Violet Skies
Violet Skies performing in 2018.
Background information
Birth name	Hannah Berney
Born	Chepstow,Monmouthshire,Wales,U.K.[1]
Genres	Pop,electronic,alternative rock,classical
Occupation	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2013–present
Website	www.iamvioletskies.com

Hannah Berney, known asViolet Skies, is a singer-songwriter fromChepstow inMonmouthshire,Wales.^[2]

In 2013, Violet Skies released her first song, "How the Mighty".WalesOnline called it "a pulsing, classically arranged electro slow-burner of a song that merges Massive Attack with a haunting piano and the singer's equally stark and soulful vocals", and it included the song on its list of the 51 greatest Welsh pop records of 2013.^[3]

In June 2014 she released her debut solo EP,Dragons,^[4] and played at theGlastonbury Festival on theBBC Introducing Stage.^[5] That same summer, she played a headline London show and later opened forA Great Big World atBush Hall inShepherd's Bush.^[6] In January 2015 she released a new song, "Liar".^[7]

Violet also released an album and EP withBristol-based producer Stumbleine through Monotreme Records in early 2014.^[8] In June 2019, Skies released the EPI'll Buy a House, which contains four of her singles. A few months later, she released the acoustic version of her EP.

She has also co-written the song "God Is a Dancer" for the British singerMabel and the Dutch DJTiësto. "God Is a Dancer" spent eight weeks in the United Kingdom Top 40, peaking at number 15.^[9]

On 3 April 2020 Skies released an EP,Lonely, containing five songs: "Lonely", "Nothing at Night", "Half My Life", "Born On Valentine's Day" and "This Could Be Love".

Born Hannah Berney inChepstow inMonmouthshire,Wales,^[1] she was a student atWyedean School inSedbury, where she wrote songs with friends during lunch breaks.^[9] After graduating, Violet attendedExeter University, where she studied French and history.^[9] While at Exeter, she was a contestant onThe Voice UK in 2012.^[10]

She and Charlie McClean founded sheWrites, a series of woman-only camps for songwriters, producers, and artists, that convene in different places around the world, in order to encourage women to make connections, make songs, and make an impact in the music industry.^[11]

When asked about her musical pseudonym, Violet Skies, she said her great-grandmother's name was Violet, and Skies was her mother's idea.^[12]

All credits adapted fromSpotify,Apple Music, and theAmerican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers database.^[13][14][15]

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