SuperKnova explained

SuperKnova
Origin:Chicago, Illinois
Years Active:2017–present
Label:Self-released
Alias:Ellie Kim

Ellie Kim, artist name SuperKnova, is a singer, activist, physician and musician.[1] [2] [3] She has released two studio albums, American Queers[4] and, most recently, superuniverse.[5] She is noted for speaking out publicly against non-consensual intersex surgery in infants while working at Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago, Illinois.[6] [7]

Education

Kim attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where she studied jazz guitar.[8] She attended Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and graduated with her MD in 2019.[9] She did not attend residency and instead chose to pursue a career in music after graduating.[10]

Music career

Ellie Kim started SuperKnova while in medical school.[11] [12] During this time, she began her gender transition and wrote songs as a form of therapy to process her emotions around coming out. She initially did not plan on releasing them. However, a friend eventually convinced her to put them on Bandcamp.[13] Her first album Splendor Dysphoria was released on Bandcamp in June 2017.[14] She chose the artist name SuperKnova based on her childhood fascination with space. The name is based on the cosmological phenomenon of a supernova, the final most energetic explosion before the death of a star. She saw this as an analogy of how she wanted to live life: giving it her all and seeing beauty in the chaos.[15] [16] Her second album American Queers is one of the “all-time best selling transgender albums” on Bandcamp.[17]

Production

Kim is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, producer and audio engineer. She writes, produces, records, mixes and masters all of her own music.[18]

Activism

As a physician, Kim has advocated for intersex justice alongside activist Pidgeon Pagonis.[19] [20] On July 23, 2020, Kim became the first physician at Lurie Children’s Hospital to publicly speak out against cosmetic, medically unnecessary surgeries performed on intersex infants without their consent.[21] She advocated for change within Lurie Children's Hospital in collaboration with Dr. Robert Garofalo, division head of Adolescent Medicine.[22] [23] On July 29, 2020, Lurie Children’s hospital formally changed their policy regarding intersex infant surgery and became the first hospital in the United States to do so.[24] [25]

Personal life

Kim is a genderfluid, transgender woman and uses she/her/hers pronouns.[26] [27]

Appearances in media

SuperKnova's song "Glitter and Blood" appears in Season 1, Episode 2 of Showtime's Work in Progress.[28] She also sings a cover of The Beat's "Mirror in the Bathroom" (produced by Ethan Stoller) that appears in Season 1, Episode 4, the "Bathroom" episode.[29]

In 2023, beauty retailer Sephora added SuperKnova to their Sephora Sounds artist roster, a music collective that "reflects the authenticity of Sephora's broader beauty community."[30] [31] She was one of three artists to be featured on their TikTok page alongside the announcement of the program.[32]

Awards

In 2021, SuperKnova's music video for her song "Goals_" was selected to the 44th Asian American International Film Festival in New York City.[33]

In 2023, SuperKnova's music video for her song "Islands" was selected to the 46th Asian American International Film Festival in New York City.[34]

References

  1. Web site: Schoenberg. Nara. Under growing pressure from employees and activists, Lurie Children's Hospital may end controversial genital surgeries on children born with bodies that aren't typically male or female. 2021-09-21. chicagotribune.com. 28 July 2020 .
  2. Web site: Pidgeon Pagonis. 2021-09-21. WTTW News. en.
  3. Web site: Julious. Britt. Ellie Kim and SuperKnova like a blast of sonic fresh air. 2021-09-21. chicagotribune.com. 4 October 2017 .
  4. Web site: American Queers, by SuperKnova . 2023-06-30 . SuperKnova . en.
  5. Web site: May 24, 2023 . superuniverse by SuperKnova . June 30, 2023 . SuperKnova.
  6. Web site: Schoenberg. Nara. Under growing pressure from employees and activists, Lurie Children's Hospital may end controversial genital surgeries on children born with bodies that aren't typically male or female. 2021-09-21. chicagotribune.com. 28 July 2020 .
  7. Web site: 2020-07-31. After Lurie Children's Pledges To Stop Surgeries On Intersex Kids, Activists Urge Other Hospitals To Follow. 2021-09-21. Block Club Chicago. en.
  8. Web site: Illuminating Identity: Ellie Kim Shines As SuperKnova. 2021-09-21. These Days. en-US.
  9. Web site: Doximity . 2021-09-21 . www.doximity.com . en.
  10. Web site: Getting to know Superknova. 2021-09-21. Kinky Elevator Music. 6 July 2021 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Getting to know Superknova. 2021-09-21. Kinky Elevator Music. 6 July 2021 . en-US.
  12. Web site: Rebecca. it's. 2020-11-30. SUPERKNOVA. 2021-09-21. music is her passion. en.
  13. Web site: SUPERKNOVA. 2021-09-21. BOPS & FLOPS. 6 November 2019 . en-US.
  14. Web site: SuperKnova. 2021-09-21. SuperKnova.
  15. Web site: Rebecca. it's. 2020-11-30. SUPERKNOVA. 2021-09-21. music is her passion. en.
  16. Web site: Getting to know Superknova. 2021-09-21. Kinky Elevator Music. 6 July 2021 . en-US.
  17. Web site: Transgender Music & Artists Bandcamp. 2021-09-21. bandcamp.com.
  18. Web site: Rebecca. it's. 2020-11-30. SUPERKNOVA. 2021-09-21. music is her passion. en.
  19. Web site: Pidgeon Pagonis. 2021-09-21. WTTW News. en.
  20. Web site: How Pidgeon Pagonis Helped End Intersex Surgeries at Lurie. 2021-09-21. Chicago Magazine. en-US.
  21. Web site: Schoenberg. Nara. Under growing pressure from employees and activists, Lurie Children's Hospital may end controversial genital surgeries on children born with bodies that aren't typically male or female. 2021-09-21. chicagotribune.com. 28 July 2020 .
  22. Web site: How Pidgeon Pagonis Helped End Intersex Surgeries at Lurie. 2021-09-21. Chicago Magazine. en-US.
  23. Web site: Garofalo, Robert, MD, MPH. 2021-09-21. www.luriechildrens.org. en.
  24. Web site: Intersex Care at Lurie Children's and Our Sex Development Clinic. 2021-09-21. www.luriechildrens.org. en.
  25. Web site: Nora Neus. Major children's hospital apologizes for history of cosmetic genital surgeries on intersex infants. 2021-09-21. CNN. 30 July 2020 .
  26. Web site: Rebecca. it's. 2020-11-30. SUPERKNOVA. 2021-09-21. music is her passion. en.
  27. Web site: Music - SuperKnova . Bandcamp . 12 August 2024.
  28. Web site: Music from Work in Progress S1E02. 2021-09-21. Tunefind.
  29. Web site: Music from Work in Progress S1E04. 2021-09-21. Tunefind.
  30. Web site: user . 2023-08-01 . Sephora Launches Music Collective to Champion and Invest in Diverse Artists for a More Inclusive Creator Community – Sephora Newsroom . 2023-08-09 . en-US.
  31. Web site: Instagram . 2024-04-22 . www.instagram.com.
  32. Web site: sephora on TikTok . 2023-08-09 . TikTok . en.
  33. Web site: Archived copy. 2021-09-21. www.aaiff.org. 2021-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210921183640/https://www.aaiff.org/aaiff44/goals_/. dead.
  34. Web site: Islands. 2023-08-09 . . en .

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