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Dev (singer)

April 08, 2024

Devin Star Tailes (born July 2, 1989), known professionally as Dev (sometimes stylized as DEV or dEV), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, model and radio host. She was discovered by the Cataracs and record label Indie-Pop via Myspace after Dev's friend posted a video of her singing. Dev's song "Booty Bounce" was sampled in Far East Movement's hit single "Like a G6", which reached number one in the US and sold over four million downloads in the country.

Dev
Dev at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Born
Devin Star Tailes

(1989-07-02) July 2, 1989 (age 34)
Tracy, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • rapper
  • model
  • radio host
Years active2009–present
PartnerJimmy Gorecki (2011–present)
Children1
Musical career
Genres
Labels
Websitedevescaliente.com

Dev was signed to Universal Republic in October 2010 and released her debut single, "Bass Down Low", on November 16, 2010, which reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom. Her debut album, The Night the Sun Came Up, was released on March 27, 2012. The album's second single, "In the Dark", peaked at number 11 in the US chart, making it her most successful solo single to date. In 2014, Dev released two EPs, Bittersweet July and the second part as a follow-up to part one. She is also a radio host of the popular radio Beats 1 by Apple, founded in 2015.

In mid-2016, Dev started promoting her second album with a lead single called "#1", featuring Nef the Pharaoh, which reached the top 15 on the Billboard Rhythmic Songs chart.[1] Dev's second studio album, I Only See You When I'm Dreamin', was made available for pre-order in July 2017; it includes the singles "All I Wanna Do" and "Come at Me" and is her first full-length project since 2011's The Night the Sun Came Up.

Early life edit

Dev was born to Lisa, a real estate agent, and Riki Tailes, a painting contractor.[2][3] She has two younger sisters, Sierra Sol (born September 13, 1994) and Maezee Lua.[2] Dev is of Costa Rican, Portuguese and Mexican descent. She grew up in the city of Manteca.[4] At age 4, she began swimming and was part of the U.S. Olympic development program.[2] She attended Brock Elliott Elementary and graduated from Sierra High School in 2007, where she was a member of band and choir. She attended San Joaquin Delta College, studying English and art history.[2]

Career edit

2009–10: Career beginning edit

 
Dev in Santa Cruz, California, November 2010

In 2009, Dev made a cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black", and, after a friend posted the song on MySpace along with an original song about an ex-boyfriend, the production team the Cataracs contacted Dev.[2] To Fashion Indie Magazine, she said, "I decided to put up this song on MySpace. [...] it was basically a "diss track" and I didn't expect anything out of it. It was just to make me feel good like how music usually do but Niles [of the Cataracs] came across to my page and was really into my voice and they kind of got me into singing and opened up my eyes to business opportunities".[5] She dropped out of college in her first year to pursue her singing career and was then signed by the Los Angeles-based record label and management team, Indie-Pop, who also discovered the Cataracs. Six months later, Dev and the Cataracs' song "2Nite" began to gain exposure on the radio, the music video channel MTVU and the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart.[2] In 2009, Dev moved to Los Angeles to produce music with the Cataracs and work directly with Indie-Pop.[3]

In 2010, the Cataracs produced "Like a G6" with Far East Movement and decided to use a verse from Dev's single "Booty Bounce" as the chorus.[6] The two songs were made in the same summer, at the time where Dev and the Cataracs "were grinding it out in the studio pretty tough together," making a couple of "simplistic random tracks."[5] "Like a G6", which features Far East Movement and Dev, was released in April 2010, and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.[7] The song went on to sell over four million downloads in the US.[8] In August 2010, a video was made for "Booty Bounce" directed by Ethan Lader, and uploaded it onto YouTube, where it has generated over 20 million views.[6][9] In October 2010, Dev was signed to Universal Republic and her first official single, "Bass Down Low", was serviced to rhythmic radio stations in November.[6][10] It was released digitally in select countries on December 6, 2010, and one day later in the United States.[11][12] The song reached 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on the Heatseekers Songs chart.[13] In Canada, the song peaked at number 35 in its fifth week on the Canadian Hot 100 chart. "Bass Down Low" saw more success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart.[14]

