Draft:Sidtartha Jane Cheize

Sidtartha Jane Cheize (born August 15, 2001) is an English singer-songwriter and dancer. She has been recognized for her continual reinvention and versatility in visual and sonic works. Sidtartha moved to New York City in 2017 to pursue a career in Contemporary dance. After performing as a bassist in the band Trip and working as a backup dancer, she released her 2024 Debut Studio Album Heaven to critical acclaim.

2001-2017: Early life Sidtartha Jane Chieze was born on August 15, 2001, in Bexleyheath, England to Catholic parents Sam Finch and Tommy Lear Chieze. She was born on a Navy Base while her father was deployed. Her father's parents were Irish emigrants from Kilkenny while her mother is English. Tommy Chieze was in the Navy and her mother was a secretary. They divorced when she was 2 months old, and her mother moved back to England. Sidtartha has two half siblings, named Susan and James. She was raised primarily by her aunt, uncle, and extended family in Lewisham, England.

She attended our Lady of the Rosary in Bexleyheath after attending Bexley Primary School. After graduating in January 2017 she received a dance theatre scholarship to Stella Adler and studied over the summer at the Lee Strasburg school. She studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and eventually performed with Robin Antins Dance Theater. She also studied and dance under the tutelage of the noted American dancer and choreographer Nick Lanzisara.

2017-2024: Career beginnings In 2017, Sidtartha became romantically involved with musician Ariel Rosenberg. Shortly after meeting him, she successfully auditioned to perform in Berlin with disco artist Juan Atkins as his backup singer and dancer. During her three months with Atkins, she also traveled to Paris before returning to New York in August 2018. Sidtartha moved into a music studio and rehearsed in Brooklyn. She formed her first band, Trip, for which Sidtartha played bass. While with the band, Sidtartha briefly worked as a coat-check girl at the Basement, and modeled on the side for Comme de Garcon. They signed with label Mexican Summer, wrote songs for other artists, and were paid about 4,000$ per song. In 2019 Sidtartha left Trip with Sonny Moore who was her boyfriend at the time, and they formed the band Golden Raspberry. The two began writing songs together and they recorded a 8-song demo tape in November 2022, but soon after, Sidtartha decided to focus in on her solo works. In January 2022, an entertainment lawyer signed Sidtartha to a contract and worked as her manager until February 2023. Tanisha Hall, an industry executive working for Babyface at the time, brought her demos to Leonard Brooks at Universal Republic, where he signed her for a deal where an album was recorded that was eventually shelved.

Helen Yu eventually got her a publishing deal with Sony ATV, where she spent 6 months writing for other artists while getting her numbers up. After getting discovered by renowned photographer Brad Elterman she was signed to agency First and did modeling work for Celine, Comme De Garcon, Gucci, Y Project, Alessandro Michele, Undercover, Keds, Canon, NYFW, PWS, and LFW. She did covers for Vogue Italia and Mexico, Wonderland, and 1883.

In 2022 a manager arranged a meeting between Sidtartha and Josh Edmonds, the VP of BMG. Sidtartha signed a deal for an album. She was dropped after a year. She had offered to be managed by Om'mas Kieth who had managed the underground hip hop collective Odd Future and worked with the art songs fund Hipgnosis, but he had declined. In 2024, she released the Album Heaven thru the label PC Music. She did a mini promotional tour thru the EU.