It's a horrible name, Coldplay. It doesn't conjure up any positive thoughts.
Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough.
I don't even know what my artist name would be. Would it be Logan Paul? Would it just be Logan? I don't know.
Cordae is like my government name. I was like, just be myself. What's a better name than the name my mom gave me, or my pops gave me?
One of my favorite album covers is Miguel's 'Wildheart.'
In many countries, when I gave the name 'Rap Monster,' I often heard that it was 'too much.'
It's weird. Prior to having my first record, Corey Hart was just my name.
My favorite song is 'Cybele's Reverie' by Stereolab.
I feel like Black Thought is a name that has so much meaning and depth, not only to me but to my fans, that it's something that I wanted to hold onto a little bit tighter.
The XCX really stands for 'kiss Charli kiss,' which is unbelievably crap.
When I started making music, I figured the name Rico Nasty would give a background of who I am.
My name is Ella; that's who I am at school, hanging out with friends, while I'm doing homework. But when I'm up on stage, 'Lorde' is a character.
I just play under the name Mt. Eerie. I started doing that in 2003 and I've pretty much been doing that since then.
'A' comes from Artist. And 'Boogie' from the Bronx. 'The Hoodie' part came from just having a hoodie on a lot.
I got a lot of crap for being named SZA but not being affiliated with Wu-Tang, and being a girl.
A lot of people don't know that: that Artist is my name.
I've always really liked the idea of an artist name, like a cover-up, even though in my music I'm being very personal in the stuff that I write about.
I went to a record store and asked for 50 cent. They kicked me out for pan-handling.
Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I'm concerned. She gets cool dance producers to work with her for some bizarre reason, I don't know why. She doesn't even have a good name. It's a stupid name, Kylie, I just don't get it.
I liked the name Saadiq and didn't want to be known as an artist as Raphael Wiggins.
My name was originally Da Baby Jesus, but I changed it like two years into my career because I didn't want to offend anyone; although I feel like my purpose in the game is related and still is, I didn't want my name to be a distraction from the music.
One day when I have a band I will have a band name, but since it's just me I feel it should just be my name. For me it doesn't make much sense since the music is from me and about me. I haven't ever been in a band.
John Legend is a nickname that some friends started calling me, and it kind of grew into my stage name.
My brother sings. My brother is a singer-songwriter. His name is Parker Ainsworth. He changed his last name to his middle name.
I changed from 'Zoo Kid' to 'King Krule' mainly because I didn't want to be called a 'Kid' when I was 20, so I just thought I'd get rid of that alias and change it now while I'm younger. I wanted to change it quick. and 'King Krule' was the first thing that came into my head.
