| Violet Skies | |
| Birth Name: | Hannah Berney |
| Genre: | Pop, electronic, alternative rock, classical |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter |
| Years Active: | 2013–present |
| Birth Place: | Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales, U.K.[1] |
Hannah Berney, known as Violet Skies, is a singer-songwriter from Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales.[2]
In 2013, Violet Skies released her first song, "How the Mighty". WalesOnline called it "a pulsing, classically arranged electro slow-burner of a song that merges Massive Attack with a haunting piano and the singer's equally stark and soulful vocals", and it included the song on its list of the 51 greatest Welsh pop records of 2013.[3]
In June 2014 she released her debut solo EP, Dragons,[4] and played at the Glastonbury Festival on the BBC Introducing Stage.[5] That same summer, she played a headline London show and later opened for A Great Big World at Bush Hall in Shepherd's Bush.[6] In January 2015 she released a new song, "Liar".[7]
Violet also released an album and EP with Bristol-based producer Stumbleine through Monotreme Records in early 2014.[8] In June 2019, Skies released the EP I'll Buy a House, which contains four of her singles. A few months later, she released the acoustic version of her EP.
She has also co-written the song "God Is a Dancer" for the British singer Mabel and the Dutch DJ Tiësto. "God Is a Dancer" spent eight weeks in the United Kingdom Top 40, peaking at number 15.
On 3 April 2020 Skies released an EP, Lonely, containing five songs: "Lonely", "Nothing at Night", "Half My Life", "Born On Valentine's Day" and "This Could Be Love".
Born Hannah Berney in Chepstow in Monmouthshire, Wales,[1] she was a student at Wyedean School in Sedbury, where she wrote songs with friends during lunch breaks.[9] After graduating, Violet attended Exeter University, where she studied French and history.[9] While at Exeter, she was a contestant on The Voice UK in 2012.[10]
She and Charlie McClean founded sheWrites, a series of woman-only camps for songwriters, producers, and artists, that convene in different places around the world, in order to encourage women to make connections, make songs, and make an impact in the music industry.[11]
When asked about her musical pseudonym, Violet Skies, she said her great-grandmother's name was Violet, and Skies was her mother's idea.[12]
| Title | Year | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Waiting On A Miracle" | 2022 | Violet Skies, Ames, K.S. Rhoads | K.S. Rhoads | |
| "Settle (Acoustic)" | Charlie Martin, Joe Housley, Violet Skies | Violet Skies, The Nocturns | ||
| "Over The Valley" | Pat Linehan, Violet Skies | Violet Skies, Remy | ||
| "We Don't Get Along" | Martin Luke Brown, Violet Skies | Micah Jasper, Violet Skies | ||
| "Settle" | Charlie Martin, Joe Housley, Violet Skies | Violet Skies, The Nocturns | ||
| "Never Be Cool (Acoustic)" | Violet Skies, Charlie McClean | Charlie McClean | ||
| "Never Be Cool" | ||||
| "The Internet (Acoustic)" | Dom Liu, Nick Wilson, Sean McDonagh, Violet Skies | Micah Jasper | ||
| "The Internet" | ||||
| "Talk (Acoustic)" | 2021 | Violet Skies, Billy Lockett, Andrea Rocca | Andrea Rocha | |
| "When I Come Home" | Violet Skies, Taska Black | Taska Black | ||
| "Talk" | Violet Skies, Billy Lockett, Andrea Rocca | Andrea Rocha | ||
| "Talk" | 2020 | Tiësto, Violet Skies, Luke Storrs, Micah Jasper | Tiësto, Luke Storrs, Micah Jasper | [13] |
| "Lonely" | Violet Skies, Danny Casio | Violet Skies, Danny Casio | ||
| "Half My Life" | Violet Skies, Thomas Daniel, Christian Fiore | Christian Fiore, Micah Jasper | ||
| "Bruises" | James Earp, Lewis Capaldi | Mahogany | ||
| "Two of Us This Christmas" | 2019 | Grizzly, Violet Skies | Violet Skies | |
| "This Could Be Love" | Violet Skies, Martin Luke Brown | Violet Skies, Roy Kerr | ||
| "Give Me a Reason (Acoustic)" | Charlie McClean, Christian Fiore, Daniel Evans, Thomas Daniel, Violet Skies | Charlie McClean, Christian Fiore, Violet Skies | ||
