Talk:LP (singer)

Pronoun

The use of the pronoun "they" makes good portion of the article unintelligible. For instance "LP has been in a relationship with singer Lauren Ruth Ward since 2015. Together they have a Griffon Bruxellois named Orson. "Lost on You" is about their breakup with ex-girlfriend Tamzin Brown." Does that mean that the two people broke up with a third one or that LP broke up said Tamzin Brown? Also, I thought such a political hot potato would not be something that should bias the writing style and objectivity of Wikipedia? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.183.13.120 (talk) 20:10, 30 June 2017 (UTC)

Her LGBTQIA status seems to have been completely removed from this article. That's bizarre since the "Lost on You" video is clearly lesbian themed and she's totally "out." https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lp-heart-to-mouth/

Moreover, LP looks like she's had top surgery. Just falling to mention this entirely makes the article incomplete Skysong263 (talk) 14:59, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

I have edited the pronouns based on the reference https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/lp-heart-to-mouth/ where she expresses that although identifying to gender neutrality she continues to opt for the use of female pronouns. Phrenatic (talk) 19:59, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

Someone appears to have reverted some of your changes back to they and them, which makes much of tis article unreadable. It would be great if someone would go back to she and her since she has said that she uses she and her. Right now, it reads like two people broke up with Tamzin Brown. Tim Neely 22:05, 16 October 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tneely (talk • contribs)

Early Career

The early career section doesn't really reflect her early career. LP originally appeared as a backing vocalist on Cracker's 1998 release "Gentleman's Blues" and also provided vocals on one hidden track "My Cinderella". http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/1033264/a/Gentleman%27s+Blues.htm

She then collaborated with David Lowery and Johnny Hickman of Cracker on her first CD release in 2001: "Heart Shaped Scar". http://www.amazon.com/Heart-Shaped-Scar-L-P/dp/B00005J71J

She toured extensively in support of this and her 2004 release, "Suburban Sprawl and Alcohol": http://www.amazon.com/Suburban-Sprawl-Alcohol-L-P/dp/B000274TQW

Neither release gained much attention or airplay, which lead up to the first SXSW appearance noted in the current article.

Sorry, I'm no Wikipedia editor. I'm just providing this info in hopes that someone will properly update the "Early Career" section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.60.242.150 (talk) 08:18, 24 April 2012 (UTC)

Ok, you want something done, etc. So I changed "Early Career" to reflect her actual early career and changed the later section header to 2006 - 2010. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rolandgunner (talk • contribs) 22:03, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

The entire Early Career section was wiped from an anonymous IP even though sources were cited. Seems like vandalism to me. Rolandgunner (talk) 02:33, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

In regard to LP's early career , I agree, there appears to be a pattern on the reverts where personal information is being removed by management or someone close to her. I assume they're keeping her age a secret. I followed LP's career fanatically. Her first band Lionfish, was formed in 1995. Lionfish released a a CD "Too Much Love" in 1997. That would put her at age 15? I doubt very much she was touring NYC at age 15?

http://www.cylist.com/List/405383491/lionfish-too-much-love-cd-track-listing http://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Love-Lionfish/product-reviews/B0016JB7AQ https://archive.org/details/iuma-lionfish

Her first solo release was "Heart Shaped Scar" in 2001 on Koch Records, and that would put her at age 19? Again, her early age and career remains ambiguous, and I think it's for a reason.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/heart-shaped-scar-mw0000588119 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nimbinews (talk • contribs) 17:00, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

So maybe "Early Career" header can be changed to 1997- 2001.

Origins

Laura isn't from NYC, she was raised on Long Island, NY. She was in a band called Lionfish for many years, in NYC, and when they began to garner considerable interest, David Lowery approached them for production. Lionfish was the product of Laura and Alicia Goldberg, who did the song writing, production, promotion, booked their gigs, recruited the musicians and played amazing bass guitar. While this was going on, Laura waited tables and took singing lessons. After their first meeting with Lowery, Laura dumped Lionfish, recruited the musicians to come with her, but left the other woman behind. — Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSeaweed (talk • contribs) 15:45, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Got a reliable source for that info? JFHJr (㊟) 04:09, 28 April 2012 (UTC)

http://www.lprock.com/bio.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSeaweed (talk • contribs) 17:12, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

