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My Take
Skylar Grey is one of those songwriters whose fingerprints are everywhere even when her name is not on the marquee. Born Holly Brook Hafermann in Wisconsin in 1986, she first surfaced as Holly Brook through Linkin Park's Machine Shop label before reinventing herself. What I admire is the breadth on paper: singer, guitarist, pianist, composer, producer. That range tells me she is a craftsperson first, comfortable shaping a hook for someone else or carrying her own record. Reinvention is risky in music, yet she pulled it off without losing her voice. To me she is proof that the best writers can disappear into a song and still be unmistakable.
Overview
Holly Brook Hafermann (born February 23, 1986), known professionally as Skylar Grey, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. In 2004, Grey signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and a recording contract with Linkin Park's Machine Shop Recordings under the name Holly Brook. Her debut studio album, Like Blood Like Honey (2006), served as her only release with the label.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Skylar Grey
- Name (Japanese)
- スカイラー・グレイ
- Reading
- すかいらー・ぐれい
- Born
- February 23, 1986 (age 40)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Tiger
- Origin
- Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / guitarist / singer / composer / pianist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Wisconsin Heights High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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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.