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Julia Shammas Holter (born December 18, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, composer, artist, and academic based in Los Angeles. Her work incorporates elements of art pop, chamber pop, baroque pop, and ambient. She released her first official studio album, Tragedy, in 2011, following three independent album productions. Ekstasis was released in 2012. After signing with Domino Records in 2013, she issued the albums Loud City Song, Have You in My Wilderness, In the Same Room (a live-in-the-studio album), and Aviary. Holter composed the score for the 2020 film Never Rarely Sometimes Always and released Behind the Wallpaper in 2023 in collaboration with Spektral Quartet and Alex Temple. Her most recent studio album is Something in the Room She Moves, released in 2024. She has collaborated with musicians including Nite Jewel, Laurel Halo, Ariel Pink, Ducktails, Linda Perhacs, Michael Pisaro, and Jean-Michel Jarre.