Let's see. The source you've provided is a self-publication by the subject. It can't be used to support statements about third parties (Lowery; the "other woman"). Otherwise, the contents do not support the assertion that the subject was raised on Long Island. It also doesn't say much about the subject's role in Lionfish, or her waiting tables. So from that source, you could only say she was the frontperson for Lionfish. JFHJr (㊟) 19:13, 29 April 2012 (UTC)

If you are going to edit with a meat cleaver, why don't you do a little homework of your own to fill in the blanks in this article? Jrgilb (talk) 04:52, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

This article is pretty screwed up, including by people who claim to be "editors" on Wiki. Obviously, L.P. has performed professionally since 2001 (at the latest) and probably since several years earlier. Her 2001 CD has its own Wiki article, and is available on Amazon. So why would someone delete all the text about L.P. dated earlier than 2006, on the flimsy notion that it wasn't "properly sourced." Yes, this info should be properly sourced. Are you going to delete the other 30% to 50% of all Wiki text that is not YET properly sourced? Please put the earlier information back into the article. Dopes! Jrgilb (talk) 04:50, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

If some other editor cares enough about this, they will need to spend the time to properly cite their source material that they write with. Since this is a living person, it's necessary to be more stringent as to content. That said, this article and the associated album articles need to be revisited for a possible rewrite. As an example, it is noted at the top of the talk page here that this is of interest to the LGBT community, however there is no mention of anything in the primary article. So someone will need to spend some time on the article. I am time constrained atm. Nodekeeper (talk) 08:14, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

I lived in the same town as Laura Pergolizzi (aka LP) and she was born March 18, 1968 (46 years old) in Huntington, Long Island. Graduated Walt Whitman High School in 1986, went to college in SUNY Albany, moved to London where she met her girlfriend (and bass player) Alicia Goldberg. They both moved back to NY and formed a band called Lionfish in 1996. The first Lionfish CD was released in 1997. She has one sibling named Dr. Richard Pergolizzi living in Fairfax Virginia. She's done everything in her power to erase her past because like most entertainers - she's hiding her real age. All the stories and interviews you read online are contradicting one another. And why else would she NOT have her age on Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bawdyinlay (talk • contribs) 01:31, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

While not disputing what you are saying, I'm afraid that without any references, the above cannot be used. I did a search on Lionfish but could not find any references, except for a lesbian music blog. No Alicia Goldberg with any music connection appears. A search on Richard got me to an obituary for Richard Sr.; a lawyer, from 2006. It lists a daughter Laura resident in Hollywood/New York City. That could possibly be her, but does not confirm her date of birth and needs other references to verify. A quick search on the LDS family search website has Laura A. Pergolizzi residing in New York in 2008. By this stage LP had moved to Los Angeles, this casts doubt on the above being in reference to the same person. Karst (talk) 12:02, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I googled Richard as well, and read that he "graduated from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in 1993."[1] If he is indeed her brother, then of course there could be like a 10-year age difference between the siblings, but I guess it's also possible that there is some truth in Bawdyinlay's claims. However, I think we should go with what can be sourced here. — Mayast (talk) 22:39, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

A glance at the photos in this article makes it obvious she was born well before 1981. I was born in 1981 and she easily looks fifteen years older than me. The German Wikipedia article lists her as having been born in 1968, which makes far more sense. Nonstopdrivel (talk) 02:29, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Year of birth topic moved in specific paragraph below. --82.56.16.124 (talk) 04:38, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

The article actually states she has ′′Irish′′ mother, but citation LP_(singer)#cite_note-3 says they are both Italian. At least I think article statement needs ″citation needed″ alert.--82.56.16.124 (talk) 04:43, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Proposed move to LP (singer)

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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I wouldn't like to step on anyone's toes here, but I think the article should be moved from L.P. (singer) to LP (singer). The spelling without the dots is being used on LP's official website, iTunes, Facebook, Warner Bros. Records website, etc. I don't see any reason for the current spelling. — Mayast (talk) 21:33, 1 April 2014 (UTC)

As it has been over two months and nobody replied here, I requested the move. Mayast (talk) 13:33, 15 June 2014 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Date of birth

