lucy gray

Lucy Gray is a performer, singer and songwriter from Ōtautahi, Christchurch, New Zealand. She is currently studying at Hagley School of Music. Her writing is inspired by alternative pop, pop, alternative rock & indie styles, with Lucy finding a personal harmony in the less orthodox melodic & conceptual tropes usually associated with these genres. Her music is inspired by rock, pop, indie, country and alternative styles so the themes are varied and she writes many different genres. 

She has been composing her own, original music for 6+ years using a combination of piano, guitar & MIDI instruments to compliment her vocals. With her stripped back compositions that have a delicate attention to detail, her songs tend to be constructed with strong storytelling elements along with emotional, conceptual and very reflective themes. Her lyrical construction can be likened to poetry in some genres of her songs, and other songs tell a story. Lucy also writes poetry and a variety of creative writing styles, and her music reflects that. Poetic rhyme schemes are tools that she uses consistently throughout her music. 

 In 2023 Lucy has released with visionary producing duo Victoria and Andy Knopp from the band 'The Response'. She's released in 2023 wo singles 'pretty' and 'coffee breath' and in 2022 released 'Your Name', both of which were impressively received by the public racked up over 15,000 streams total. Gray was granted a New Music Development grant from New Zealand on Air, which funded this single, along with her upcoming EP. This single follows up her 2023 singles ‘pretty’ and ‘coffee breath’, both which were impressively received by the public racking up over 10,000 streams together. ‘pretty’ even was placed on the NZ Hot New Singles Chart at #19. ‘pretty’ was also a May New Tracks feature.

She has been passionate about music from a very young age, and hopes to be able to make a career out of her own music in the years to come. She is especially passionate about being able to bring her music to life, and using music as an activism platform and to achieve a vision, and working with other people and producers has been instrumental in bringing that vision to life. 

She has worked with Jack Hegarty, a Wellington based training producer at Massey, on producing a song this year, 'Fleshwound'.  Lucy most recently was accepted into the Christchurch Music Incubators programme through Toi Ōtautahi and through that collaborated with Victoria and Andy Knopp to record and produce what will become her Debut single 'Your Name'. 

She has strong activism themes in some of her music, and has written music about climate action and taking social action for social justice, and the risks that exist if we don't act.