“[ives.] is set for great heights" - Coup de Main

“A hopeless romantic at heart, ives. pines over passion on the endearing indie pop track, adorned with enchanting guitar licks and synthy suspense.” - Sniffers

“Mixes pop and electronic sensibilities in a sound not hugely dissimilar to Chelsea Jade” - Red Bull

“Sensual, smooth synth-pop” - NZ Musician

ives. is a multi-disciplinary artist, songwriter & movement practitioner from NZ, based in East London. She began writing music while studying dance full-time in Sydney in 2015 and draws heavily on her background in movement and love of the piano which she began learning at the age of five on her Great-grandmother's Gulbransen Pianola.

Releasing her first single Callin’ Ur Phone in 2016 with the guidance of longtime collaborator Mark Perkins and high-school friend, Evan Sinton fka. MAALA, ives. generated buzz from local and international media and labels. Callin’ Ur Phone was featured by choreographer Lucy Doherty in her workshop at Australian Dance Festival and charted at #1 on Radio One’s Top 11. 

Her second single 172 made its way onto Indie Current and Fine and landed her spots on BeatRoute and Hilly Dilly, establishing her a close relationship with Coup de Main Magazine. Dubbed “rising kiwi pop princess” by Sniffers in 2020 at the release of her debut EP Romantic,  produced with Mark Perkins and Shannon Fowler aka. Tom Lark and with the support of Red Bull Music and NZ On Air. ives. alternative and electro-pop hits have garnered collectively millions of streams online. Circulating both NZ mainstream and student radio stations; charting on the Aotearoa Top 40 and placing her in a multitude of editorial and individual playlists on Spotify with All Night Long featuring in Vogue France’s ‘Février 2020’, mix.

In 2023, ives. smooth vocals and alluring harmonies appeared on indie heartthrob Heavy Chest’s single, Next to My Body under label Nice Guys and Shannon Matthew Vanya’s funk-driven Saw It In Your Eyes, co-written by The Phoenix Foundation’s, Samuel Flynn Scott.

Releasing her debut album Siren in late 2025, written & produced with Mark Perkins, Merk (Marlon Williams, Alex Cameron, Folk Bitch Trio). The release followed four singles featured in Rolling Stone, Sniffers, Coup de Main, with a five star review from The 13th Floor. Siren, detailed the period of ives. life where she was full-time carer for her mother diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and navigating the breakup of a seven-year relationship.