Katie Gregson-MacLeod | |
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Born | 2000 or 2001 (age 22–23) Inverness, Scotland |
Occupation | Musician |
Website | www |
Katie Gregson-MacLeod is a Scottish musician. She rose to fame in 2022 when her song "Complex" went viral on TikTok.
Gregson-MacLeod released her first single, “Still a Sad Song” in 2020 when she was 18.[1][2][3] In 2021, while attending university, she independently released her debut EP Games I Play with that track.[4]
On August 4, 2022, Gregson-MacLeod posted a short video of part of her song "Complex" on TikTok. Overnight, the clip garnered over 100,000 views.[5][6] The clip eventually amassed over 7.2 million views. She released a full version of the song later that month.[7] She signed with Columbia Records and released the EP Songs Written for Piano on that label later that year.[8][1] She was named one of BBC Radio Scotland's 25 Artists to Watch in 2022.[5]
"Complex" was nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2023 Ivor Novello awards.[9][10] In October 2023, she released her third EP, Big Red.[11][12] Gregson-MacLeod won the Vega Breakthrough Award at the 2023 Scottish Music Awards.[13]
Gregson-MacLeod is from Inverness.[6] She has played music since an early age and began songwriting around age 12.[5] She was a history student at the University of Edinburgh.[14] In 2023, she moved from Inverness to London.[9]