Lia Marie Johnson Wiki, Biography, Age, Spouse, Height, Net Worth, Fast Facts

Johnson starred in the sketch comedy series AwesomenessTV (2013–2014), where she was recognized for portraying Terry the Tomboy, whom she also played in the Nickelodeon television movie Terry the Tomboy (2014). In 2015, Johnson made her singing debut with the single “Moment Like You”. The following year, she signed with Capitol Records, and released the single “DNA”, which was featured in the YouTube Premium film The Thinning (2016), which she also starred in as Ellie Harper, a role she reprised in its sequel The Thinning: New World Order (2018). She also starred in the web series T@gged (2016–2018).

Early life

Johnson was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii. She has four sisters and a brother. Her family eventually settled in California. In 2012, in a combined episode of Teens React and Elders React about the 2012 United States presidential election, Johnson stated that she was a Democrat.

Johnson’s YouTube account was created in 2007, with videos uploaded by her mother which featured her performances at talent shows, and church recitals. After two years, Johnson began to control the output of the channel, creating content that has come to include personal commentary, sketch comedy, and musical performances.

In 2010, Johnson began to work with the Fine Brothers as a recurring guest on their Kids React series. This exposure increased the traffic to her own channel and became an early source of her online fame. In the aftermath of the initial series episodes, she was surprised by the phenomenon of strangers knowing her and approaching her as fans, and remarked “I think Kids React was my very first viral video, ‘cus everyone knew my name after that.”

In 2011, Johnson was added to the recurring cast of the spin-off series Teens React, and in 2014 was moved again to the newly established YouTubers React, which featured herself and various well known YouTube personalities. In 2014, Johnson appeared at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, and starred in Terry the Tomboy, a spin-off film based on the eponymous character she portrays on the Nickelodeon sketch comedy series, AwesomenessTV.

In 2015, she covered the single “Latch” by Disclosure, singing with Alejandro Luis Manzano of Boyce Avenue, and released it on YouTube. The song was originally performed by singer Sam Smith. Johnson has also been featured on the covers of Adweek and BYou Magazine. On January 9, 2015, Johnson released her first single, “Moment Like You”, along with a music video which can be found on her YouTube channel. She appeared in the music video for Post Malone’s single “Go Flex”, which was released on April 28, 2016.

On September 28, she explained to her fans that she had signed to Capitol Records, and was continuing to work on the music album she had been recording for the previous two years. The following month she released her first single produced by Howard Benson through Capitol Records titled “DNA” which surpassed 1 million Spotify streams. On February 17, 2017 Johnson released her second single “Cold Heart Killer”. The music video for the song was released on March 10, 2017. A year later, Johnson debuted her third single “Champagne” on May 17, 2018.

Starting mid November 2019, Lia teased a new project on her Instagram page, with one promotional photo being posted every day. Seven days later, Lia announced her fourth single titled, “Moonflower,” on November 23, 2019. Johnson released her fifth single, “Like a God”, on March 12, 2020.

In the first half of 2021, Johnson began posting personal videos and covers on her YouTube channel again after four years of inactivity. She released the single “Lifts” on January 1, 2021, followed by “Nectar” on March 19 and “Venus Sunrise” on April 30. An accompanying music video was issued for all three songs.

In 2022, Johnson announced she had moved to England with her boyfriend. Following this, in October of the same year, Johnson started teasing upcoming music that she had been preparing for 2023.

Johnson is In a relationship with English musician, Charlie Hudson. The couple have been seen together since late 2021. The pair also released a duet song in 2021. Hudson is also believed to be managing Johnson, under his company ‘Alter Ego’.