2011–13: The Night the Sun Came Up edit

On April 25, 2011, she released the single "In the Dark". The song enjoyed commercial success in the United States, peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the summit of Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked in the top 40 in Canada, Australia, Denmark, Ireland, Scotland and the United Kingdom.[15] The song's music video features shots of black-painted hands that touch Dev while she is standing naked.[16] Dev's debut album The Night the Sun Came Up has been released in United Kingdom on September 20, 2011.[5][17] Since 2009, Dev has been working on her debut album with main producers, the Cataracs.[2][3][18] In March 2011, Dev and the Cataracs travelled to Costa Rica for three weeks where they recorded and produced most of the material for the new album. She explained of the album's genres, "typical pop music is not what I am only good at doing; I have a lot of ideas and hip-hop influence records, some electro ballads."[5] In March 2011, New Boyz's single "Backseat", featuring Dev and the Cataracs, was released. The song peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.[19] She was featured on Demi Lovato's album "Unbroken" on a song called "Who's That Boy". She featured on a song by British boy band JLS, "She Makes Me Wanna", which peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom.

 
Dev with the DJ El Conchitas at the Lovebox Festival in 2012.

Dev also released two more promotional singles through Twitter, "Poison" and "Call Me" both covers of Bell Biv Devoe and Blondie respectively. She also featured in EDM artist David Guetta's album, Nothing But the Beat on a song called "I Just Wanna F" with Timbaland and Afrojack.[20] Dev has also featured on a single by Swedish singer Eric Saade, "Hotter Than Fire" which was released on November 2, 2011, in Sweden. Dev is featured on a remix of Girls' Generation's song "Bad Girl" by the Cataracs, featured on their Japanese remix album and Dev was also featured in Timbaland's promotional single "Break Ya Back". The American version of The Night the Sun Came Up was released on March 26, 2012, in the United States, which includes new tracks compared to previous releases of the album. Dev has teamed up with singer Enrique Iglesias on a track called "Naked" which is produced by the Cataracs and was released as the third single of the repackaged album. It reached the first position in Mexico and the second position in the US dance chart.

At the 2012 Lollapalooza, Dev revealed that she was currently working on her second album; "I'm using a lot more live instrumentation for this album", stating "I had such a great time making a very electronic-based album for the first one, but you know, I'm just moving to different things, different sounds, so we'll see."[21] Her track "Bass Down Low" was featured during match intervals of Volleyball, Beach Volleyball and Basketball among others during the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2013 Universal Republic Records announced that they were going defunct, all artists from the label moved to Republic Records.[22] In November 1, she has posted on her official YouTube a new song, "Kiss It" featuring Sage the Gemini produced by Hit-Boy. While "Kiss It" will release on December 17, 2013. A remix version was released featured Casey Veggies in place of Sage the Gemini.[23]

In November 2013, Dev also collaborated with singer Mia Martina for her single Danse which gained popularity in Latin and dance charts throughout spring 2014.

2014–present: Bittersweet July and I Only See You When I'm Dreamin' edit

In the mid-2014, after the release of her previous single "Kiss It", Dev left Universal Republic and decided to release music on her own, without a label. On May 5, 2014, Dev released an EP called Not All Love Songs Have To Be So Sad with NanosauR. The EP was released via iTunes on July 31, 2014. On August 7, 2014, Dev has posted a snippet of a new song on her Instagram account called "Kids" and revealed that Bittersweet July will be available for pre-order on August 11. It was released on September 23 by Rica Lyfe Records, her own label. On November 5, 2014, "Honey Dip" was confirmed as the first single from the EP, the video was directed by the Oakland-based rapper Kreayshawn. On December 6, 2014, Dev announced the release of Bittersweet July, Pt. 2 as a follow up to Part 1 and made it available for pre-order along with the download of "The Night is Young". The EP was released via iTunes on December 15. The third track from the second part, "Parade", was released as the lead single.[24]

In 2015, Dev collaborated with female electro duo Nervo for their single "Hey Ricky". The single also features Kreayshawn, who directed the video. The video, released on Vevo on June 2, 2015, went viral, topping the real-time US chart. In December 2015, Dev was also featured as the lead vocalist on the club hit "Electric Walk" by electro-house producer Nytrix. The song peaked at eight on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart.

