Ladyhawke (musician)

Ladyhawke
Ladyhawke performing at the Evolution Festival in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, on 25 May 2009
Background information
Birth name	Phillipa Margaret Brown
Also known as	Pip Brown
Born	(1979-07-13) 13 July 1979 (age 45) Masterton, New Zealand
Genres	New wave indie rock synth-pop
Occupations	Singer-songwriter multi-instrumentalist
Instruments	Vocals bass guitar guitar drums keyboards synthesiser
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Modular Island Polyvinyl BMG
Spouse(s)	Madeleine Sami ​ (m. 2015⁠–⁠2023)​
Website	www.ladyhawkemusic.com

Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown^[1] (born 13 July 1979), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She took her stage name from Richard Donner's 1985 film Ladyhawke.

Brown was part of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop (2001–2003), before moving to Australia where, in 2004, she formed the art rock band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau. In 2007 she moved to London, around 2013 to Los Angeles,^[2] and then subsequently relocating back to her native New Zealand after the release of her third album, Wild Things.^[3]

Brown's debut solo album, Ladyhawke, was released on 22 September 2008 through Modular Recordings, and topped the RIANZ Albums Chart. It spawned five singles of which "My Delirium" was the most successful. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, Ladyhawke won Breakthrough Artist in both album and single categories.

Brown's second solo album, Anxiety, was released in May 2012, her third solo album, Wild Things, in June 2016 and her fourth album, Time Flies, in November 2021.