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'{{for|the politician|Katie White (politician)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2011}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Katie White | image = The Ting Tings (Optimus Alive 2009).jpg | caption = White performing at [[Optimus Alive!]] in [[Oeiras Municipality, Portugal|Oeiras]], [[Lisbon]] | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Katie Rebecca White<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1780476&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=25&start=1|title=Works written by: WHITE KATIE REBECCA|work=ACE Title Search|publisher=[[American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers]]|access-date=9 August 2008|archive-date=5 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605212501/http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300|url-status=dead}}</ref> | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|1|18|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lowton]], Greater Manchester, England | death_date = | instrument = Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards | genre = [[Dance-punk]], [[dance-pop]], [[new rave]], [[pop music|pop]] | occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter, rapper | years_active = 1998–present | label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]/Red Ink | current_member_of = [[The Ting Tings]] | associated_acts = [[The Ting Tings]], TKO, Dear Eskiimo | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Katie Rebecca White''' (born 18 January 1983) is an English musician and member of the pop duo [[The Ting Tings]]. After some success with a [[girl group]] [[punk rock|pop band]] TKO, which supported [[Steps (group)|Steps]] and [[Atomic Kitten]], her father David White brought in [[Jules De Martino]] to write songs for TKO.<ref name="Mirror" /> Katie White and De Martino subsequently formed the Ting Tings in 2007.<ref name="Ting Tings"/> The duo formed a romantic and musical partnership.<ref name="Youngs22" /> ==Early life== White was raised on a farm in [[Lowton]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leighreporter.co.uk/leisure/Katie-enjoys-the-fame-game.3986824.jp |title=Katie enjoys the fame game - Leisure |publisher=Leigh Reporter |date=2008-04-16 |access-date=2012-01-01 |archive-date=27 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827181146/http://www.leighreporter.co.uk/leisure/Katie-enjoys-the-fame-game.3986824.jp |url-status=dead }}</ref> with her father David K. White, mother Lynne C. (Sharples) and sister Helena. White went to [[Lowton Church of England High School|Lowton High School]] in Lowton, which has a large performing arts department.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lowtonhs.digitalbrain.com/lowtonhs/News%20Pages/News%20Archive%20Pages/Archive%20Articles/December%202008%20Newsletter%20Page%201/ |title=December 2008 Newsletter |access-date=7 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630220754/http://lowtonhs.digitalbrain.com/lowtonhs/News%20Pages/News%20Archive%20Pages/Archive%20Articles/December%202008%20Newsletter%20Page%201/ |archive-date=30 June 2009 }}</ref> When White was 12 years old, her grandfather Ken White won £6.6million on the [[National Lottery (United Kingdom)|National Lottery]] and gave each of his three sons, David, Stephen and Richard, £1million. As well as buying ponies for White and her sister Helena, White's father used his share of the money to start a music management company.<ref name="Mirror">{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/05/24/how-feud-tore-ting-tings-star-s-family-apart-115875-20427681/|title=How feud tore Ting Tings star's family apart|website=[[Daily Mirror]]|date=23 May 2008|access-date=7 March 2009}}</ref> ==Career== ===TKO=== White started her music career aged 14 in 1997{{Citation needed|reason=Age here is inconsistent with White's birth date. White would have been 8 or 9 in 1997.|date=January 2021}} in a [[girl group]] [[punk rock|punk]] trio TKO, short for technical knock out, with two friends from Lowton school, Joanne Leeson and Emma Lally. TKO was managed by White's father's music management company. They had some success and supported [[Steps (group)|Steps]] and [[Atomic Kitten]]. TKO also appeared on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]'s ''[[CD:UK]]''. In the year 2000, David White brought in Merseyside based musician and song writer Tim Matthews to help develop their creativity and take the girls around the UK on tour. This lasted over 18 months and Katie started to develop a love for guitar and writing songs, receiving mentorship and support from Tim. The two developed a close friendship and with time in the road, were able to inspire each other with their different styles. Soon after, wanting to push Katie as a solo performer and allow Tim to focus on his newly formed band (The Randoms) Dave brought in published songwriter [[Jules De Martino]], who wrote four songs for TKO.<ref name="Mirror" /> TKO were not able to secure a record deal but released a single on the Internet.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} ===Dear Eskiimo=== White got back in touch with Jules De Martino when she was at [[Leeds University]] and he moved to Manchester.<ref>{{cite web|work=Herald Sun|title=Fresh Start Just the Ting|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/fresh-start-just-the-ting/news-story/de206aa4806dc92270f1d2d3276067af|first=James|last=Wigney|date=3 January 2009|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> They formed a band called Dear Eskiimo (often misreported as ''Dead Eskimo'') with a DJ friend Simon Templeman. The name was intended to be as nomadic, tribal and independent as possible. There were already several bands called "Eskimo" but Jules, who wrote the lyrics, wanted his songs to tell good stories as if in a letter, hence "Dear Eskiimo" with the odd spelling of 'Eskimo" with two 'I"s to make it stand out.