Karen Lee Orzolek born November 22, , [1] known professionally as Karen O , is a South Korean-born American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. She is the lead vocalist for American rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. O is best known as the lead vocalist for the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She has also been noted for her sense of fashion , wearing ostentatious outfits made by her friend, fashion designer Christian Joy. In the early days of the band, she became well known for her outrageous antics during live shows. During a tour for the Livid Festival in Australia, at a sideshow at The Metro in Sydney, O accidentally danced off the stage and was reluctantly taken to a hospital. A few days later, at the Sydney leg of the Livid Festival, she appeared in a wheelchair pushed onstage by Angus Andrew. In , O was placed at number three on Spinner.
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Revisit " Sister, Sister " and more '90s TV throwbacks that need a revival now. See our picks list. Looking for something to watch? Sign In. Up this week. Soundtrack Composer Actress. She has been married to Barney Clay since December They have one child. Born: November 22 , in South Korea.
October 24 Karen O and Danger Mouse have concocted a lush, vivid world on their dreamy and poignant collaboration. Joel Oliphint breaks down the emotional—and financial—rewards of this new generation of fireside concerts. March 12 The year-old Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman talks to Larry Fitzmaurice about the music of her life: connecting with Michael Jackson's crotch grabs as a kid, becoming a teenage Deadhead, and the lessons she learned from PJ Harvey and Liars. September 11 Frontwoman Karen O talks to Carrie Battan about the trying times that came with her band passing the year mark, working with James Murphy and Kool Keith, and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "extremely lo-fi" forthcoming album, Mosquito.
Motherhood kicked my ass so hard. But having my son Django showed me how hard bringing a life into this world is. The early days of Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs were a self-destructive period of my life. I did some ridiculous, masochistic stuff up on stage, like rolling around on broken glass and getting blind drunk. But it was highly cathartic, too. When I fell headfirst off the stage I realised I had to rethink my whole stage thing.
