a collaboration with the band Toy as well as the producer Dan Carey.

The tour of Radiohead in 2008 included several shows with Bat for Lashes as their opening performance. The Cure’s version of “A Forest” appeared on an album for charity called Perfect as Cats on Manimal Vinyl in the latter part of 2008.

Two Suns debuted at number five on the UK Albums Chart, and has been certified gold by the BPI for sales of 100,000 copies. The first single from the album, “Daniel”, became Khan’s first hit, peaking at number thirty-six on the UK Singles Chart; it later won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song and was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year. The following singles were “Pearl’s Dream” and a double A-side of “Sleep Alone” and “Moon and Moon”, the latter of which was featured in a high-profile advertising campaign for children’s charity Barnardo’s in late 2009.

A concept album, Two Suns focuses on Khan’s desert-born alter ego Pearl, whose personality she adopted while staying in New York to gain a better understanding of the character. She revealed to the BBC’s Newsbeat, “I really just did it as an experiment of dressing up myself with quite garish extreme feminine make-up. I wanted to photograph myself in that situation and just see what it made me feel.” Khan believed that living in Brooklyn when bands such as TV on the Radio, MGMT and Gang Gang Dance were emerging on the music scene had an influence on the album’s musical style. In an interview with MTV she said, “I experienced that whole thing coming out, in terms of beats and like going out dancing and checking out all this new music it was really inspiring.” During the album’s production, she also collaborated with Brooklyn band Yeasayer for the bass and beat programming. In June 2009, Bat for Lashes first appeared on the cover of The Fader, in its 60th issue.

Fur and Gold earned high praise and a five-star review in The Guardian. It was nominated in 2007 for the Mercury Prize, losing out to Klaxons’ Myths of the Near Future despite being a popular choice among British media to win the prize. In 2007 The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) gave her the Vanguard Award and chose her to perform at their “ASCAP Presents” …” show” during South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. As of 2008, Khan received nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.

Bat for Lashes Net Worth

Bat for Lashes is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Bat for Lashes 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Following her return to the UK, Khan settled in Brighton in the year 2000 to study musical and artistic arts in Brighton University. University of Brighton, where she developed music, sound installations, animations and performances that were influenced by artists like Steve Reich and Susan Hiller. Following her graduation, Khan completed an NVQ in playwork and childcare. She also worked as a preschool teacher. She also devoted her spare time to creating songs performing demos, and recording them. She also gigged in Brighton. The name she chose was Bat for Lashes, which she’s said “doesn’t really mean anything […] It conjured up Halloween-y images, and it sounded metal and feminine.”

Her debut song, “The Wizard”, was released digitally via Drowned in Sound records , and on seven-inch vinyl under Khan’s own label, She Bear Records. She was signed to Echo the label owned by an independent producer Chrysalis Music that acted as an incubator for artists prior to “upstreaming” them to major labels. Echo dropped her first album Fur and Gold in September of 2006. The album was released in 2007. Bat for Lashes and Echo signed an international licensing contract in 2007 with Parlophone Records, which re- released Fur and Gold the same year. A limited-edition vinyl edition came out by Los Angeles indie label Manimal Vinyl in May 2007. Fur and Gold climbed to number eighteen within the UK Albums Chart and has since been certified gold by the BPI for sales of more than 100,000 copies. The year 2007 saw the release of Fur and Gold. Khan was a guest at Glastonbury Festival and tour throughout the United States.

As part of the 2009 summer festival season, Khan played at Glastonbury, Somerset House and the iTunes Festival. In September 2009, a special edition of Two Suns was released in the United Kingdom ahead of Khan’s October tour. The special edition, which included a cover version of Kings of Leon’s single “Use Somebody”, was released simultaneously in the United States. Later in 2009, the cover artwork for Two Suns was nominated for Best Art Vinyl.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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The third Bat for Lashes album, The Haunted Man, was released in October 2012 in the UK. The lead single, “Laura”, was released in July; the second single, “All Your Gold”, was released in September. The Haunted Man debuted at number six on the UK Albums Chart, Khan’s second consecutive top ten album, and has since been certified silver by the BPI for selling 60,000 copies. Subsequent singles were “A Wall” and “Lilies”. Khan attended the 2013 Brit Awards having been nominated in the Best British Female category, and was also nominated at the Ivor Novello Awards in the category of Best Song Musically and Lyrically (for “Laura”).

Facts & Trivia

Bat Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Bat for Lashes celebrates birthday on October 25 of every year.

In 2014, Film4 commissioned Cowboy Films to produce the short film Gotcha, which Khan will write and direct. She said she intends to develop the project into a feature-length film.

What is the meaning of Bat For Lashes?

She has said the name Bat for Lashes “ doesn’t really mean anything […] It conjured up Halloween-y images, and it sounded metal and feminine.”

What genre is Bat For Lashes?

Alternative/Indie

Who wrote Daniel Bat For Lashes?

Bat for Lashes

Is it batting an eye or eyelash?

Definition of not bat an eye/eyelash : to show no surprise, fear, concern, etc. He thought the news would make her upset, but she never batted an eye. He listened without batting an eyelash.