Samantha Urbani

Samantha Urbani (/sə-man-thə urˈbaːni/; born September 18, 1987) is an American singer, songwriter, visual artist, filmmaker, producer, and Bushwick celebrity from Mystic, Connecticut. Born to Robin and Bob Urbani, she expressed interest in music, fashion, social activism, and performance from an early age. A graduate of Robert E. Fitch Senior High School (located in Groton, Connecticut), she briefly attended the New School in New York City. Upon returning from a life altering trip to Germany; she formed internationally successful band Friends. After three years, a trio of singles, and the album Manifest! on Fat Possum records the group disbanded. Samantha then went on to collaborate and tour with Domino Records artist Dev Hynes for several years before embarking on a solo career of her own.

Urbani was born in New London, CT to Robin and Bob Urbani on September 18, 1987, the younger of two siblings.

The Urbani children were homeschooled by their mother, an experience Samantha recalls fondly, "She taught us about whatever we wanted to learn. We were interested in botany in second grade, so she took us on hikes around the woods to identify mushrooms. She wanted to expose us to different cultures and ideas, so when I was 10 she took us to live in Belize for a while." Her older brother, Robert "Bobby" Joseph Urbani died from complications of a congenital heart defect when she was 16, her brother's death and death in general are common themes in her lyrics and visual art.

From a young age, Urbani showed interest in music and the visual arts, spending much of her time painting, making interactive mixed media sculpture, and singing along to the radio.

After graduating Robert E. Fitch Senior High School, Urbani took three years off to drive around the United States and travel before eventually settling in Brooklyn.

Urbani attended Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts from 2008 through 2010, describing the world of liberal arts education as "a really expensive version of what I was already doing on my own my whole life and also more confining." Upon forming the band Friends (American band), Samantha hedged her bets on a career in music and dropped out.

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