Biography
In the mythology of the crows traditionally personified fate, magic and possible revival. You can spend clear parallels between this mystical creature and singer Conan Gray. Born in a small town, "Pop Prince of sad online teenagers" was able to take off, "break out of a cell" and achieve heights through talent and creativity.Childhood and youth
Conan Lee Gray was born in San Diego County, California, December 5, 1998. He has a mixed nationality: the father of Irish origin, and the mother is a Japanese. When the mother sheltered the child, she was diagnosed with cancer. Doctors recommended to interrupt pregnancy, but she did not obey.
In the biography of the artist there were two years of life in Japanese Hiroshima, when Gray Grandfather required hospital care. As a child, Conan even spoke Japanese ribbed, but forgot him due to lack of practice.
His early years, Gray considered "shit". Parents divorced immediately upon returning to the USA, when he was three years old, and the boy stayed with his father. In the life of Conan, there were services for the protection of children, police and escape from them, angry rich, angry poor, clothing from commission, debts, eviction and many screams and pain.
The Father of the artist served in the army, and therefore they moved 12 times. The newcomer was mocked in schools because of Asian origin. The boy had to grow quickly and become independent. In the end, the family settled in Texas Georgetown.
In early childhood, Conan wanted to become a model or actor, but in 12 years he became interested in writing songs. The first compositions were about recipes or ingredients of shampoos taken from the catalogs of the older sister. After hobbies, Adele boy became the songs of Pure Heroine Lord and "1989" Taylor Swift - his main inspiration.
The window to the world for Conan was the social network YouTube. Having received a first computer as a gift for Christmas, in 2003 the schoolboy opened four profiles at once, the most popular of which was the CONANXCANON channel. Among the first video posted were shooting how the future performer plays with his home lizard. In social networks, he published everything - from arts and photos to stories about personal experiences, playing guitar, amateur singing and eating Marshmallow, self removing, editing and downloading each video.
On the art of Gray inspired the surrounding life in a small town in Texas, where there were only cows, sheds, tractors and refueling, but in September 2017 he began classroom at the University of California UCLA and moved to Los Angeles.
Music
Debut Single Idle Town Singer independently loaded in the spring of 2017 in the spring platform. After that, he concluded a contract with the Label Republic Records and a year later released the second single Generation Why ("Generation Why"). In November 2018, the Sunset Season plate was released, recorded on the microphone glued to the broken lamp. Hit Crush Culture entered it ("Culture of Love"), who fell to the 2nd place in the Billboard Heatseekers charts.Ep brought the artist recognition of the largest musical publications. The singer appeared in the Late Night program, toured in North America with the Girl in Red, spoke at the heating of Panic! At The Disco, played at festivals. "The ability to heal scars writing songs, and then go to the tour and sing these songs with thousands of fans - a form of flight from reality," the performer admitted.
During 2019, CHECKMATE, COMFORT CROWD and Maniac songs, written in collaboration with the author and producer Daniel Nigro appear. Maniac has become popular on international radio stations, reached platinum status in Australia and Canada, hit the 25th place in the Billboard Bubbling Under HOT 100 Chart 100, and also spent in the ratings of Ireland and South Korea.
In the fall, the artist went to a new tour with the New Zealand Singer of Beni and the UMI artist. Gray won the reward of shorty awards in the category "The Best YouTube Musician" and was nominated for the Streamy Awards 2019 Award in the "Breakthrough" category.
Before the release of the debut album into the discography of the artist entered the autobiographical the story - about the turmoil in the suburban school, the fight against depression and suicidal mood. On the example of its own history, the artist wanted to show adolescents: despite the youth experiences, their life will change, and there is still a lot of good ahead.
Full Studio Album Conan Gray Kid Krow appeared on March 20, 2020. He immediately hit the 5th line of Chart Billboard and took the 2nd place in the ranking of the best-selling US drives, becoming the brightest debut of the new artist for the year.
Personal life
Konana Gray is comfortable with its own self-identification: The singer is confirmed without any problems that he is a "feminine guy", he likes to paint the nails in different colors and take pictures in the skirt (not in vain Gray half the Irishman!). The musician even passed the video course of makeup from the Dutch blogger - Transgender Nikkietutorials, co-supported Eurovision contests 2020 and 2021.
In video clips as Gray's partners also used both girls and guys. But on direct questions about the orientation, the singer responded with irritation, asking not to hang on him labels and generally refuse to discuss such things as the floor, sexuality and belief. The artist is convinced that you should not try to put the box around others in a small and easy to understand, instead you need to allow people just to exist.
In another interview, Conan shared the fact that he also seems to be as if he was simultaneously found with 50 people, because his own love is not needed. He is quite extra information from friends who are constantly talking about the Personal Life Peripets, suppressing him the mood. Therefore, in the social networks of the artist, in particular in his account in "Instagram", the photo with partners will not be found.
Conan growth 175 cm, weight - 68 kg.
Conan Gray now
In the middle of 2020, Forbes magazine and Chart Billboard called the musician favorite in the struggle for the title "Best New Artist" at the Grammy Awards Ceremony of 2021. He put forward on the MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV Video Awards and People's Choice, entered the Chart of the Forbes 30 Under 30 2021 magazine (30 best artists under the age of 30).Heather's song has become a hit in the Tiktok social network, hitting the Billboard Hot 100, as well as the Charts of Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. The singer presented it at the show Late Night and The Today Show. In the fall, a joint Fake track with the performer of a lavet came out, and with the German singer Bulu Gray, he scheduled to hold a world tour.
In October, the artist announced a new project - cooperation with the Spanish Design Label Bershka, who offered to buyers a collection of clothing items Unisex: shirts, sweaters, velvet trousers and accessories created on the basis of drawings and texts of Conan songs.
Discography
- 2018 - Sunset Season
- 2020 - Fake
- 2020 - Kid Krow