Amy Shark

Indie singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Amy Billings – born on May 14, 1986 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia – is better known by her stage name Amy Shark. However, her earliest recordings, released between 2008 and 2012, were released under the name Amy Cushing (her maiden name). During this time, she has also performed under the name Little Sleeper and Amy Billings. Her first releases were the EPs I Thought of You Out Loud (2008) and Love’s Not Anorexic (2009) earned her local attention but did not chart. Her early albums – Broadway Gossip (2010) and It’s a Happy City (2012) – achieved the same fate as her EPs. At the end of 2013, she changed her stage name to Amy Shark because she was a fan of the movie Jaws. She released her first EP, Nelson, under her new name in February, 2014. The single “Spits on Girls” was released in July of that year. Her 2015 single “Golden Fleece” was released in October 2015 under the name Little Sleeper. Her next single, “Adore” (2016), was her first commercial success, reaching number 3 on the Australian singles chart. Her EP, Night Thinker, was released in 2017 and featured the charting single “Weekends”. Her 2018 album, Love Monster, was a huge commercial success, debuting at Number 1 on the Australian Albums chart. Love Monster included the hit singles “I Said Hi”, “Don’t Turn Around”, “All Loved Up”, “Mess Her Up”, and “Psycho” (featuring Mark Hoppus). Amy Shark won four Aria Music Awards including Album of the Year, Best Female Artist, Best Pop Release, and Producer of the Year. In 2019, she guested on The Chainsmokers’ single “The Reaper”. In 2020, she released “Everybody Rise”, her first single since Love Monster. The single later won Best Pop Release at the 2020 ARIA Awards, while “C’mon,” featuring Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, introduced her second album, Cry Forever. Released in 2021, the record became Amy Shark’s second consecutive Number 1 album in Australia and included “Love Songs Ain’t for Us,” co-written with Ed Sheeran and featuring Keith Urban. From 2023, Amy Shark served as a judge on Australian Idol, a role that earned her the Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent, and supported Coldplay’s Australian concerts. Her third album, Sunday Sadness, arrived in 2024 and became her third consecutive Australian Number 1, featuring “Loving Me Lover,” “Beautiful Eyes,” “Two Friends,” and the Tom DeLonge collaboration “My Only Friend.” After presenting her songs acoustically on the regional Songs & Stories Tour in 2025, she returned with “The Biggest Dick,” “Our Last Fight,” and “It’s Kinda Hot.” These singles preceded Soft Pop, released on July 24, 2026. Written entirely by Amy Shark and recorded with Dann Hume in a converted Welsh church, the stripped-back album centred on acoustic arrangements and personal storytelling.