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Katie Gregson-MacLeod
Scottish musician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Katie Gregson-MacLeod is a Scottish musician. She rose to fame in 2022 when her song "Complex" went viral on TikTok.
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Career
Gregson-MacLeod released her first single, “Still a Sad Song” in 2020 when she was 18.[2][3][4] In 2021, while attending university, she independently released her debut EP Games I Play with that track.[5]
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.[6][7] The clip eventually amassed over 7.2 million views. She released a full version of the song later that month.[8] She signed with Columbia Records and released the EP Songs Written for Piano on that label later that year.[9][2] She was named one of BBC Radio Scotland's 25 Artists to Watch in 2022.[6]
"Complex" was nominated for Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 2023 Ivor Novello awards.[10][11] In October 2023, she released her third EP, Big Red.[12][13] Gregson-MacLeod won the Vega Breakthrough Award at the 2023 Scottish Music Awards.[14]
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Personal life
Gregson-MacLeod is from Inverness.[7] She has played music since an early age and began songwriting around age 12.[6] She was a history student at the University of Edinburgh.[15] In 2023, she moved from Inverness to London.[10]
Discography
Extended plays
- Games I Play (2021, independent)
- Songs Written For Piano (2022, Columbia Records)
- Big Red (2023, Sony Music)
- Love Me Too Well, I’ll Retire Early (2025, Last Recordings on Earth)
References
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