Ladyhawke

I have a real soft spot for Ladyhawke, the Masterton-born Phillipa Brown who borrowed her stage name from Richard Donner's 1985 film and then went off to write a story entirely her own. What I appreciate is the journey behind the synth-pop sheen: a multi-instrumentalist who passed through a Wellington band and an Australian art-rock project before arriving at the dreamy, propulsive sound that won her Best Solo Artist at the Aotearoa Music Awards. Her music has that bittersweet lift I keep coming back to. There's hard-won craft under the gloss, and I respect an artist who wandered through other people's bands to finally find her own voice.

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Name (English)

Ladyhawke

Name (Japanese)

レディホーク

Reading

れでぃほーく

Born

July 13, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Masterton, New Zealand

Occupation

singer / songwriter / composer / musician

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Goat

University

Chanel College, Masterton

Awards & achievements

• Aotearoa Music Award for Best Solo Artist

• Official sitehttps://www.ladyhawkemusic.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ladyhawkeforyou/
• Xhttps://x.com/ladyhawkeforyou
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladyhawke%20(musician)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF%20(%E9%9F%B3%E6%A5%BD%E5%AE%B6)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q237197

Tags

• singer
• songwriter
• composer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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