Levanna McLean
British dj and dancer
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Levanna McLean (born between 1996 and 1998)[1][2][3] known as the 'Northern soul girl', is a British disc jockey and dancer.
Life and career
McLean became a YouTube star after uploading numerous videos of her dancing to Northern soul music.[1] The videos were filmed by her mother, Eve Arslett, and both were stunned by the popularity of the videos, some garnering nearly a quarter of a million views.[4] In 2013, she danced to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy" in one of those music videos and in 2014 she co-starred with him at the BRIT Awards, broadcast live from the O2 Arena in London. Williams had previously sourced dancers for the performance and personally contacted McLean on Twitter.[3] She has since been involved in promoting the British Northern soul scene.[2][5] In 2015, McLean compiled the track selection for the compilation Express Your Soul.[6] She is featured on the cover and inside of the 2015 compilation Move On Up – The Very Best of Northern Soul.[7] For the second edition Move On Up Volume Two – The Very Best of Northern Soul, released in 2016, she contributed a text for the CD case and can be seen again on the cover and inside.[8]
Levanna McLean is based in Bristol but has been a disc jockey at concerts throughout Europe, among others at the music festival Baltic Soul Weekender.
Discography
Compilations
- Express Your Soul (2015)
- Move On Up Volume Two – The Very Best of Northern Soul (2016)
- Levanna and the Streets of Soul – Wonderful Night (2024)