
Her family relocated to Tokyo, Japan, where she lived between the ages of one and six, and later settled in Greenwich, Connecticut, where Polachek started singing choir in the third grade. Polachek was born in Manhattan, New York City, on June 20, 1985, to James Montel Polachek (1944–2020), an Ashkenazi Jewish financial markets analyst and trained classical musician, and Elizabeth Allan.
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Polachek has worked extensively with other artists, collaborating with Blood Orange, Fischerspooner, Sbtrkt, Christine and the Queens, Charli XCX, Grimes, and the British music collective PC Music, as well as writing material for Beyoncé (" No Angel") and Travis Scott. In 2023, Polachek released the album Desire, I Want to Turn Into You.

Her debut studio album, Pang (2019), featured an avant-pop sound and was released to critical acclaim, in particular its lead single " So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings". The duo emerged from the late-2000s Brooklyn music scene with the sleeper hit "Bruises".įollowing her time in the band, she worked on the solo projects Ramona Lisa and CEP before embarking on a career under her own name after Chairlift disbanded in 2017.

Raised in Connecticut, Polachek co-founded the indie pop band Chairlift while studying at the University of Colorado.

Caroline Elizabeth Polachek (born June 20, 1985) is an American singer, producer, and songwriter.
