Gavyn Matthew Bailey (born May 29, 1998) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, and podcast host. He entered the music industry with his first EP, ''Sickly in Love'', in 2013. Bailey has had music featured on

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's ''

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'' and FreeForm's ''

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''. Bailey is also a published songwriter, signed by

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and Alan Melina to Bump Into Genius and

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. He is a co-writer of "Ville Ønske Jeg Havde Kendt Dig" performed by Emil, which came in third place at the 2020

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. In January 2021, Bailey co-founded "And That's That On That," an entertainment podcast, with Haley Chapman, which debuted in the Top 50 Music Interview Charts on

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Discography

EPs * ''Sickly in Love'' (2013) Singles * ''Change Your Mind'' (2020) * ''Grass Is Never Greener'' (2020) * ''Numb Me, Bad'' (2019) * ''No Space'' (2019) * ''Fragile'' (2015)

Songwriting discography

Personal life

Bailey was born with kidney failure and received a life-saving

kidney transplant Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantati ...

Easter Sunday Easter,Traditional names for the feast in English are "Easter Day", as in the ''Book of Common Prayer''; "Easter Sunday", used by James Ussher''The Whole Works of the Most Rev. James Ussher, Volume 4'') and Samuel Pepys''The Diary of Samuel ...

, 2001. He has also been open about his past and present life with

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as an ambassador for

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's Mental Health Initiative.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bailey, Gavyn 1998 births Living people 21st-century American singers Singers from California Songwriters from California People from Laguna Niguel, California Kidney transplant recipients