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Fourth-year gender studies student Lorelei Carlson recorded her first demo track, “Now That I Realize the Truth,” in a studio at age 12. After moving to Los Angeles, she continued to make music and wrote the song “Low Life,” marking the start of her journey in California. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin staff)

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Tea Tunes: Lorelei Carlson voices personal experience of femininity in music - Daily Bruin

Tea Tunes: Lorelei Carlson voices personal experience of femininity in music

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A teenage boy once told Lorelei Carlson that her music was too girly. At that moment, young Carlson had an epiphany: Although many women listen to male artists, a lot of men don’t listen to female vocalists.

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Tea Tunes: Lorelei Carlson voices personal experience of femininity in music

By Kaitlyn Peterson

April 27, 2017 7:39 p.m.