About Fletcher
Cari Elise Fletcher , known mononymously by her last name , is an American pop singer. Her breakthrough single "Undrunk", released in January 2019, was her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached number one on Spotify's Viral Chart in the United States. "Undrunk" was released on her second extended play You Ruined New York City for Me, and according to Mediabase, the song was the fastest-rising song at pop radio for a new artist since 2014.
Fletcher's debut single as a solo artist, "War Paint", was released in June 2015. Her 2016 single, "Wasted Youth", reached No. 1 on Billboard's Emerging Artist Chart. Fletcher was included on Forbes's 2022 30 under 30 list. She released her debut album Girl of My Dreams in 2022. In March 2024, she released her second album In Search of the Antidote.
Fletcher was born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, to Bob and Noreen Fletcher; her father owned several car dealerships and her mother was a flight attendant. She began taking vocal lessons at the age of five.
In 2012, Fletcher graduated from Wall High School in nearby Wall Township, New Jersey, where she played women's volleyball. Upon graduating high school, she attended the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University . She took a year-long leave of absence and moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue music full time. She completed NYU in 2016. She currently is based in Los Angeles.
Fletcher has said that her ancestry is mostly German. Her parental grandparents emigrated to the United States from Germany, where their last name was incorrectly anglicized from the German 'Fleischhauer' to the English last name 'Fletcher', possibly due to its phonetic similarity. On a video, Fletcher stated that her family last name was 'Fleischhauer' but changed to 'Fletcher' and was shocked when informed that Fleischhauer was actually the German equivalent of 'Butcher'.
In 2011, Fletcher competed on the premiere season of The X Factor. In the boot camp round, Simon Cowell paired Fletcher with Hayley Orrantia, Paige Elizabeth Ogle, and Dani Knights to form the group Lakoda Rayne under mentorship of Paula Abdul. They disbanded after being eliminated from the competition. In 2015, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee and began collaborating with producer Jamie Kenney, during which the single "War Paint" was released. The song went viral on Spotify after its release. In 2016, Spotify added Fletcher to their Spotify Spotlight list, helping catapult her as an independent artist. She was invited to speak on behalf of the company at Fortune Tech Conference in 2019 as a success story. In September 2016, she released her debut EP Finding Fletcher independently.
In August 2018, Fletcher announced that she had signed with Capitol Records, which is based in Los Angeles. She released her single "Undrunk" on January 25, 2019 and subsequently made her television debut on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. She also performed at Bonnaroo Music Festival, Life Is Beautiful Music & Art Festival, Lollapalooza that year.
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