Katie Gregson-MacLeod

Katie Gregson-MacLeod is a Scottish singer-songwriter who first gained wide attention in 2022 when a piano-and-vocal demo of her song «complex» went viral on TikTok, quickly propelling her from relative obscurity to a signed recording artist. Her songwriting is built around confessional, diary-like lyrics and a stripped-back, piano-led sound that puts her voice and emotional delivery front and center.

Following the success of «complex», she released a full version of the song and built out a body of work exploring young adulthood, heartbreak, and self-doubt, including tracks like «Teenage Love», «Your Ex», and «to be eighteen». Her second EP, ‘songs written for piano’, leaned further into the intimate, acoustic aesthetic that first connected with listeners, featuring a live version of «complex» recorded with a string ensemble alongside new songs such as «white lies», co-written with fellow singer-songwriter Matt Maltese.

Gregson-MacLeod belongs to a wave of artists whose careers were shaped directly by social media virality, and she has worked to translate that internet-first moment into a sustained career built on emotionally direct, piano-centric pop songwriting.