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LOS ANGELES – Though breakthrough singer Elle King has a huge hit with “Ex’s and Oh’s,” the feel-good, carefree 26-year-old remembers performing tirelessly anyw she could – without a cellphone.
“I played in a lot of empty bars and I played on a lot of couches and a lot of big offices and I didn’t have a cellphone when my manager tried to get a hold of me,” said King, who met her manager, Alan Bezozi, in 2010.
Being without a phone still didn’t stop King from falling in love and breaking up with boys – the subject of her hit single and most of her debut album.
Despite singing about leaving an international wake of brokenhearted exes, King insisted she’s no man-eater.
“Ex’s & Oh’s,” a sultry laundry list of real-life breakups, details four of King’s past relationships.
The song has sold 957,179 tracks so far, and King is not too concerned about how her exes feel about the track.
It’s named after a sex shop King drove past in Florida.
Inspired by Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton – her dream collaborator – and rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson, King intertwines blues, country and rock ‘n’ roll.