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Youthquaker is a collaborative project between Phlo Finister and Grammy award winning producer Illangelo aiming to recapture the ‘ Youthquake’ movement of social disruption in the 1960s, described as a combination of Illangelo's cinematic and textured mix of 90s Trip hop and progressive electronic sounds paired with Finister's provocative lyrics and dreamy melodies. The 'youthquake' influence is evident in Finister's unique style and particular fascination with Andy Warhol’s muse Edie Sedgwick. Coined by Diana Vreeland in the sixties to define the explosion of teenage influence in music and fashion. Moving behind the scenes as a stylist it was here Finister first discovered her fascination with the youthquake movement. Finister then began her infamous mixtape series, and worked with producers such as Benny Cassette, Andrew Dawson, Travis Scott, Brodinski, 4AD's SpaceGhostPurrp, Club Cheval and The weeknd collaborator illangelo.

You're willing to do whatever to get that point'. 'Cause you wanna be the best at that stuff. Struggling with weight loss, and eating disorders.

In an interview Finister elaborated, 'I wasn't gonna ruin my self-esteem to make it happen. However, her time working as a stylist for Def Jam was short lived as she believed lacked the 'desperation' necessary to be successful in the profession.

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Finister met a series of industry professionals and producers ( Drake, Charlie Walk, Steve Lindsey, Cameron Strang, Jeff Barry, David Baerwald and Diane Warren) who would exert influence on her own musical path over the next few years. Whilst developing her own sense of self, Finister found herself working with Def Jam Records in the styling of some of their female proteges in her late teens.

I got bullied in a rougher part of the streets, and it made me a person with a backbone.' After getting kicked out for fighting, Finister transferred to Hamilton High School. Not mixed or diverse cultures like where I had come from. Speaking of her time at Crenshaw, Finister described it as 'very aggressive. She attended Downtown Magnets High School in Fashion for a single year until her mother relocated to South Central, Los Angeles and she was enrolled in Crenshaw High School. This exposure to these styles also helped Iconika develop her taste in music, with some of her earliest influences being Jerry Bock, Mozart and Billie Holiday Growing up, Iconika was also banned from listening to music and discovered her early tastes and passion for music through classical music and gospel music, as well as developing her distinctive vocal style at a young age from her time spent as a singer for the choir at her grandfather's church. As a child, Iconika's upbringing was very reserved and traditional, she attended a small private Christian school where her grandfather was pastor and her grandmother a local English teacher, as well as attending ballet classes at Hawthorn Dance Academy until a late age.

Born in Oakland, California, Iconika (born Elijah Finister), is the daughter of a half- Portuguese, half-black mother and was raised in her hometown of Oakland up until the age of 5, when she moved to Los Angeles with her mother.

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