On January 25, 2016, Idolator posted a snippet of a song called "Lowkey" and wrote that on January 27, Ebro Darden would premiere Dev's standalone single on Beats1. Dev worked mainly with her friend-producer NanosauR, Dave Tozer and Rey Reel.[25][26] "Lowkey" was released on March 8, 2016. The song was praised by the critic and compared to Selena Gomez's "Good for You".[27]

In February 2016, Dev was featured as the lead vocalist on "We Rock It" by Sander Kleinenberg. In August 2016, Dev signed with Barry Weiss's record label RECORDS and began promoting her album[citation needed] with the single "#1" featuring Nef the Pharaoh, which reached the top 15 of the Billboard Rhythmic songs chart.

In July 2017, Dev kicked off the campaign for her second album I Only See You When I'm Dreamin' with the release of two singles All I Wanna Do & Come at Me along with the pre-order of the album due September 8. Dev worked with collaborators such as Raye, MNDR, Sarah Hudson and Marko Penn on the record.

From 2018, Dev began releasing standalone singles with "Rock On It", "Down For Me", "Girls Don't Lie" and "Clean Break" being released throughout 2018. She collaborated on the song "Make Out" by Da Candy and Ferry released in September 2018. Beginning in July 2020 Dev started releasing a single every three weeks starting with "Mango" on July 17, "Follow My Lead" on August and "Bom Dia" on September 1.

In July 2022, Dev performed live on Lollapalooza and Hard stating that she was working on new music.

Musical style edit

Dev's electro style and "sing-talk" vocal style have been compared to fellow pop singer Kesha.[28] Dev responded to this, saying, "I'm confident enough in what I do that people will see me for who I am ... I get why people compare us but once people see me live they won't connect us as much."[9] While comparing her to Kesha, Idolator wrote that "Dev's beats come off a bit more mellow and her songs a little bit more electro than pop."[28] In response to being compared to both Kesha and Uffie, Dev said, "I just feel that I have a lot more to say and the ability to have an eclectic sound, I'm not bashing either artist, but I'm going to be able to give you a little bit more than what you've heard on those records. When my album comes out, hopefully I won't have to hear another reference or comparison."[5] Much of Dev's music is inspired by rap music, as she believes that fans respond to "pop music but with rap roots". She said, "I've always been into hip-hop. Eminem changed my life when I was younger."[9] The Hollywood Reporter compared her "futuristic" and "pulsing" sound to underground electroclash musicians Peaches and Yelle.[9] Dev's musical genres have been cited as electro-crunk[29] and electropop.[9][28]

Personal life edit

In September 2011, Dev publicly announced that she was expecting a baby girl due December 24, 2011.[30] Dev gave birth to her daughter Emilia Lovely on December 9, 2011.[31] MTV aired a special about Dev's life as a mom and how she is juggling being a mother and a performer at the same time. The show also shed light on her daughter, who was born with a condition called gastroschisis, and how her daughter overcame it.[32]

Discography edit

Main articles: Dev discography and List of songs recorded by Dev

Tours edit

Headlining

Opening Act

Accolades edit

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Dev (singer)

Dev has been nominated for two Billboard Music Awards, a Brit Award and two MTV Video Music Awards.

