Pil Kalinka Nygaard Jeppesen (born 17 April 1990), known mononymously as Pil, is a Danish singer and songwriter.
Early life
Pil was born in Farum on 17 April 1990. Growing up there, she learned to play the family piano as a child. She was taught at Furesø Music School, and throughout her youth used music as her outlet in her spare time. According to her, it was never her goal to become a professional musician. In fact, she managed to study psychology at Aarhus University for a year and a half, before she started publishing songs under her own name in 2016 – first in English, but since 2018 also in Danish.
Musical career
According to the music magazine HQ Music, singer Medina played a big role for the young Pil, when she chose to follow the path of a musician anyway. According to the magazine, Medina was to become to be a great role model, which has since been confirmed by Pil. Pil's debut single "Nattely" was released on 9 March 2018, and the following year, on 18 October, she released the critically acclaimed EP, Når du går herfra. Pil released her debut album, Kom vi flyver, siger du on 13 May 2022. The single "Dronning af månen" was her most played number on DR up to 2023.
In 2021, Pil won the talent project, Karrierekanonen, at Danmarks Radio, with which a talent development course followed. In October 2023, Pil was also awarded DR's "P3 Talent Award" and a prize of DKK 100,000.