Her date of birth in the article was edited in April or May 2019 to say 1981, referencing her official biography, but her high school graduation says 1986, referencing the yearbook. These cannot both be accurate. If high school graduation is supposed to be 1996, it should be corrected in the article. I don't have access to the Walt Whitman High School yearbook so I can't tell whether 1996 or 1986 is accurate.ElsaObuchowski (talk) 05:55, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

There appears to be some ambiguity on her date of birth and where she grew up. There is a vogue.com article from 2012 that refers to her being 30 years old at the time. How reliable is the source that we currently have? Karst (talk) 09:42, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Ok, I looked at some of the sources, and noted that the freelibrary one mentions that she graduated in 1996. That would be in line with the vogue article mentioned above. Neither of the two references listed with the DOB actually mention it - only her full name. After doing a search on her name and New York City on the LDS ancestry website there is a mention of a Laura A. Pergolizzi born in 1968. However, it doesn't appear that she has moved to LA at any stage. Unless there is more confirmation, I think it best to remove some of this until it gets verified. Karst (talk) 22:29, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Dear Karst, I'm not a Wiki editor so I apologize if I don't know my way around here but anyone who grew up in NY knows the truth. I think it's admirable how you're so protective of LP's page. But do your research before you flex your muscles here, to avoid potential embarrassment once the truth comes. out. By the way she was dropped from WB, and is in "negotiations" with Vagrant Records. Soon you will see that I'm also correct regarding her label status ForeverFourH (talk) 21:19, 26 March 2015 (UTC) ForeverFourH

I'm not saying you are not correct - but please see the discussion above. Because this is a living person, certain rules apply, to avoid Wikipedia getting sued. So we require these details to be referenced. That 'the dogs in the street know it' is not enough I'm afraid. Karst (talk) 21:48, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

I'm going with born 1968, since i followed her career early on, in New York City. Watching her perform in the clubs of Manhattan, I can assure you she wasn't 15 years old at the time. Her first CD was released in 1997 http://www.cylist.com/List/405383491/lionfish-too-much-love-cd-track-listing http://www.getacd.es/album_lionfish_too_much_love-1078910.html https://archive.org/details/iuma-lionfish

She also had a song published in 2001, "Kiss it All Goodbye" for a feature film "Safety of Objects" movie http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256359/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nimbinews (talk • contribs) 17:23, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

The two sources that I added ([2] [3]) to the article in July 2013 (sorry to see them missing now), were:

• The Wall Street Journal (March 17, 2012), referring to her as a "thin 31 year old,"
• Elle (August 30, 2012), noting that "the 30-year-old has ridden the peaks and valleys of the music industry."

Based on those two (generally reliable, I would say) sources, I went with "circa 1981-1982". I think it's in line with her graduation from high school in the 1990s and the Vogue article Karst mentions. It's hard for me to buy that 1968, as she would be almost 47 now - that's impossible. Mayast (talk) 20:14, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I brought those sources back, and also added Vogue. Mayast (talk) 22:25, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

I think LP's publicity department has done a brilliant job in convincing the magazines. Does Wikipedia have to fall for the publicity? Dbfirs 09:19, 25 December 2018 (UTC)

LP had to produce her ID, as all have to, to have her songs copyright in the Encylopedia and it's noted with 1968 So are also the interviews she gave for Italian and Russian articles as well as in her German biography site, where she first became famous. And her high school graduation on the Walt Whiteman High School website is listed for 1986(), which fits if she was born 1968. Her being the singer for the band Lionfish is noted even in Amazon I believe this is enough vertified evidence! — Preceding unsigned comment added by YD65 (talk • contribs) 21:28, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

References

Thanks for those sources. I have not heard of the copyright encyclopedia. It does not state its sources but does warn that 'Multiple persons can share the same name'. Her songs are managed through ASCAP. A search there on Laura Pergolizzi (without the A.) provides the result we would expect. No date of birth is listed here. Thanks for the Italian article, that is very interesting. What is Stella FM? Is it a reliable source? It might be suffering from the Wikipedia 'curse' as the article was published in June 2016 and evidently written while the above discussion was going on. The radiocity.it page does not load for me. The Russian link shows no article excpt for a date of birth and a discography. The legality of that website appears dubious. I was not aware that she had gained popularity in Germany and laut.de is certainly a more reliable source. However it is unclear what their source is here. The Whitman Highschool is a good source, the question is again, are we talking about the same person here? Personally, I never disputed the Lionfish involvement, the sourcing is of this is again problematic. Amazon is a primary source in this case. Have their performances and releases ever been reviewed? Looking forward to discussing this further. Karst (talk) 19:57, 8 January 2019 (UTC)