References edit

  1. ^ "Dev #1 Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Bell, Natalie (May 15, 2011). "A talk with Dev, singer of "Like a G6"". The Pitt News. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c Campbell, Jason (April 1, 2009). . The Manteca Bulletin. Archived from the original on October 17, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  4. ^ Sauro, Tony. "Manteca singer Dev: Rolling Stone's 'next big thing?'". The Stockton Record. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e Kazemi, Alex (December 21, 2010). . Fashion Indie. Archived from the original on December 27, 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  6. ^ a b c Johnson, Billy (November 10, 2010). . Yahoo Music Blog. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  7. ^ "Like a G6 – Far West Movement – Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  8. ^ Grein, Paul (November 27, 2010). . Yahoo! Music Blog. Yahoo! Inc. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d e Amter, Charlie (December 13, 2010). "Is Dev of 'Like A G6' Fame The Next Ke$ha". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
  10. ^ . FMQB. Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Inc. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  11. ^ "Bass Down Low (feat. The Cataracs) – Single by Dev". iTunes Store Australia. Apple, Inc. January 2010. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  12. ^ . 7digital US. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
  13. ^ "Bass Down Low – Dev – Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  14. ^ "Canadian Hot 100 – Week of January 29, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 19, 2011.
  15. ^ "Dev – Billboard Singles". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  16. ^ Goldby, Stefan (August 19, 2011). . Buzzine. Richard Elfman / Louis Elfman. Archived from the original on December 23, 2011. Retrieved October 1, 2011.
  17. ^ . February 15, 2011. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
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  20. ^ "Usher, Nicki Minaj, & Jennifer Hudson Step to David Guetta's 'Beat'". Rap-Up.com. June 22, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
  21. ^ "Dev Talks Sophomore Album, 2 Chainz Love at Lollapalooza: Video – Music Festivals". Billboard. August 6, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2012.
  22. ^ "Dev is now the Republic Records". Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  23. ^ Lilah, Rose (February 3, 2014). "Dev - Kiss It (Remix) Feat. Casey Veggies - Stream [New Song]". HotNewHipHop.
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Devin Star Tailes born July 2 1989 known professionally as Dev sometimes stylized as DEV or dEV is an American singer songwriter rapper model and radio host She was discovered by the Cataracs and record label Indie Pop via Myspace after Dev s friend posted a video of her singing Dev s song Booty Bounce was sampled in Far East Movement s hit single Like a G6 which reached number one in the US and sold over four million downloads in the country DevDev at the 2011 MuchMusic Video AwardsBornDevin Star Tailes 1989 07 02 July 2 1989 age 34 Tracy California U S OccupationsSinger songwriter rapper model radio hostYears active2009 presentPartnerJimmy Gorecki 2011 present Children1Musical careerGenresPop rap electropop hip hop futurepopLabelsIsland Universal Republic Republic Rica Lyfe RECORDS SONGSWebsitedevescaliente wbr comDev was signed to Universal Republic in October 2010 and released her debut single Bass Down Low on November 16 2010 which reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom Her debut album The Night the Sun Came Up was released on March 27 2012 The album s second single In the Dark peaked at number 11 in the US chart making it her most successful solo single to date In 2014 Dev released two EPs Bittersweet July and the second part as a follow up to part one She is also a radio host of the popular radio Beats 1 by Apple founded in 2015 In mid 2016 Dev started promoting her second album with a lead single called 1 featuring Nef the Pharaoh which reached the top 15 on the Billboard Rhythmic Songs chart 1 Dev s second studio album I Only See You When I m Dreamin was made available for pre order in July 2017 it includes the singles All I Wanna Do and Come at Me and is her first full length project since 2011 s The Night the Sun Came Up Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 2009 10 Career beginning 2 2 2011 13 The Night the Sun Came Up 2 3 2014 present Bittersweet July and I Only See You When I m Dreamin 3 Musical style 4 Personal life 5 Discography 6 Tours 7 Accolades 8 