Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen (born 13 August 1988), known professionally as MØ, is a Danish singer and songwriter.
2006
In 2006, MØ released a side project titled The Edmunds, which included tracks such as "Garbage King" and "Polly Get Your Gun".
2007
MØ and her friend Josefine Struckmann Pedersen formed duo MOR in 2007, and released two EPs, Fisse I Dit Fjæs ("Pussy in Your Face") and Vanvidstimer ("Madness Hours"), in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
2008
MØ also released several other side projects during 2008–10 including titles such as "A Piece of Music to F*ck to" and "The Rarities".
The side-projects included songs that have been previously taken down due to an unknown reason, but has been re-released by a fan on YouTube.
2012
She signed a recording contract with Sony Music Entertainment in 2012, releasing her debut extended play, Bikini Daze (2013), and her debut studio album, No Mythologies to Follow (2014).
MOR disbanded on 7 September 2012, due to personal reasons.
In 2012, MØ began creating a cappella pop songs and began collaborating with producer Ronni Vindahl.
2013
On 14 January 2013, MØ released her debut single, "Glass".
On 15 March 2013, she released "Pilgrim" with the B-side "Maiden".
"Pilgrim" was recognised as P3s Uundgåelige (P3 Unavoidable), a label given to rising artists by Danish radio station DR P3, as it peaked at number eleven on the Danish Singles Chart.
On 27 March 2013, she performed live on television at the Danish P3 Guld Awards.
On 7 June 2013, she released the single "Waste of Time".
On 18 August 2013, it was confirmed through producer and DJ Avicii's manager Ash Pournouri that MØ had co-written and provided vocals on a track called "Dear Boy" which was later featured on Avicii's debut album, True.
On 30 August 2013, she released the single "XXX 88" MØ's first extended play, Bikini Daze, was released on 18 October 2013.
In October 2013, she supported AlunaGeorge on UK tour dates.
2014
MØ collaborated with Australian rapper Iggy Azalea on the 2014 single "Beg for It", which peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100, earning MØ her first entry on the chart.
The following year, she co-wrote and provided vocals for the Major Lazer and DJ Snake collaboration "Lean On", which became an international success, charting at number one in several countries, number two in the United Kingdom, and number four in the United States.
The single "Don't Wanna Dance" debuted on BBC Radio 1 on 16 January 2014 as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record.
MØ's debut studio album, No Mythologies to Follow, was released on 7 March 2014 and her album was inspired by the great Michael Jackson.
On the review aggregate site Metacritic, the album has a Metascore of 77 out of 100 indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Music blog Pretty Much Amazing called the album "complex and euphoric", while The Guardian noted that "what MØ lacks in originality, she makes up for with warlike ardour".
No Mythologies to Follow debuted at number 58 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 1,438 copies in its first week.
MØ began touring in Europe and the United States in support of the album, ending in June.
On 2 June 2014, she made her US television debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she performed the songs "Don't Wanna Dance" and "Pilgrim".
"Walk This Way" was released on 16 June 2014 as a single from No Mythologies to Follow.
On 23 June, MØ announced additional United States and Canadian tour dates beginning in September.
In November 2014, she won four awards at the Danish Music Awards: Danish Album of the Year, Danish Solo Artist of the Year, Danish Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Danish Music Video of the Year.
In 2014, MØ was featured on Australian rapper Iggy Azalea's song "Beg for It", which was released as the lead single from Azalea's reissue album, Reclassified.
Azalea and MØ performed the song for the first time on Saturday Night Live on 25 October.
MØ was also featured on Elliphant's "One More", which was officially released as a single on 22 September 2014.
2016
In 2016, MØ was featured on Snakehips's single "Don't Leave", and another Major Lazer single "Cold Water" with Canadian singer Justin Bieber, which debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart and number two on the US Billboard Hot 100.
MØ earned her first commercially successful solo single with 2016's "Final Song", which reached the top 10 in Denmark and Norway and the top 15 in Australia and the United Kingdom.
2017
In 2017, she released her second extended play, When I Was Young, followed by her second studio album, Forever Neverland, in 2018.
In 2022, MØ released her third studio album, Motordrome, which was followed by a repackaging titled Dødsdrom.
Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen was born in Ubberud, near Odense, and she grew up in Ejlstrup on the island of Funen, Denmark.
Her father, Frans Ørsted, is a psychologist, and her mother, Mette Ørsted, is a teacher.
She has an older brother, Kasper, who is a doctor.
MØ was seven when she became interested in music thanks to the Spice Girls.
As a teenager, she became interested in punk music and anti-fascist movements, listening to Black Flag, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and especially Sonic Youth, saying she looked up to Kim Gordon as a "big hero and role model".