I don't see how any of these sources are more reliable than the aforementioned The Wall Street Journal's or Elle's. I'd reckon that if such big newspapers/magazines had done an interview with her, they would surely not have screwed up her age. Of course, multiple persons can share the same name and I believe that to be the case here. This is just my opinion, but she also doesn't look like she's 50 years old and I find it hard to believe that she would become famous in her 40s. She's not Susan Boyle. The simplest thing to do would be to ask her directly on social media, but that would be kind of rude, wouldn't it? Pajo Pajimir 11:55, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Why don't you just include both dates? Like "March 18, 1981 or 1968 (according to other sources)". All other language versions of her wiki page include either one or the other date. Nazar (talk) 14:37, 13 February 2019 (UTC)

Just have a look at a photo from 2018. The skin of her arms and hand show You easily, she's 50+ not 37 y. regards --84.163.208.97 (talk) 01:36, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Some people seem to be in denial here. Girl's not 38. And there are plenty of sources brought forth. JonStryker (talk) 19:35, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

I agree with you, but some editors believe that we should submit to her publicity machine. Dbfirs 18:35, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

The fixation with her age on this page seems to be problematic. "look at her skin"?? seriously? We have multiple reliable sources for one date, comparatively much lower quality sources for another. Hence where we are now. If you want to get conspiratorial about a "publicity machine" your problem is with WP:V and WP:RS. None of this is to say those reliable sources are accurate. It's entirely possible they got it wrong. But Wikipedia operates by verifiability, not "look at her skin" original research and speculation. Thankfully the only thing we're at risk of getting wrong here is a singer's birthdate rather than something that actually matters. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:42, 3 September 2019 (UTC)

New Statesman article

This article appears to support the earlier date of birth. It mentioned the Walt Whitman high school, the passing of both parents and, crucially, the brother who is neurosurguon: https://www.newstatesman.com/2018/12/Lp-laura-pergolizzi-interview-songwriter-singer-rihanna-cher-christina-aguilera . However, to add to the confusion, it also set her age at 37. Karst (talk) 07:09, 14 January 2019 (UTC)

My preferred option would be to omit the year of birth since it is disputed, but I'm also happy to go along with Nazar's suggestion above (to include both referenced years, and let the reader take their choice). This option seems to be the consensus. Dbfirs 07:52, 27 April 2019 (UTC)

The alumni directory reference used in the article now isn't affiliated with the school – is this a reliable enough source for the correct graduation year? Rhinopias (talk) 04:04, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

I would think so, but her publicity department and their supporters don't think so. They need to discuss their opinions here instead of edit-warring. Dbfirs 20:30, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

Please stop changing dates without reliable sources

Happened across this article and saw the "year disputed" note in the lead as well as an anonymous user changing her birthday in the body.

Then I look on the talk page. No, it does not actually look to be disputed. I see a massive amount of unreliable sources and a bunch of new users saying the same thing over the course of years (all of which seem to have some kind of ax to grind).

The website says 1981. Elle and WSJ support that. No reliable source has been brought forward on the level of either of those. Someone's unofficial alumni website, the "copyright encyclopedia", etc. are not reliable sources, and Wikipedia isn't interested in primary source detective work.

Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth.

Maybe she's older? Maybe there's a lot about her that's not in the article. If you make a suggestion to add something, you'll need to bring a reliable source.

