Conan Gray

Conan Lee Gray (born: ) is an American singer-songwriter and social media personality of Japanese and Irish descent. Conan had started posting on YouTube from a very early age, most of his videos being vlogs, rants, covers of songs and about daily life. He signed a record deal with Republic Records in 2018, where he released his debut EP Sunset Season (2018). His debut studio album Kid Krow (2020) debuted at number 5 on the US Billboard 200, making it the biggest US new artist debut of 2020. He followed it with Superache (2022) and Found Heaven (2024). His most successful singles include "Heather"Conan Gray - Heather, "Maniac"Conan Gray - Maniac (Official Video), "Crush Culture"Conan Gray - Crush Culture, "People Watching"Conan Gray - People Watching (Official Video), "Memories"Conan Gray - Memories (Official Music Video) and "Never Ending Song"Conan Gray - Never Ending Song (Official Music Video).
==Personal life==
===Early life===
Conan was born in Lemon Grove, California to an Irish father and a Japanese mother. When he was an infant, his family moved to Hiroshima, Japan, as his grandfather needed medical care. After living there for about two years, the family moved back to California. 
Gray's parents divorced when he was three years old. In a "Draw My Life" videoDraw My Life (For 100,000), he explains his life as he grows being a young child, when his parents get divorced. As his father was in the military, Gray moved twelve times throughout his childhood, moving three times during sixth grade alone. He was frequently bullied throughout grade school. At one point, he was one of the only five half Asian children at his school. Most of this is explained in his Q&A videos.
Conan eventually settled in Georgetown, Texas, as a preteen where he remained for the rest of his teenage years. Conan's life in Central Texas inspired much of his art and music. He was accepted to the UCLA, and moved to an apartment complex in Los Angeles, California in September 2017. However, he dropped out soon after to chase his dreams of becoming a music artist.
===Present===
In more recent years, Conan often began reflecting on his early years, most notably family issues.Conan Gray | Superache, Love, Touring, Working w/ Dan Nigro, Midnights In 2021, Conan moved to New York.24 Hours With Conan Gray as He Moves to New York | Vogue
In 2023 Gray entered his first relationship, which although was a great time for the artist, he got dumped at an unexpected moment.Conan Gray | Found Heaven, Lonely Dancers, Breakups and Falling In Love Additionally, a kiss him and his then-partner shared gave him a flu, which turned into an infection, and later into chronic tonsillitis, which led Conan to undergo emergency tonsillectomy surgery.:File:Conan Gray Tonsilitis Oct 31 2023.mp4
==Career==
===YouTube===
Conan joined YouTube in 2013 as a mere 14-year-old, with his first video being an introduction vlog"Let Me Introduce Myself.". He has since amassed over 3 million subscribers and 629,000,000 views. His past videos are mostly of him vlogging his daily life with his friends. One of his series were Ash And Cone Cooking Show. Conan's vlog content centers heavily on his life in small-town Texas. He was appreciated for his nostalgic and aesthetic editing. Conan has recorded music, edited and showed his art in his videos. This period of life mostly happened in 2015-2017.
Gray's YouTube days are also notable for his original songs and covers. Conan's first song was "Those Days", uploaded on January 3, 2015 (although deleted shortly after).Conan Gray - Those Days Lyrics | Genius Lyrics Conan's future covers would go viral however, namely that of "Video Games" by Lana Del Rey.Lana Del Rey - Video Games
In 2019 Gray uploaded his final vlog in order to focus on musicstudio vlog (my last video for a bit)THEY GOT A TATTOO OF MY SONG // tour diary, later explaining he won't come back to making videos as it's simply not something he'd do anymore.
===Career===
Conan Gray released his debut single "Idle Town", in March, 2017. The song gained over 14 million streams on Spotify and 18 million views on YouTube. In October 2018, Gray released the single "Generation Why" on Republic Records, gaining quite a bit familiarity as it had the existentialism modern millennials were facing in today's society. 
In November 2018, Gray released the EP Sunset Season which includes the songs "Idle Town"Idle Town - Conan Gray [ Original Song ], "Generation Why"Conan Gray - Generation Why, "Crush Culture", "Greek God"Conan Gray - Greek God (Lyric Video), and "Lookalike"Conan Gray - Lookalike (Live Session). Gray went on tour with Girl in Red.
