ives. began writing music while studying dance full-time in Sydney in 2015. She 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 which annually hosts 5,000 dancers from across Australia 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 and Rain on ‘Just Chill’.

After the release of NZ On Air backed single Fallin’ for You which premiered on ZM’s ‘Late Show’ in 2021, ives. spent the following years caring full-time for her Mum with Multiple Sclerosis. 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. 

Babylon came to fruition in the period following her Mum’s move into a permanent care facility. An agonising experience for the then 26 year old who subsequently turned to writing music as cathartic release throughout the turbulence and uncertainty. The sharpest tool in her emotional care kit and key to her resilience and salvation.

The release of Babylon signals a new era for ives. and a shift toward music taking centre stage in her life again. From the heartache of grappling with a chronically ill parent to the breakup of her seven year relationship, ives. has nothing but life experience to draw inspiration from.