Alyse Vellturo, known professionally as Pronoun (stylized pronoun/PRONOUN), is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist one-woman band based in Brooklyn, New York.
Shortly after beginning her studies at Berklee, Vellturo switched to audio engineering, production, and business.
Vellturo turned to making her own music at age 28 as a way to express herself creatively after a bad breakup.
[8][9][10] Vellturo originally wanted to name her project monachopsis, a term for the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place; however, a friend at her record label insisted she call herself something that was less obscure and easier to pronounce.
The lead single, ″I WANNA DIE BUT I CAN’T (CUZ I GOTTA KEEP LIVING)″ received positive press from Stereogum,[31] MTV,[32] and Billboard, where it landed the 44th spot in their June article ″The 50 Best Songs of 2021 So Far: Staff Picks″[33] and 98th on Billboard's top 100 songs of 2021 where it was described "as both a scream-along anthem about stunted emotional growth, and proof as to why Pronoun leader Alyse Vellturo needs to be playing bigger stages" [34] Vellturo describes the EP as "kind of like making fun of myself, like in a cheeky way kind of" and includes adding a typo to "SOUND THE ALARMS!!!1!"