Jennifer Sakpolor Irabor is an Irish musician. She is a member of Loud LDN.[1]
Early life
Jennifer Sakpolor Irabor[2] was born in Tallaght to a Luas driver and a teacher, and has a brother. She grew up in a strict Nigerian Catholic household, with her parents playing chart hits and Nigerian gospel music. She spent time on Twitter and Tumblr as a teenager, where she discovered alternative artists such as Halsey and Lorde, and spent time running a 5 Seconds of Summer stan account. She began writing her own songs aged sixteen, when her father bought her a cheap keyboard from Argos, and a friend taught her some basic chords; her early efforts were attempts at aping her favourite artists. Aged eighteen, she moved to London, and began releasing synth-pop under the name Jenn, but grew disillusioned after a poor experience, and it took the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom for her to return to making music. She then renamed herself Spider after spiders began appearing in her room.[3]
- ^ "DIY, March 2023 by DIY Magazine - Issuu". issuu.com. 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2024-04-19.
- ^ "Irabor Jennifer Sakpolor". ASCAP. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Spider: 'I want to be the biggest rock star in the world'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2024-04-19.