Skylar Grey

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.

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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)

Origin

Mazomanie, Wisconsin, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / guitarist / singer / composer / pianist

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Tiger

High school

Wisconsin Heights High School

• Official sitehttps://skylargreymusic.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/skylargrey/
• Xhttps://x.com/skylargrey
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylar%20Grey
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233750

Tags

• Wisconsin
• singer-songwriter
• guitarist
• singer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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