Biography
Brynn Elliott, a singer and songwriter drawn to upbeat pop sounds regardless of themes involving breakups or personal loss, launched her recording career via a pair of independently issued EPs during 2014. Abandoning the acoustic approach of those early releases, she returned with the more polished and energetic dance-pop tracks featured on her 2018 Time of Our Lives EP. Both the EP track "Might Not Like Me" and her 2021 release "Tell Me I'm Pretty" helped her reach Billboard's airplay rankings.
An Atlanta native, Elliott began teaching herself guitar on her father's old instrument at age 15 before adding piano to her skills. The death of a neighbor prompted her first original composition in 2012, and while still attending high school she performed a Brooke Fraser cover at a student talent show whose strong response prompted her to treat music as more than a pastime.
After completing high school she took a year away from studies and traveled to Portland, Oregon, where producer Clif Magness invited her to write and record following a family friend's introduction to her material. The resulting EPs Notions of Truth and Notions of Love, both reflecting a more acoustic singer/songwriter pop style, appeared in April and May of 2014 respectively, after which Elliott enrolled at Harvard University four months later.
She continued developing her music throughout her philosophy studies, performing solo shows and securing support slots for O.A.R., Alanis Morissette, and Brandi Carlile during 2015. While maintaining live work during academic breaks, she issued her first fully produced single, "Might Not Like Me," in early 2017. That girl-power anthem led to a featured appearance on Dzeko's "California," which accumulated over a million streams in its opening week that June. Later the same year she followed up with the social media-inspired "Psycho Stupid Crazy" and opened a concert for Lifehouse and Switchfoot at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
In May 2018, coinciding with her Harvard graduation, Elliott released "Time of Our Lives," marking her debut on Nashville's Big Yellow Dog Music in partnership with Atlantic Records. The labels' inaugural joint project appeared on the Time of Our Lives EP four months afterward. "Might Not Like Me," also included on that EP, reached number 12 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 Airplay chart by the end of 2018. The holiday single "Walking in the Snow/River" surfaced in late 2019, and Elliott resurfaced in 2021 with "Tell Me I'm Pretty," which entered the Top 40 of the same airplay chart.
An Atlanta native, Elliott began teaching herself guitar on her father's old instrument at age 15 before adding piano to her skills. The death of a neighbor prompted her first original composition in 2012, and while still attending high school she performed a Brooke Fraser cover at a student talent show whose strong response prompted her to treat music as more than a pastime.
After completing high school she took a year away from studies and traveled to Portland, Oregon, where producer Clif Magness invited her to write and record following a family friend's introduction to her material. The resulting EPs Notions of Truth and Notions of Love, both reflecting a more acoustic singer/songwriter pop style, appeared in April and May of 2014 respectively, after which Elliott enrolled at Harvard University four months later.
She continued developing her music throughout her philosophy studies, performing solo shows and securing support slots for O.A.R., Alanis Morissette, and Brandi Carlile during 2015. While maintaining live work during academic breaks, she issued her first fully produced single, "Might Not Like Me," in early 2017. That girl-power anthem led to a featured appearance on Dzeko's "California," which accumulated over a million streams in its opening week that June. Later the same year she followed up with the social media-inspired "Psycho Stupid Crazy" and opened a concert for Lifehouse and Switchfoot at Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
In May 2018, coinciding with her Harvard graduation, Elliott released "Time of Our Lives," marking her debut on Nashville's Big Yellow Dog Music in partnership with Atlantic Records. The labels' inaugural joint project appeared on the Time of Our Lives EP four months afterward. "Might Not Like Me," also included on that EP, reached number 12 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 Airplay chart by the end of 2018. The holiday single "Walking in the Snow/River" surfaced in late 2019, and Elliott resurfaced in 2021 with "Tell Me I'm Pretty," which entered the Top 40 of the same airplay chart.
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