Bronze Avery
Quick Facts
Biography
Gabriel Brown is an American pop singer-songwriter known professionally as Bronze Avery. His debut EP American Dream was released in 2015. Avery released the EP, Split, in 2019.
Early life
Gabriel Brown was born in Orlando, Florida to a military family. He grew up as a Navy brat and moved to Seattle, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta before returning to Orlando after his parent's divorce. Avery came out as gay by mistake due to a shared family computer. He was first attracted guy in the first grade. Shows including A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila helped him feel more comfortable while in school.
Career
Avery is a pop singer-songwriter. He released an EP, American Dream (2015) under his birth name Gabriel Brown. He started going by Bronze Avery to disambiguate himself from several others with the same name. In his earlier music, Avery avoided discussing his sexuality, but has now come to embrace LGBT+ themes. The single "Pressure" is the first song released under his name Bronze Avery. In a 2018 interview with Local Wolves, Avery expressed interest in collaborating with singers Raye and Mabel.
The Orlando nightclub shooting influenced him as a queer musician. He regularly patronized the Pulse nightclub but was in Nashville, Tennessee at the time of the shooting. Avery performed at Los Angeles Pride in 2019.
In 2019, Avery released a music video accompanying the single "Want 2." Shawn Binder was the director and Joe DeSantis was the cinematographer. In an interview with Billboard, Avery stated he does not want to be labeled as an rhythm and blues artist. In June 2019, Avery released the single "Spilling Out" with a music video.
Artistry
Avery is a pop musician. His biggest influence is musician Charli XCX. He is inspired by performers including The Pussycat Dolls and Nelly Furtado, Tove Lo, Banks, and Lana Del Rey. He was influenced by Gwen Stefani's debut album, Love. Angel. Music. Baby. Early LGBT influences of Avery include George Michael and Simon Curtis.
Personal life
Originally from Orlando, as of 2019, Avery is based in Los Angeles.
Discography
Extend Plays
- American Dream (2015)
- Split (2019)
Singles
- "Leave Together" (2017)
- "Pressure"
- "Secrets"
- "Never Gonna Give You Up"
- "Want 2" (2019)
- "Spilling Out"