<ref name="Sainted">{{cite web|url=http://www.saintedpr.com/roster/deareskiimo.html |title=Dear Eskimo Biography |access-date=8 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111080021/http://www.saintedpr.com/roster/deareskiimo.html |archive-date=11 January 2009 }}</ref> Their first performance was as a support between two garage type rock bands, one being an up and coming group, The Randoms who were headed by Katie’s close friend and songwriter Tim Matthews. The Manchester gig went well and they were signed up by [[Mercury Records]] at the end of 2004. Creative differences and the management style of the record label caused them to split up.<ref name="MEN1">{{cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music/ting-tings---the-hottest-party-994745|title=Ting Tings – the hottest party in town|work=Manchester Evening News|date=8 June 2007}}</ref> ===The Ting Tings=== [[File:Katie White-Variety Playhouse.JPG|right|250px|thumbnail|White playing the guitar at [[Variety Playhouse]] in Atlanta, Georgia on 23 October 2008]] {{main|The Ting Tings}} White and De Martino started a band in 2007 with White on vocals, guitar, piano and bass drum and De Martino on vocals, drums, bass, guitar and keyboards. They started writing songs together and doing short concerts. White was working in a boutique with a Chinese girl named "Ting Ting", which sounds like Mandarin Chinese for "[[band stand]]" ([[Chinese pavilion|亭]]) or "listening" (聽) and White used it as the name for the band.<ref name="Ting Tings">{{cite web|url=http://www.thetingtings.com/us/the-band |title=The Band |access-date=13 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201120325/http://www.thetingtings.com/us/the-band |archive-date= 1 December 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title = Just Doing Their Ting | access-date =10 July 2008 | url = http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/story/0,,2287682,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Laura | last=Barton | date=28 June 2008}}</ref> The Ting Tings started by playing for private parties at the Islington Mill arts centre in [[City of Salford|Salford]], and their debut album ''[[We Started Nothing]]'' was released on 19 May 2008.<ref name="MEN1" /> Their follow-up album ''[[Sounds from Nowheresville]]'' was released on 27 February 2012 in the UK and 15 March in the United States. In 2014, White told the ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' that comments by Internet trolls previously caused her to stop writing songs for six months.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Daily Record|title=Ting Tings Singer Katie White Says Internet Trolls Left Her Unable to Write Songs for Six Months|url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/ting-tings-singer-katie-white-4553179|first=Carla|last=Callaghan|date=2 November 2014|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> In 2015, she sustained a tendon injury to her left hand that caused the band to cancel its U.S. tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|title=The Ting Tings Cancel U.S. Tour Due to Singer's Hand Injury|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6598370/ting-tings-cancel-us-tour-injury|first=Jason|last=Lipshuts|date=17 June 2015|access-date=20 March 2018}}</ref> ==Discography== {{main|The Ting Tings discography}} The Ting Tings released their debut album, ''We Started Nothing'', on 19 May 2008. Their follow-up album ''Sounds from Nowheresville'' was released on 27 February 2012 in the UK and 15 March in the United States. ''[[Super Critical]]'', their third album, was released on 27 October 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Fred|title=Super Critical review|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/super-critical-mw0002703359|website=Allmusic|publisher=RhythmOne|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Super Critical by The Ting Tings|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/super-critical/the-ting-tings|website=MetaCritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref> ==Personal life== In a February 2022 BBC interview, White and De Martino spoke of their 20-month-old daughter and personal relationship: "The pair have previously avoided saying whether they are romantic as well as musical partners. 'We never particularly spoke about it,' the singer says. 'We always wanted to keep it quite separate from the music, but it's quite hard when you have literally a mini person. We've been together a long time now.'"<ref name="Youngs22">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-60509221|author=Ian Youngs|title=That's Not My Name: The Ting Tings discuss song's 'amazing' TikTok revival|work=BBC News|date=27 February 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{The Ting Tings}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Katie}} [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English dance musicians]] [[Category:English multi-instrumentalists]] [[Category:English women guitarists]] [[Category:English guitarists]] [[Category:English women pop singers]] [[Category:English women singer-songwriters]] [[Category:English singer-songwriters]] [[Category:British lead guitarists]] [[Category:Music in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan]] [[Category:Musicians from Manchester]] [[Category:People from Lowton]] [[Category:21st-century English women singers]] [[Category:21st-century English singers]] [[Category:21st-century British guitarists]] [[Category:21st-century women guitarists]] [[Category:The Ting Tings members]]'