Mary Lambert
Singer and composer Mary Lambert wants you to know it’s okay to cry. In fact, she’ll probably be crying too. Lambert, who rose to fame in 2012 while juggling multiple food service jobs, is best known for her heart-wrenching work on the marriage equality anthem “Same Love,” from the Grammy-winning Macklemore & Ryan Lewis album, The Heist. Writing and singing the hook to “Same Love” led to two Grammy nominations for “Song of The Year” and “Album of The Year,” and her pop career flourished after signing to Capitol Records. Her confessional tongue-in-cheek single, “Secrets,” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Dance charts, and was certified RIAA Gold in 2015. She released a few EPs and a full-length album, Heart on My Sleeve, which The New York Times called “refreshing and severely personal.” With all of her accomplishments in tow, Lambert’s sophomore full-length album, Grief Creature, is her culminating masterpiece. Self-produced and crowdfunded, the album was released in late 2019. Featuring musician-friends like Macklemore, Hollis and Julien Baker, the songs showcase Lambert’s uncanny ability to leave her listener spellbound. She is starring in an unnamed Netflix animated movie for cinematic release in 2021, and is currently composing music for 1946, a documentary about LGBTQ rights and biblical scripture.
