Greta Simone Kline, better known by her stage name Frankie Cosmos, is an American musician and singer-songwriter.
Background
She is the daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates. Greta Kline was born in New York City, New York, the daughter of Academy Award-winning actor Kevin Kline and actress Phoebe Cates. Her father is of German-Jewish and Irish descent and her mother has Russian-Jewish and Chinese Filipino ancestry.
Career
She is known for her independent releases, inspired by Frank O"Hara"s poetry, DIY ethics of K Records and the early-2000s New York City"s anti-folk scene. Kline is also the former bass guitarist of the band Porches. Kline was introduced to music by her family.
She settled on guitar as her primary instrument of choice at seventh grade, after playing the piano and briefly the drums.
Home-schooled for most of high school, she spent time by attending underground rock shows in New York and getting involved in the Westchester music scene. She began attending New York University in 2012 to study poetry.
Kline started performing and recording independently under the alias Ingrid Superstar. She released a number of lo-fi recordings mainly under her Bandcamp accountant
In early 2010s, she was also introduced to the music community of Purchase College, which introduced her to independent Double Double Whammy record label.
In late 2011, she started to perform under the alias Frankie Cosmos, a name coined by her boyfriend Aaron Maine of the band Porches. Maine plays drums for Frankie Cosmos and Kline plays bass for Porches. In 2014, Kline released her debut studio album as Frankie Cosmos, Zentropy, with her backing band.
Ronnie Mystery (Aaron Maine) – drums, vocals
David Mystery (David Maine) – bass guitar, keyboards
Gabby Teardrop (Gabrielle Smith) – harmonies.