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My Take
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.
Overview
Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown (born 13 July 1979), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She took her stage name from Richard Donner's 1985 film Ladyhawke. Brown was part of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop (2001–2003), before moving to Australia where, in 2004, she formed the art rock band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ladyhawke
- Name (Japanese)
- レディホーク
- Reading
- れでぃほーく
- Born
- July 13, 1979 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Masterton, New Zealand
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / songwriter / composer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Chanel College, Masterton
Awards & achievements
- Aotearoa Music Award for Best Solo Artist
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Songwriter — see all → · More people from New Zealand →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.