- published: 16 May 2016
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Róisín Marie Murphy (Irish pronunciation: [roːˈʃʲiːnʲ], English: /roʊˈʃiːn/; born 5 July 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter and record producer, known for her electronic style. Murphy has a contralto vocal range.
Murphy first came to note as one half of the electronic music duo Moloko with her then-boyfriend Mark Brydon. After the two ended their romantic relationship, Murphy released her debut solo album Ruby Blue, written and produced with Matthew Herbert, in 2005. Her second solo album Overpowered was released in 2007.
Murphy was brought up in Arklow, County Wicklow, Ireland, in a Roman Catholic family. When she was twelve, her family moved to Manchester, England. Murphy embraced 1960s fashions from going with her mother, an antique dealer, to car boot sales and charity shops. She concealed her singing voice, not wanting other people to know she "sounded like Elaine Paige" when she herself enjoyed listening to the likes of Sonic Youth and Pixies instead.
After three years of living in Manchester, her parents divorced and moved back to Ireland. Murphy insisted on remaining alone in the UK because she did not think that her mother had the strength to continue taking care of her. Murphy lived with her best friend for a year, until she could receive Housing Benefit and live in a nearby flat. She was bullied at school and befriended a group of "weird boys who wore black" and who listened to the Jesus and Mary Chain. She enrolled in a sixth form college at seventeen and later considered going to art school. She moved to Sheffield where she began going to nightclubs and was inspired by the Vivienne Westwood designs she saw at Trash.
I'm a trusting soul, I?m ashamed of living dangerously
And I'm a headstrong girl, I?m afraid I won't be told
I feel my destiny is only 'round the corner
Sugar daddy promised me I?ll be sitting on top of the world
It's all my naked ambitions said
I would leave them wanting more
That could be crazy wishing
We could ever have it all, have it all, have it all
We'll make a movie, we'll break into cinema
You'll be director and I?ll be your movie star
We'll make a movie, the darlings of cinema
You'll be director and I?ll be your movie star, oh, oh
So he's a headstrong guy and perhaps I shouldn't listen
There's a million girls wanna be in my position
If he tells me lies I?ll suspend my disbelieving
I leave it all behind, I ain't asking for permission
Feels like a new beginning
And there's so much to explore
It's not so crazy thinking
We could really have it all, have it all, have it all
We'll make a movie, we'll break into cinema
You'll be director and I?ll be your movie star
We'll make a movie, the darlings of cinema
You'll be director and I?ll be your movie star, oh, oh
Movie star, movie star