Kat Von D
Kat Von D is a singer, songwriter and classically trained pianist making dark synth-pop, alongside the tattoo art and design that first brought fans into her world.
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- Born
- March 8, 1982 · Montemorelos, Mexico
- Creative roots
- Classical piano, drawing and tattooing
- Breakout
- Miami Ink, followed by LA Ink
- Debut album
- Love Made Me Do It · 2021
- Home base
- Vevay, Indiana
Mini bio
How it started.
Born Katherine von Drachenberg in Mexico, Kat grew up in Colton, California. Her grandmother taught her classical piano, and she recalls starting at five. Punk records offered another way to express herself as a teenager; she discovered tattooing at 14.
The first breakthrough.
Miami Ink introduced her tattoo work to a wider audience. Her own TLC series, LA Ink, followed life at High Voltage Tattoo in Hollywood from 2007 to 2011. She also built a cosmetics business before turning more of her attention to music.
Finding her sound.
Kat began writing with Linda Perry in 2012 and recorded an early version of her debut in London in 2014. Love Made Me Do It finally arrived in August 2021, mixing analog synths with songs about heartbreak. Peter Murphy guests on “Protected,” and Gunship’s Dan Haigh mixed the album.
The next chapter.
My Side of the Mountain followed in September 2024, exploring love and sobriety with collaborators including Alissa White-Gluz. Kat has since taken the music on the road and contributed to the Queen of the Ring soundtrack. In Vevay, she is also expanding her design work through VONDLAND.
Creditschronological, newest first
Music
- 2025House of the Rising SunPerformer · Queen of the Ring soundtrack
- 2025Whispers End, official videoFeatured vocalist · Dance with the Dead
- 2024My Side of the MountainRecording artist and songwriter
- 2021Love Made Me Do ItRecording artist and songwriter
Awards
Quotes
You can do more than one thing and you can do it wellKat Von D, EUPHORIA.
In a February 2022 interview about her debut album and making time for different creative outlets.
Trivia
- Her first cassette was Black Flag’s Damaged, which she discovered at 12.
- She names Disintegration as her favourite Cure album and a rainy-day listening choice.
- My Side of the Mountain takes its title from the adventure novel.
- The Calling includes previously unheard recordings of Vampira.
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