Sky Tonia Ferreira (born July 8, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, model, and actress. As a teenager, Ferreira began uploading videos on
Myspace of herself singing songs she had written, which led to her discovery by producers
Bloodshy & Avant and an eventual recording contract with
Parlophone in 2009. She released her first
extended play,
As If!, in 2011, which combined elements of
electropop and
dance music. Ferreira's second extended play
Ghost (2012), however, incorporated pop with more stripped-down song structures and featured collaborations with
Jon Brion and
Shirley Manson, as well as the critically acclaimed track "
Everything Is Embarrassing", which she composed with
Dev Hynes.