References 9 External linksEarly life editDev was born to Lisa a real estate agent and Riki Tailes a painting contractor 2 3 She has two younger sisters Sierra Sol born September 13 1994 and Maezee Lua 2 Dev is of Costa Rican Portuguese and Mexican descent She grew up in the city of Manteca 4 At age 4 she began swimming and was part of the U S Olympic development program 2 She attended Brock Elliott Elementary and graduated from Sierra High School in 2007 where she was a member of band and choir She attended San Joaquin Delta College studying English and art history 2 Career edit2009 10 Career beginning edit nbsp Dev in Santa Cruz California November 2010In 2009 Dev made a cover of Amy Winehouse s Back to Black and after a friend posted the song on MySpace along with an original song about an ex boyfriend the production team the Cataracs contacted Dev 2 To Fashion Indie Magazine she said I decided to put up this song on MySpace it was basically a diss track and I didn t expect anything out of it It was just to make me feel good like how music usually do but Niles of the Cataracs came across to my page and was really into my voice and they kind of got me into singing and opened up my eyes to business opportunities 5 She dropped out of college in her first year to pursue her singing career and was then signed by the Los Angeles based record label and management team Indie Pop who also discovered the Cataracs Six months later Dev and the Cataracs song 2Nite began to gain exposure on the radio the music video channel MTVU and the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart 2 In 2009 Dev moved to Los Angeles to produce music with the Cataracs and work directly with Indie Pop 3 In 2010 the Cataracs produced Like a G6 with Far East Movement and decided to use a verse from Dev s single Booty Bounce as the chorus 6 The two songs were made in the same summer at the time where Dev and the Cataracs were grinding it out in the studio pretty tough together making a couple of simplistic random tracks 5 Like a G6 which features Far East Movement and Dev was released in April 2010 and reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart 7 The song went on to sell over four million downloads in the US 8 In August 2010 a video was made for Booty Bounce directed by Ethan Lader and uploaded it onto YouTube where it has generated over 20 million views 6 9 In October 2010 Dev was signed to Universal Republic and her first official single Bass Down Low was serviced to rhythmic radio stations in November 6 10 It was released digitally in select countries on December 6 2010 and one day later in the United States 11 12 The song reached 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and number two on the Heatseekers Songs chart 13 In Canada the song peaked at number 35 in its fifth week on the Canadian Hot 100 chart Bass Down Low saw more success in the United Kingdom where it peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart 14 2011 13 The Night the Sun Came Up edit On April 25 2011 she released the single In the Dark The song enjoyed commercial success in the United States peaking at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the summit of Hot Dance Club Songs and peaked in the top 40 in Canada Australia Denmark Ireland Scotland and the United Kingdom 15 The song s music video features shots of black painted hands that touch Dev while she is standing naked 16 Dev s debut album The Night the Sun Came Up has been released in United Kingdom on September 20 2011 5 17 Since 2009 Dev has been working on her debut album with main producers the Cataracs 2 3 18 In March 2011 Dev and the Cataracs travelled to Costa Rica for three weeks where they recorded and produced most of the material for the new album She explained of the album s genres typical pop music is not what I am only good at doing I have a lot of ideas and hip hop influence records some electro ballads 5 In March 2011 New Boyz s single Backseat featuring Dev and the Cataracs was released The song peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 19 She was featured on Demi Lovato s album Unbroken on a song called Who s That Boy She featured on a song by British boy band JLS She Makes Me Wanna which peaked at the top of the UK Singles Chart in the United Kingdom nbsp Dev with the DJ El Conchitas at the Lovebox Festival in 2012 Dev also released two more promotional singles through Twitter Poison and Call Me both covers of Bell Biv Devoe and Blondie respectively She also featured in EDM artist David Guetta s album Nothing But the Beat on a song called I Just Wanna F with Timbaland and Afrojack 20 Dev has also featured on a single by Swedish singer Eric Saade