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Florence + the Machine (Music)

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 Florence and the Machine (styled as "Florence + the Machine") are a British band formed in 2007 and named for their lead vocalist, singer/songwriter Florence Leontine Mary Welch (born 28 August 1986), with "the machine" being her backing group (once a rotating cast, it has now had the same lineup for nearly a decade).The band's name initially referred to Welch's original collaborator (and current keyboardist for her backing group) Isabella Summers. The two performed under the name "Florence Robot/Isa Machine", which was shortened to the current band name.Through the band, Welch is known for quite macabre lyrics ("Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)" was her reaction to being asked to make an upbeat record for marketability!), love-or-hate performances and haunting vocals. Aside from her, the other permanent official members of Florence + The Machine are Isabella Summers (keyboards), Robert Ackroyd (guitar), and Tom Monger (harp, xylophone, percussion). Longtime members Chris Hayden (drums) and Mark Saunders (bass) both left the band in 2018.The band struck out in popularity after their debut album Lungs reached number one in several countries including their native United Kingdom (six months after release, and repeatedly), with Welch subsequently being deemed one of the foremost female pop artists of the year. Their albums since then have opened to continued critical and commercial success, even with various shifts in sound and style. Their third album, 2015's How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful became their first to debut at #1 on the US Billboard 200; the same year, they headlined Glastonbury, making Welch the festival's first British female headliner of the 21st century.The band's music is frequently used in media releases. They contributed the song "Heavy In Your Arms" to the soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and performed the song "Breath of Life" for Snow White & the Huntsman. "Seven Devils" was used in the finale of Revenge and the trailer for the second season of Game of Thrones (the band also performed the in-universe song "Jenny of Oldstones" for season 8 of the latter show). "No Light, No Light" appeared in a season finale of Warehouse 13, and "Over the Love" was made for The Great Gatsby (2013) movie soundtrack. Their cover of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" was used in the video game Final Fantasy XV, and they contributed two other songs to the game in an EP titled Songs from Final Fantasy XV, as well as a remix of "I'm Not Calling You A Liar" for Dragon Age II. "Wish You Were Here" was also made for the soundtrack of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and "Call Me Cruella" was their contribution to the soundtrack for Cruella. A cover of "Just a Girl" was also included on the Yellowjackets soundtrack.Welch also contributed her vocals to Calvin Harris's "Sweet Nothing", and he remixed "Spectrum" for radio; Both charted #1 in the UK. She performed a cover of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" that was released on the tribute album Revamp: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. She also acted (or, perhaps, appeared would be a better word) in the filmed livestream of The Third Day: "Autumn".
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