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Emily De Nando standing with yellow Lamborghini Miura

Emily De Nando
// Lamborghini

A career, launched.

Emily De Nando didn't have a fanbase, a press cycle, or a platform footprint when this began. Eighteen months later: 200,000+ Spotify streams, a 3,000-strong community built from 800 paid clicks, 1.3M+ targeted views across two continents, six tier-one editorial placements, and a Lamborghini collaboration the editorial world recognised on sight.

This is what a full-stack artist launch looks like.

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ACT 1 — THE LAUNCH

A career launch isn't a single moment. It's a sequenced build of platform, community, and credibility — each layer earning the next. Instagram was the foundation. Spotify was the engine. Paid acquisition was the fuse.

We launched @emilydenando from a cold start and built the audience architecture every label takes 18 months to assemble — in nine.

@emilydenandoFollow

Singer · Songwriter · LA → Paris
New single "Too Late" out now

127 POSTS · 3.4K FOLLOWERS · 412 FOLLOWING

@EMILYDENANDO — LAUNCHED Q1 2024 · 3,000+ COMMUNITY IN 9 MONTHS

ACT 2 — THE GROWTH METRICS BLOCK

This is the proof layer. Don't bury it in prose — put it in a clean numerical grid that screams receipts.

200K+

SPOTIFY STREAMS

3,000+

COMMUNITY BUILT

1.3M+

TARGETED VIEWS

EU + US

800

PAID CLICKS

(THE FUSE)

From 800 acquisition clicks — a fanbase of 3,000+, 200,000+ Spotify conversions, and 1.3 million targeted impressions across the EU and US corridors. The conversion ratio is the story. Paid was the spark. Community did the rest.

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ACT 3 — THE PRESS VALIDATION

Editorial doesn't follow press releases. It follows audience data. By the time we approached top-tier outlets, the numbers had already done the introduction.

EARNED PLACEMENTS · 9-MONTH WINDOW

Billboard
Rolling Stone
Wonderland
EARMILK
Sweet+Sour

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ACT 4 — THE LAMBORGHINI MOVE

The Lamborghini collaboration wasn't the strategy. It was the ceiling the strategy unlocked. By the time the pairing landed, Emily wasn't being introduced to a luxury audience — she was being recognised by one.

This is what happens when audience, press, and brand all point the same direction at the same time.

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"Lamborghini didn't make her career. Her career made the Lamborghini pairing inevitable."

200K+ streams. 3,000+ community. 1.3M+ targeted views. 6 tier-one placements. 1 Lamborghini collaboration. 9 months.

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EMILY DE NANDO — A FULL-STACK ARTIST LAUNCH · 2024–2025
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