Hotter Than Fire which was released on November 2 2011 in Sweden Dev is featured on a remix of Girls Generation s song Bad Girl by the Cataracs featured on their Japanese remix album and Dev was also featured in Timbaland s promotional single Break Ya Back The American version of The Night the Sun Came Up was released on March 26 2012 in the United States which includes new tracks compared to previous releases of the album Dev has teamed up with singer Enrique Iglesias on a track called Naked which is produced by the Cataracs and was released as the third single of the repackaged album It reached the first position in Mexico and the second position in the US dance chart At the 2012 Lollapalooza Dev revealed that she was currently working on her second album I m using a lot more live instrumentation for this album stating I had such a great time making a very electronic based album for the first one but you know I m just moving to different things different sounds so we ll see 21 Her track Bass Down Low was featured during match intervals of Volleyball Beach Volleyball and Basketball among others during the 2012 Summer Olympics In 2013 Universal Republic Records announced that they were going defunct all artists from the label moved to Republic Records 22 In November 1 she has posted on her official YouTube a new song Kiss It featuring Sage the Gemini produced by Hit Boy While Kiss It will release on December 17 2013 A remix version was released featured Casey Veggies in place of Sage the Gemini 23 In November 2013 Dev also collaborated with singer Mia Martina for her single Danse which gained popularity in Latin and dance charts throughout spring 2014 2014 present Bittersweet July and I Only See You When I m Dreamin edit In the mid 2014 after the release of her previous single Kiss It Dev left Universal Republic and decided to release music on her own without a label On May 5 2014 Dev released an EP called Not All Love Songs Have To Be So Sad with NanosauR The EP was released via iTunes on July 31 2014 On August 7 2014 Dev has posted a snippet of a new song on her Instagram account called Kids and revealed that Bittersweet July will be available for pre order on August 11 It was released on September 23 by Rica Lyfe Records her own label On November 5 2014 Honey Dip was confirmed as the first single from the EP the video was directed by the Oakland based rapper Kreayshawn On December 6 2014 Dev announced the release of Bittersweet July Pt 2 as a follow up to Part 1 and made it available for pre order along with the download of The Night is Young The EP was released via iTunes on December 15 The third track from the second part Parade was released as the lead single 24 In 2015 Dev collaborated with female electro duo Nervo for their single Hey Ricky The single also features Kreayshawn who directed the video The video released on Vevo on June 2 2015 went viral topping the real time US chart In December 2015 Dev was also featured as the lead vocalist on the club hit Electric Walk by electro house producer Nytrix The song peaked at eight on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart On January 25 2016 Idolator posted a snippet of a song called Lowkey and wrote that on January 27 Ebro Darden would premiere Dev s standalone single on Beats1 Dev worked mainly with her friend producer NanosauR Dave Tozer and Rey Reel 25 26 Lowkey was released on March 8 2016 The song was praised by the critic and compared to Selena Gomez s Good for You 27 In February 2016 Dev was featured as the lead vocalist on We Rock It by Sander Kleinenberg In August 2016 Dev signed with Barry Weiss s record label RECORDS and began promoting her album citation needed with the single 1 featuring Nef the Pharaoh which reached the top 15 of the Billboard Rhythmic songs chart In July 2017 Dev kicked off the campaign for her second album I Only See You When I m Dreamin with the release of two singles All I Wanna Do amp Come at Me along with the pre order of the album due September 8 Dev worked with collaborators such as Raye MNDR Sarah Hudson and Marko Penn on the record From 2018 Dev began releasing standalone singles with Rock On It Down For Me Girls Don t Lie and Clean Break being released throughout 2018 She collaborated on the song Make Out by Da Candy and Ferry released in September 2018 Beginning in July 2020 Dev started releasing a single every three weeks starting with Mango on July 17 Follow My Lead on August and Bom Dia on September 1 In July 2022 Dev performed live on Lollapalooza and Hard stating that she was working on new music Musical style editDev s electro style and sing talk vocal style have been compared to fellow pop singer Kesha 28 Dev responded