Paris Wells is the sweetheart of Australian Alt-Pop. Always experimenting, creating & turning things on their head. Her resume reads like a bucket-list for aspiring popstars, including playing Bestival, touring with Justin Timberlake & living and working as a songwriter in Europe. Her new tune Viking uniquely mixes island rhythms with her Scandinavian experience. Perhaps more about warm love than warm weather, there's sounds reminiscent of arctic electronica and early ska. A ditty that is both quaint & elegant, simple & sophisticated.
Wells was a Fairfax employee working in the advertising sales department, when she started performing tiny underground gigs with DJ friends in Melbourne.
Her early gigs at local bars consisted mostly "toasting" over funk breaks, but after forming a creative partnership with Ryan Ritchie (aka RHyNO), a songwriter and artist with group True Live, she released her debut EP of her own material, Mum Hasn't Slept Yet, with label Illusive Sounds. Wells was then offered slots on the festival circuit, playing the Meredith Music Festival, Falls Festival and the Sydney festivals.
Wells released her first album, entitled Keep It, in July 2008.
Wells' song "Grace Baby" was picked up for a Myer's television advertising campaign. The singer was awarded the $10,000 Jessica Michalik Contemporary Music Endowment, an annual grant given to promising acts by the producers of the Big Day Out.
On 14 March 2009, she appeared with Bliss n Eso at the Sound Relief concert at the MCG, performing "Field of Dreams". Following a successful audition, Wells supported Justin Timberlake during his FutureSex/Loveshow tour of Australia and New Zealand. Paris was also the voice of Tourism Victoria
In October 2010, Wells released her second album, Various Small Fires, Paris was Chosen to sing the St.Kilda Saints AFL Football Clubs theme in the 2010 AFL Grand Final there has been two songs released off the "Various Small Fires" Album, "Through And Through" & "Lets Get
"Rockwiz", Adam Hills, Talking About My Generation and Good News Week.
In 2013, she appeared on Australian Channel Seven's soap drama Home And Away
Paris moved to London on the advice of Raye Cosbert (Amy Winehouse's Manager) whom told her to do more Topline work along with her solo projects. Paris began a writing hub with celebrity DJ Kaz James and Belgium punk and pop producer/composer Nico Renson.
In 2014 Paris met Danish Fashion Designer Christian Back and moved to Copenhagen where she was signed with Sony Denmark for her single OVERBITE. OVERBITE was used by [SaaB] for their Cannes Film Festival campaign.
Paris is now working on her next release along with toplining for others in 2018. She is also in training to be a celebrant