Gin Wigmore
Gin Wigmore
Virginia Claire "Gin" Wigmore is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. Featuring on the Smashproof single "Brother" in 2009, Wigmore went on to release her debut album Holy Smoke, in 2009, and her second, Gravel & Wine, in 2011. Her third album, Blood to Bone, was released on June 26, 2015. She is known for her high and raspy voice...
NationalityNew Zealander
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth6 June 1986
CityAuckland, New Zealand
attention fact music period reason stayed stick stuck time
I've got a very short attention span, and this has been part of the reason I'm so kind of dumbfounded at the fact that I've still stayed with music. Nothing has ever stuck for me, and music's the only thing that's managed to stick out for a long period of time.
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That would be awesome, to be totally making records whenever I want and to play a show and have a few hundred thousand people there at any city you go to because people know you and your music.
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I'd say the key thing is to remain true to what originally got you into music. When I wrote 'Hallelujah,' it ignited me to do music because of the love and joy that I got from writing that song. Down the road, you get all of these opinions from people; just remember what got you started in the first place.
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I remember when I wrote songs when I was about 16, they all sounded the same because I didn't know anything. And all the subject matter was all the same because I hadn't actually done much.
You just feel better when you look nice.
people
People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.
I'm not aiming to be someone like Christina Aguilera.
bad freeing music
Writing music is such a freeing exercise, and it's really nice to play in that world of being confident, vengeful - getting back at all the bad boyfriends.
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I'm very open with people, very warm, when I meet them. My fans in particular find that strange and refreshing.
car red silly sports trying
When you're young, you need to be silly and be stupid and not be trying to do that when you're 40 in a red sports car.
love playing time
I love playing shows. That's the time I have to really share what I am about.
australia earn music patience time types
Honestly, Americans are more open-minded and have the patience and the time for new types of music. In Australia and New Zealand, you must earn your place.
break five great love minutes telling
You break up, and you say something pathetic, or you don't even speak at all when someone's telling you they don't love you anymore. But then you think about it five minutes later, and you have all these great comebacks!
band cried hated looking social taught
I was in a band in Auckland, and I remember they all hated me. They had a big intervention. They said, basically, 'Gin, we think you suck.' I was miserable. I cried and cried. But looking back, that taught me about social skills and how to communicate with musicians.