# Gracie Folds > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gracie_Folds > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gracie_Folds.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_Folds > Source revision: 1351801825 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian-American musician The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for music. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted. Find sources: "Gracie Folds" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Gracie Folds Born Gracie Scott Folds (1999-07-23) July 23, 1999 (age 26) Adelaide, South Australia Genres Indie piano pop Occupation Singer-songwriter Instruments Vocals piano guitar Years active 2016–present Website therealgraciefolds.bandcamp.com Musical artist **Gracie Scott Folds** (born July 23, 1999) is an Australian American singer-songwriter. Folds is the daughter of musician [Ben Folds](/source/Ben_Folds). She released her first two [EPs](/source/Extended_play), *demos* and *Pink Elephant* in 2016.[1] ## Early life and career Folds was born in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide), South Australia to musician [Ben Folds](/source/Ben_Folds) and Frally Hynes on July 23, 1999, almost three hours after her twin brother, Louis.[2] She was the namesake for her father's song "Gracie", off of the album *[Songs for Silverman](/source/Songs_for_Silverman)* (2005). In her late teens, Gracie made some music with her father. She performed an [a cappella](/source/A_cappella) version of his song "Effington" with Ben and her brother for the album [*University A Cappella!*](/source/Ben_Folds_Presents%3A_University_A_Cappella!) (2009).[3] She also provided harmony vocals for his 2015 song "[So There](/source/So_There)".[1] In adulthood, she moved to [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles), and began making music in 2016, touring with her father and [yMusic](/source/YMusic).[4] In August, she released her debut [EP](/source/Extended_play), *Pink Elephant*, which featured her father performing hand claps.[1] In September, she released *demos*, featuring demos of two more songs. In 2018, she was featured on Unstabile's song "Balloons", off the album *Steep*.[5] In July 2020, she performed "Sprained Ankle" by [Julien Baker](/source/Julien_Baker) with the [National Symphony Orchestra](/source/National_Symphony_Orchestra) at the [Kennedy Center](/source/John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts) for "DECLASSIFIED: Ben Folds Presents", filling in for Baker, introduced by comedian [Sarah Silverman](/source/Sarah_Silverman).[6] ## Discography - *Pink Elephant* (2016) ### Guest appearances - "[Effington](/source/Way_to_Normal) - [University A Cappella](/source/Ben_Folds_Presents%3A_University_A_Cappella!) Version" (2009) by [Ben Folds](/source/Ben_Folds) - Vocals - "[So There](/source/So_There)" (2015) by Ben Folds and [yMusic](/source/YMusic) - Harmonies - "Balloons" (2018) by Unstabile - Vocals ## See also - [Music portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Music) - [Biography portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Biography) - "[Gracie](/source/Songs_for_Silverman)" (2005 song by [Ben Folds](/source/Ben_Folds)) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:1_1-2) Frank. ["Gracie Folds, The Magical Armchair"](https://www.magicalarmchair.com/tag/gracie-folds/). *The Magical Armchair*. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Ben Folds Five: Old News Items"](http://www.magicalarmchair.com/bff/oldnews.html). *www.magicalarmchair.com*. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Gracie Folds Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More"](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001353657). *AllMusic*. Retrieved 9 December 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Gracie Folds's Concert & Tour History | Concert Archives"](https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/gracie-folds). *www.concertarchives.org*. Retrieved 19 November 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [*Unstabile - Steep | iHeart*](https://www.iheart.com/artist/unstabile-32150685/albums/steep-56777658/), 3 May 2018, retrieved 19 November 2021 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Gracie Folds - "Sprained Ankle" | DECLASSIFIED | Kennedy Center"](https://www.kennedy-center.org/video/digital-stage/classical-music/2020/folds-sprained-ankle-declassified/). *www.kennedy-center.org*. Retrieved 19 November 2021. ## External links - [Official website](http://therealgraciefolds.bandcamp.com) - [Gracie Folds](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001353657) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier)) v t e Ben Folds Studio albums Rockin' the Suburbs Songs for Silverman Way to Normal Lonely Avenue So There What Matters Most Sleigher Compilations Songs for Goldfish Supersunnyspeedgraphic, the LP Stems and Seeds Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella! The Best Imitation of Myself: A Retrospective Fifty-Five Vault Live albums Ben Folds Live iTunes Originals Other albums Shut Up and Listen to Majosha Fear of Pop: Volume 1 The Bens EPs Speed Graphic Sunny 16 Super D Singles "Rockin' the Suburbs" "Still Fighting It" "Tiny Dancer" "Bizarre Christmas Incident" "Bitches Ain't Shit" "Landed" "Jesusland" "You Don't Know Me" "Phone in a Pool" "Dear Theodosia" DVDs Ben Folds and WASO Live in Perth Ben Folds Live at MySpace Books A Dream About Lightning Bugs: A Life of Music and Cheap Lessons Related articles Discography 8in8 Anna Goodman Ben Folds Five Discography The Bens Fear of Pop Gracie Folds Majosha Odd Man Out Tour Over the Hedge Soundtrack --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gracie Folds](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_Folds) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gracie_Folds?action=history)). 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