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My Take
What sold me on Tom Grennan was never a chart position — it was that gravelly, lived-in voice that sounds ten years older than the man singing. Coming up as a guest vocalist for Chase & Status and then landing a top-five debut with Lighting Matches proved he was more than a featured hook; the songwriting carries real weight. I love that he kept Bedford in his accent and his lyrics — there is a working-class plainspokenness to his anthems that British pop does better than anyone. He strikes me as a festival singer in the best sense: built for big choruses, zero pretension, and the rare gift of making sincerity feel loud.
Overview
Thomas Grennan (born 8 June 1995) is an English singer and songwriter from Bedford. He entered the music charts in 2016 as guest vocalist on Chase & Status's "All Goes Wrong". His debut album, Lighting Matches, was released in July 2018. The album peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart and includes the single "Found What I've Been Looking For".
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tom Grennan
- Name (Japanese)
- トーマス・グレナン
- Reading
- とーます・ぐれなん
- Born
- June 8, 1995 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- Bedford, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter / recording artist / singer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | By Your Side | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.tomgrennanmusic.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/tom.grennan/
- Xhttps://x.com/tom_grennan
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Grennan
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-10
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.