In 2019, Conan released a series of singles off of his debut album, Kid Krow, titled "Checkmate", "Comfort Crowd", and "Maniac", and an independent single, “The King”. In October 2019, Gray went on his second tour in North America with support from New Zealand musician BENEE as well as American recording artist UMI.
Conan was scheduled to perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on March 16, as well as Coachella in mid April 2020, but both performances were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But later on Oct 8, 2020 a video was published in the The Late Late Show with James Corden YouTube channel where he performed "Heather"Conan Gray - Heather (Live on The Late Late Show with James Corden). Following the commercial success of Kid Krow, Apple Music released an exclusive mini-documentary about him in April 2020. His Kid Krow World Tour has been postponed until further notice, and was ultimately cancelled. Also in early 2020, he released the Artist DNA series, a four part interview with Conan.
In late 2020, the song "Heather" became popular on the social media platform TikTok, thus becoming Kid Krow's sixth and final single. It made Gray his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in his career, and moreover, charted in the top 40 of countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland. It became his most commercially successful single since "Maniac", which achieved international mainstream hit radio success earlier that year. He released the single "Fake"Lauv & Conan Gray - Fake [Official Music Video] with American singer Lauv in October 2020.
In early 2021, Conan began gearing up for his next release, and soon released a bunch of new singles - "Overdrive"Conan Gray - Overdrive (Official Video), "Astronomy"Conan Gray - Astronomy (Official Video), "People Watching", "Telepath"Conan Gray - Telepath (Official Lyric Video), "Jigsaw"Conan Gray - Jigsaw (Official Lyric Video), "Memories" and "Yours"Conan Gray - Yours (Official Video). In April 2022 he announced his sophomore studio album titled Superache.@conangray - Instagram, April 11, 2022 Soon after its release, Gray embarked on his first tour since three years, the Superache Tour.@conangray - Instagram, June 16, 2022 Behind the scenes, he'd begin works on the next album. It'd base off of his first relationship, and delve into 1980s-inspired sound and synth pop rather than alt pop, indie pop or dream pop. In May 2023 he'd release "Never Ending Song", and follow it with "Winner"Conan Gray - Winner (Official Lyric Video), "Killing Me"Conan Gray - Killing Me (Official Lyric Video), "Lonely Dancers"Conan Gray - Lonely Dancers (Official Music Video) and "Alley Rose"Conan Gray - Alley Rose (Official Lyric Video). In January 2024 Gray announced his third studio album titled Found Heaven, later released in April.@conangray - Instagram, January 31, 2024 Two months later, he announced he'd soon embark on Found Heaven On Tour.@conangray - Instagram, March 4, 2024
===Awards===
Conan was awarded the 2019 Shorty Award for Best YouTube Musician, and was nominated for Breakthrough Artist at the 2019 Streamy Awards.
== Discography ==
* Sunset Season (EP, 2018)
* Kid Krow (Album, 2020)
* Superache (Album, 2022)
* Found Heaven (Album, 2024)
==Tours==
*The Sunset Shows (2018–2019)
*The Comfort Crowd Tour (2019)
*The Kid Krow Tour (2020) (cancelled)
*Superache Tour (2022)
*Found Heaven On Tour (2024)
==Trivia==
*He is heavily influenced by Taylor Swift, Lorde and Adele, although he revealed the most recent releases have been inspired by Queen, David Bowie, Elton John and more of 1970s/1980s stars.
*Conan is close friends with Olivia Rodrigo and Tate McRae.
*He got top score in his AP-Art PortfolioAP-ART Portfolio (Top Score!) +Tips and Help.
*Conan used to speak Japanese fluently, but has since lost his proficiency.
==Gallery==
File:Conan Gray 2015 pfp.jpg|2015 profile picture
File:Conan Gray 2017 pfp.jpg|2017 profile picture
File:Conan Gray pfp 2019.jpg|2019 profile picture #1
File:Conan Gray pfp 2019 2.jpg|2019 profile picture #2
File:Conan Gray 2020 pfp.jpg|2020 profile picture
File:Conan Gray 2021 pfp.jpg|2021 profile picture
File:Conan Gray pfp 2022.jpg|2022 profile picture
File:Conan Gray Gallery YouTube.jpg|Conan in his YouTube days (2015-2018)
File:Conan Gray Kid Krow.jpg|Conan in Kid Krow days (2019-2020)
File:Conan Gray Superache.jpg|Conan in Superache days (2021-2022)
File:Conan Gray Gallery.jpg|Conan in Found Heaven days (2023-2024)
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