Quick Facts
Biography
Jessica Ashley Karpov, better known as Harloe (stylized in all caps) (born 1992), is an American singer and songwriter, based in Los Angeles. In addition to her career as a recording artist, Karpov co-wrote and co-produced four songs on Kelly Clarkson's 2017 album Meaning of Life, including the singles "I Don't Think About You" and "Heat". She has also written for Britney Spears, Charli XCX, Celine Dion, Zayn, Sabrina Claudio, and Olivia Holt.
Early life
Born in Queens, New York, Karpov is the child of Laura and Igor Karpov, and is of Russian and Romanian descent. Her sister, Suzanne, is an opera singer. She graduated from Lynbrook High School in Lynbrook, New York in 2010 and attended performing arts school at NYU Clive Davis School of Recorded Music in New York City.
Career
As Jessica Ashley (2009–15)
She has been performing, singing and dancing, publicly since 2009. In 2016, she released her first single as Harlœ, All in My Feelings. In 2012, she released an EP as Jessica Ashley, Prelude, featuring the singles "Souvenir", "24 Hours" and "Neverland". The video for "Neverland" starred actor Justin Gaston, with Ashley taking on the role of a contemporary Cinderella. In 2014, she signed a record deal with Epic Records.
As HARLOE (2016–present)
In 2016, she released her first single as Harloe, "All in My Feelings," featuring Dreezy. In 2017 she released the single "More Than Ever". In 2019 she wrote and was featured on Robin Schulz's single "All This Love". In 2019, Harloe began releasing music through Roc Nation. She released the single and music video for "Rivers Run Dry" on 1 October 2019. On 19 November 2019, she released the single and music video for "One More Chance". Her debut EP as Harloe, also titled Rivers Run Dry, is set to be released in spring 2020.
Also in 2019, she provided the singing voice of Flora in the anime television series Carole & Tuesday.
Discography
EPs
| Title | Release details |
|---|---|
| Prelude |
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| Rivers Run Dry |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Album |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Souvenir" | Prelude |
| "24 Hours" | ||
| "Neverland" | ||
| 2016 | "All in My Feelings" | Non-album singles |
| 2017 | "More Than Ever" | |
| 2019 | "Rivers Run Dry" | Rivers Run Dry |
| "One More Chance" | ||
| 2020 | "Crush On You" |
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | AUT | SWI | ||||
| "Mr. Mystery" (Spadez feat. Jessica Ashley) | 2011 | — | — | — | ||
| "No More Second Chances" (MKTO feat. Jessica Ashley) | 2012 | — | — | — | MKTO | |
| "The Way We Were" (Mitch LJ & Luke Sky feat. Jessica Ashley) | 2014 | — | — | — | ||
| "Over" (Spadez feat. Jessica Ashley) | — | — | — | The Lost Tape | ||
| "Live & Learn" (Spadez feat. Jessica Ashley) | — | — | — | |||
| "No More" (Spadez feat. Jessica Ashley) | 2015 | — | — | — | The Produce Section | |
| "Just My Type" (Spadez feat. Jessica Ashley) | — | — | — | |||
| "One More Night" (Spadez feat. Jessica Ashley) | — | — | — | |||
| "All This Love" (Robin Schulz feat. Harlœ) | 2019 | 26 | 32 | 28 | TBA | |
Songwriting discography
| Title | Year | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Cool" | 2014 | Maude | #HoldUp |
| "No More Second Chances" (featuring Jessica Ashley) | MKTO | MKTO | |
| "Unbreakable" | Madison Beer | Non-album single | |
| "Kinda Miss You" | 2015 | Deborah Cox | Work of Art |
| "Love Me Down" | 2016 | Britney Spears | Glory |
| "Secret (Shh)" | Charli XCX | Vroom Vroom | |
| "Thin Air" (featuring Jordan Fisher) | Olivia Holt | Olivia | |
| "Body Speak" | Serayah | Empire: Original Soundtrack Season 2 Volume 2 | |
| "Heat" | 2017 | Kelly Clarkson | Meaning of Life |
| "Medicine" | |||
| "Cruel" | |||
| "I Don't Think About You" | |||
| "Fresh Air" | 2018 | Zayn | Icarus Falls |
| "No Apologies" | Nick Jonas | (Unreleased track) | |
| "Run My Mouth" | Ella Mai | Ella Mai | |
| "The Hard Way" | 2019 | Celine Dion | Courage |
| "As Long As You're Asleep" | Sabrina Claudio | Truth Is |