Lynn Gunn
Lynn Gunn in 2018
Born	Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen (1994-03-15)March 15, 1994 (age 31) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupations	Singer songwriter musician
Years active	2009–present
Musical career
Origin	Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.
Genres	Electropop[1] post-hardcore[2] alternative rock pop rock synth-pop
Instruments	Vocals keyboards guitar drums bass guitar
Musical artist

Lyndsey Gerd Gunnulfsen (born March 15, 1994), usually known by her stage nameLynn Gunn, is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Gunn is best known for fronting the American rock bandPvris. She has also collaborated with artists such asTonight Alive andA Loss for Words.

Gunn is one of the founders of theelectronicalternative rock band PVRIS (pronounced "Paris") in 2012, which was then named Operation Guillotine, started in 2009. By 2013, Gunn had replaced Kyle Anthony as lead vocalist and guitarist. For legal reasons, the name of the band was officially changed to Pvris on July 26, 2013.^[3]

In 2018, Gunn opened up about vocal issues which she had been struggling with during her recent tours, and stated that she was undergoing vocal coaching to relearn how to sing.^[4] Gunn had previously acknowledged difficulties with "vocal kinks" and apologized if she had not "seemed herself" during live shows.^[5] In a 2019 interview withKerrang!, Gunn stated that she had visited severalENT doctors who found that there was nothing physically wrong with her, and she felt that she was dealing with psychological blocks which prevented her from singing.^[6]

She has collaborated with other bands and musicians as a singer and songwriter. In 2013, Gunn collaborated with American pop-punk bandA Loss for Words on the single "Distance".^[7] She co-wrote two tracks forDissonants, the 2016 album from Australian rock bandHands Like Houses.^[8] In 2017, she was featured on the track "Lose Myself" onThe Throes of Winter bySeven Lions,^[9] and onCirca Waves' albumDifferent Creatures.^[10]

In 2016, it was rumoured that Gunn was going to collaborate on new music with her friendJenna McDougall, frontwoman of the Australian rock bandTonight Alive.^[11] Gunn was featured on the single "Disappear" which appeared on Tonight Alive's 2018 albumUnderworld.^[12]

She briefly filled in for Katie Henderson ofThe Aces as a guitarist when the band was supporting5 Seconds of Summer on theirMeet You There Tour.^[13] In 2019, she collaborated withFrom Indian Lakes on the single "Did We Change".^[14]

Lyndsey Gunnulfsen grew up inLowell,Massachusetts. She has spoken about her lifelong fascination with graveyards, death, and the occult, stating that this was the inspiration behind many of the paranormal and macabre themes in her song-writing.^[15] Spiritually, she has said she is "into astrology and life paths and weird energetics stuff".^[16] Gunn has stated that she has struggled with depression, and that this was a major inspiration for much of her song-writing.^[17] Gunn has also cited bands such asParamore,Radiohead,Florence and the Machine, andThe Weeknd as musical influences.^[18][19] Lynn Gunn is a graduate from Lowell High School. Participating in Battle of The Bands at the school with some classmates, she graduated in 2012, was originally going to attend MassArt but ultimately backed out to pursue PVRIS as a full-time project, prior to touring and signing to Rise Records, Gunn has spent some time working at Hot Topic and Guitar Center.

Gunn is a prominent LGBT voice in the alternative music scene.^[20] She stated in an interview forRolling Stone that she firstcame out as gay to her parents when she was 18, by leaving a letter under her mother's pillow before she went on tour.^[21] "First and foremost I want to be known as is an artist and creative before anything else," she explained in an interview withPlayboy. "I think my sexuality is the last thing to check off on that list."^[22] Gunn explained her decision to be vocal about her sexuality in an interview withNewsbeat in 2015: "I never had someone to look up to and be like 'oh that person is OK and they're gay.' If I can be that for someone then it's why I'm open about it."^[23]

Gunn was one of several artists invited byGLAAD andBillboard to talk about her coming-out story forNational Coming Out Day in 2017.^[24] Gunn cited her family's supportiveness while she was coming out and encouraged others to reach out for the support around them.^[25]

Gunn presented the Icon Award toLaura Jane Grace of the American punk rock bandAgainst Me! at the 2017APMA Awards.^[26]

Studio albums with Pvris

• White Noise (2014)
• All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell (2017)
• Use Me (2020)
• Evergreen (2023)

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