Who tf?
I’ve lived a lot of lives.
Born into “high society’s” elite — my first memories are set against the backdrop of Washington, D.C., roaming around the nation's capital with the fellow children of congressmen and ambassadors, feeling like I had no business being there. Feeling as if someone had dropped me in the wrong life and forgot to come back for me, I began existing online before the age of ten.
By the time I was twelve, I was shipped away to boarding school. In 8th grade, “legally kidnapped” and thrown into the "Troubled Teen Industry" — an experience lasting multiple years, and three youth facilities across the US — shaping me in ways I’m still trying to unpack. I turned to oversharing on YouTube and Tumblr long before "oversharing" was even a word. The internet became the first place I learned to scream into the void and have someone, anyone, scream back.
Since then, I’ve refused to stay in one lane. At 19, I was sneaking into DC's queer nightlife clubs with a fake ID, doing stand-up comedy in grimy bars where nobody wanted to hear a teenage girl talk about her life.
I’ve been an actor. An internet personality. I’ve had my five minutes on reality TV. I've been that girl who pops up on your FYP — and the next minute I’m gone. I sing. I write. I never shut the fuck up. But somehow, even after all of that, I still feel like I haven’t told you anything.
GRLCHLD is me trying to tell you something. It’s all the pieces of me — the ones that don’t fit neatly into any of those other bios or personas. It’s where I get to say the things I was never supposed to say.
So… hi! I’m Paris Campbell Grace. Nice to meet you.
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