In October 2019, Gray embarked on the Comfort Crowd Tour, his second headlining tour of North America, with support from acclaimed New Zealand musician Benee as well as American recording artist UMI. Between March and October 2019, he released three singles from his debut album, Kid Krow, "Checkmate", "Comfort Crowd", and " Maniac", and an independent single, "The King".
In February 2019, Gray re-released the single "The Other Side" after originally publishing it on YouTube in 2016 on the eve of the first day of his senior year of high school. He played concert festivals such as The Great Escape in addition to touring nationally. Gray made his late-night television debut on Late Night with Seth Meyers on the eve of February 2019 before performing several shows as an opening act on Panic! at the Disco's Pray for the Wicked Tour. Gray embarked on the Sunset Shows tour in support of the EP. 2 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart and at No. In November 2018, he released the five-track EP Sunset Season, which includes the songs "Idle Town", "Generation Why", "Crush Culture", "Greek God", and "Lookalike". In October 2018, he released the single "Generation Why" on Republic Records, which was called "a rallying call to millennials". He self-released his second single, "Grow", on September 1, 2017. The song gained over 14 million streams on Spotify and 12 million views on YouTube. Gray self-released his debut single, "Idle Town", in March 2017. Gray has recorded music, showed his art, and created other videos for his vlog with more than 25 million views. He is often hailed for his appreciation of Americana-related nostalgia. His vlog content centers heavily on his life in small-town Texas. His early videos were about topics such as baking and mainly focused on his everyday life. Gray created his official channel in 2013, and began making videos at age 15. However, he dropped out after only two months to begin touring after he was signed to Republic Records. He was accepted to UCLA on scholarship, and moved to Los Angeles, California, in September 2017. His life in central Texas inspired much of his art and music. Gray eventually settled as a preteen in Georgetown, Texas, where he remained for the rest of his teenage years. At one point, he was one of only five Asian children at his school. He was frequently bullied in grade school. As his father was in the military, Gray moved 12 times during his childhood, including three times during sixth grade. In a "Draw My Life" video, he details his experiences with divorce as a young child.
Gray's parents divorced when he was three years old. Gray once spoke Japanese fluently, but has lost his proficiency. After living there for two years, the family moved back to California. As an infant, he moved with his family to Hiroshima, Japan, because his grandfather needed medical care. His second studio album, Superache (2022), received critical acclaim and debuted in the top 10 in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands.Ĭonan Lee Gray was born on December 5, 1998, in Lemon Grove, California, to a father of mostly Irish ancestry and a Japanese mother. Billboard 200, making it the biggest U.S. Bolstered by the commercially successful songs " Maniac" and " Heather", his debut studio album Kid Krow (2020) debuted at number five on the U.S. In 2018, Gray signed a record deal with Republic Records, which released his debut EP, Sunset Season (2018). Born in Lemon Grove, California, and raised in Georgetown, Texas, he began uploading vlogs, covers and original songs to YouTube as a teenager. Conan Lee Gray (born December 5, 1998) is an American singer and songwriter.
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