to this saying I m confident enough in what I do that people will see me for who I am I get why people compare us but once people see me live they won t connect us as much 9 While comparing her to Kesha Idolator wrote that Dev s beats come off a bit more mellow and her songs a little bit more electro than pop 28 In response to being compared to both Kesha and Uffie Dev said I just feel that I have a lot more to say and the ability to have an eclectic sound I m not bashing either artist but I m going to be able to give you a little bit more than what you ve heard on those records When my album comes out hopefully I won t have to hear another reference or comparison 5 Much of Dev s music is inspired by rap music as she believes that fans respond to pop music but with rap roots She said I ve always been into hip hop Eminem changed my life when I was younger 9 The Hollywood Reporter compared her futuristic and pulsing sound to underground electroclash musicians Peaches and Yelle 9 Dev s musical genres have been cited as electro crunk 29 and electropop 9 28 Personal life editIn September 2011 Dev publicly announced that she was expecting a baby girl due December 24 2011 30 Dev gave birth to her daughter Emilia Lovely on December 9 2011 31 MTV aired a special about Dev s life as a mom and how she is juggling being a mother and a performer at the same time The show also shed light on her daughter who was born with a condition called gastroschisis and how her daughter overcame it 32 Discography editMain articles Dev discography and List of songs recorded by Dev The Night the Sun Came Up 2011 I Only See You When I m Dreamin 2017 Tours editHeadlining The Night the Sun Came Up Tour 2012 Bittersweet July Tour 2014 15 Bay Nights Tour with Lil Debbie 2019 Opening Act Jeffree Star s The Fresh Meat Tour 2010 11 Usher s OMG Tour 2011 Accolades editMain article List of awards and nominations received by Dev singer Dev has been nominated for two Billboard Music Awards a Brit Award and two MTV Video Music Awards References edit Dev 1 Chart History Billboard Retrieved March 5 2019 a b c d e f g Bell Natalie May 15 2011 A talk with Dev singer of Like a G6 The Pitt News Retrieved December 15 2019 a b c Campbell Jason April 1 2009 Dev taking singing on a spin around California The Manteca Bulletin Archived from the original on October 17 2010 Retrieved December 17 2010 Sauro Tony Manteca singer Dev Rolling Stone s next big thing The Stockton Record Retrieved December 10 2023 a b c d e Kazemi Alex December 21 2010 An Interview With Dev Fashion Indie Archived from the original on December 27 2010 Retrieved January 6 2011 a b c Johnson Billy November 10 2010 Pop Rap Newcomer Dev Feels So Fly Like A G6 Yahoo Music Blog Yahoo Inc Archived from the original on July 19 2011 Retrieved November 18 2010 Like a G6 Far West Movement Chart History Billboard Prometheus Global Media Retrieved December 17 2010 Grein Paul November 27 2010 Week Ending Nov 14 2010 This Year s Gift Is Smaller Yahoo Music Blog Yahoo Inc Archived from the original on November 21 2010 Retrieved November 18 2010 a b c d e Amter Charlie December 13 2010 Is Dev of Like A G6 Fame The Next Ke ha The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved December 23 2010 FMQB Available for Airplay 2010 11 16 FMQB Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report Inc Archived from the original on February 13 2012 Retrieved January 6 2011 Bass Down Low feat The Cataracs Single by Dev iTunes Store Australia Apple Inc January 2010 Retrieved January 6 2011 DEV The Cataracs Bass Down Low 7digital US Archived from the original on July 22 2011 Retrieved January 6 2011 Bass Down Low Dev Chart History Billboard Prometheus Global Media Retrieved December 17 2010 Canadian Hot 100 Week of January 29 2011 Billboard Prometheus Global Media Retrieved January 19 2011 Dev Billboard Singles Allmusic Rovi Corporation Retrieved October 22 2011 Goldby Stefan August 19 2011 Music Interview Dev Buzzine Richard Elfman Louis Elfman Archived from the original on December 23 2011 Retrieved October 1 2011 Photo Shoot for my album The Night the Sun Came Up February 15 2011 Archived from the original on July 9 2011 Retrieved February 25 2011 Dev s Debut Album The Night the Sun Came Up Release Date Tracklist It s The Cataracs Itsthecataracs com April 16 2011 Archived from the original on August 28 2011 Retrieved September 2 2011 Hot 100 Week of March 5 2011 Billboard Prometheus Global Media Retrieved February 24 2011 Usher Nicki Minaj amp Jennifer Hudson Step to David Guetta s Beat Rap Up com June 22 2011 Retrieved September 2 2011 Dev Talks Sophomore Album 2 Chainz 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