Remember that WP:BLP applies on talk pages, too. Any negative commentary about a subject that isn't backed up by sources should just be removed. I just removed one section and plan to look for nontrivial issues in the above. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 13:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

I disagree with your assessment of the reliability of social media and publicity sources, but would you be happy with the alternative solution suggested above by Nazar? You will see that there is now a contradiction in the article after I reverted an earlier falsification (not by you). Dbfirs 17:06, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

WP:BLPSELFPUB regarding use of what an individual says, and I've not suggested using social media. My main point is that I've not seen where anyone has presented any reliable source at all challenging the 1981 birthday. The Walt Whitman High School website is just some unofficial page that says it has no connection with the school. No reason to believe it's correct, so I've gone ahead and removed it (along with the claim, since it's not the sort of essential information that should just be cn-tagged). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 18:33, 13 July 2019 (UTC)

The guidance to which you link says that self-published information can be used provided that: "there is no reasonable doubt as to its authenticity; and the article is not based primarily on such sources.". Many people here have raised reasonable doubt, and provided sources (see above). If you think we should go with her publicity machine and ignore the contrary evidence, then I'm tired of arguing. I know nothing about the subject and got involved only through a request on the help page. This is not the only article where false years of birth have been pushed. Do we allow people to be any age they wish? Dbfirs 06:20, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

It's a reasonable concern. I mean, I don't want Wikipedia used for promotion, but going by what the reliable sources say isn't promotion. If all the reliable sources have been duped, then that's still what we should have. A few people -- mainly SPAs, it seems -- have expressed doubt, but we're not looking for original research from Wikipedia users or from unreliable sources. "Reasonable doubt" needs to be based on reliable sources. It's entirely possible that through the threads above I've missed something -- where was the reliable source that introduces doubt? It's true that because Wikipedia relies on published sources, if someone exercises tight control over what's written about them, their Wikipedia page may reflect inaccuracies built into that fictional persona. Likewise if all the history books present a false narrative, if someone comes up on Wikipedia and says "I was there; the narrative is false" it won't count for anything. We have to wait until some other reliable source publishes the contradicting information first. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 15:58, 14 July 2019 (UTC)

I agree with you that the "I was there" arguments are of no use to Wikipedia, but the original article on Wikipedia said 1968, and earlier independent articles about the subject said 1968. The reference to laut.de has been removed by recent pushers of the 1981 date. I might put it back because it seems as reliable a source as the British and American publicity magazines. Dbfirs 06:23, 15 July 2019 (UTC)

the yearbook from 1986 is digitalised and you can find it online here. She's on page 77. To me it's clear that it's her. So it seems implausible that she's born in 1981. Kittenparanoia (talk) 20:04, 8 December 2021 (UTC)

I agree with the yearbook source above me, but can we at least agree to disagree and remove any data, since the article is currently probably postulating falsehoods? Quasiteilchen (talk) 16:38, 4 March 2022 (UTC)

Pronouns

This page is kind of a mess. LP is referred to as 'they' in the start, but then it changes to 'she' for a while just to return to 'they'. I don't know what pronouns LP identifies by but I think the whole page should at least be uniform. 2A06:C701:966A:200:7958:2C1E:B692:ED59 (talk) 15:37, 11 August 2022 (UTC)

As of today, LP's official bio consistently uses she/her pronouns and "girl":

"She is a bloodletter, this girl. [...] This is LP. Born Italian. New York. You’ve got to understand that; the hottest blood, the toughest city, the smallest girl."

Additionally, even the quote (from a few years ago) about LP liking they/them says that she uses she/her in practice, regardless of her emotional experience relating to that.

As such, in accordance with MOS:GENDERID, I'm changing the pronouns in the page to use she/her. Blueshiftofdeath (talk) 17:43, 19 December 2022 (UTC)

Pronuons

LP use they/them pronuons.

“I’m kind of transitioning over to the they/them [pronoun] thing — it's more my kind of vibe,” they said. 

This is from an interview In 2021. Here is the website:

https://www.thecorsaironline.com/corsair/2021/10/27/lp-shoots-for-authenticity Holahola112 (talk) 05:23, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

Use of the singular they is confirmed on the artist's website.[4] Morbidthoughts (talk) 07:27, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

The use of "them" and "they" makes this article unintelligible. Tim Neely 22:01, 16 October 2023 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tneely (talk • contribs) 22:01, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

Actually per MOS:SINGULARTHEY, they/their are appropriate. --- Cat12zu3 (talk) 15:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

(Note to others) : <<Tim Neely>> actual user name is User:Tneely Special:Contributions/Tneely (talk) per Special:Diff/1180478247 --- Cat12zu3 (talk) 15:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)

Pronoun Notice Tag

I had tag a pronoun notice as "they/them", according to their official website --- Cat12zu3 (talk) 15:16, 5 January 2024 (UTC)