| "Give Me a Reason" | ||||
| "Is She Gonna Be There? (Acoustic)" | Violet Skies, Harley Moon Kemp, Markus Videsäter, Max Berg | Markus Videsäter, Max Berg, Violet Skies | ||
| "Is She Gonna Be There?" | ||||
| "Cry for Me (Acoustic)" | 2018 | Dougie Freeman, Charlie McClean, John Cunningham, Violet Skies | Charlie McClean, Violet Skies | |
| "Cry for Me" | Manon Grandjean, Charlie McClean, David Burris, John Cunningham, Violet Skies |
| EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Heat | US Ind. | UK R&B | |||
| Lonely[14] |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| Born on Valentine's Day[15] |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| I'll Buy a House (Acoustic)[16] |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| I'll Buy a House[17] |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
| Year | Title | Artist(s) | Album | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | "Money Mad" | Trinity the Tuck | Sinematic | Violet Skies, Drew Louis, Jayelle Gerber | Drew Louis | [19] | |
| "The Healing" | Zara Larsson | Venus | Violet Skies, Rick Nowels | Rick Nowels | [20] | ||
| "Venus" | Rick Nowels, Austin Corona, John Christopher Fee, Manny Marroquin | [21] | |||||
| "No Man's Land" | Venbee, Marshmello | Earwulf, Jonny Lattimer, Nicholas James Gale, Erin Doyle, Violet Skies, Marshmello | Earwulf, Nicholas Gale, Marshmello | [22] | |||
| 2023 | "Love Is An Overstatement" | Lauren Spencer Smith | Mirror | Lauren Spencer Smith, Violet Skies, Geena Fontanella, David Burris | Geena Fontanella, David Burris | [23] | |
| "Little Bit Sad" | Mae Muller | Sorry I'm Late | Henrik Michelsen, Mae Muller, Violet Skies | Henrik Michelsen | [24] | ||
| "Like That" | Emma Rena, Micah Jasper | Emma Rena, Micah Jasper, Violet Skies | [25] | ||||
| "Life Goes On" | Solence | Hope is a Cult | David Strääf, Johan Swärd, Markus Videsäter, Violet Skies | David Strääf, Johan Swärd, Markus Videsäter | [26] | ||
| 2022 | "Sleep at Night" | Cat Burns | People Pleaser / Sleep at Night | Cat Burns, Violet Skies, Chris Smith | Risc | [27] | |
| "Bare Minimum" | Anna Clendening | Untiled X's | Maddy Simmen, Colin Brittain, Anna Clendening, Paige Blue, Violet Skies | Maddy Simmen, Colin Brittain | [28] | ||
| "Love Ain't Meant To Hurt" | Sarah Close | Sarah Close, Adam Argyle, Violet Skies | Sarah Close, Jmac | [29] | |||
| "Living Room" | Ava August | Ellen Mary Murphy, Violet Skies, Ava August Zaharek | Lenii, Ellen Murphy | [30] | |||
| "Selfish" | Bow Anderson | Claire Sarah Anderson, Bow Anderson, Violet Skies, Philip Cook | Phil Cook | [31] | |||
| "Hallelujah" | Carah Faye | Spencer Peterson, BC Jean, Violet Skies, Carah Faye, Julianne Hope, Sizzy Rocket | [32] | ||||
| "Cruel Intentions" | Lexi Jayde | Closer to Closure | Ben Berger, Ryan Rabin David Roback, Hannah Berney, Alexis Burnett, Hope Sandoval, Violet Skies | Ben Berger, Ryan Rabin | [33] | ||
| "In the Honey" | Wafia | Mathieu Jomphe Lépine, Lisa Scinta, Violet Skies | [34] | ||||
| "Svijet Na Ramenima" | Elis Lovrić | Elis Lovrić, Robin Howl, Violet Skies, Holly Fletcher | [35] | ||||
| 2021 | "I Still Believe" | Diana Ross | Thank You | Charlie McClean, Autumn Rowe, Violet Skies, Ruth-Anne Cunningham | Charlie McClean, Jack Antonoff | [36] | |
| "World on Our Shoulders (Resolution Song)" | SONO | Robin Howl, Holly Fletcher, Violet Skies | [37] | ||||
| "Saturday Night" | Key | Bad Love - The 1st Mini Album | Mich Hansen, Jacob Uchorczak, Danny Shah, Violet Skies | Cutfather, Lee Soo-man | [38] | ||
| "Tired Of Everybody" | Issey Cross | Danny Casio, Violet Skies, Issey Cross | Danny Casio, The Six | [39] | |||
| "Super 8" | De'Wayne | Stains | David Burris, De'Wayne Jackson, Micah Jasper, Violet Skies | David Burris, Micah Jasper | [40] | ||
| "What Happens Now?" | Olivia O'Brien | Episodes: Season 1 | Zaire Koalo, Trevor Brown, Violet Skies, Olivia O'Brien | Zaire Koalo, Trevor Brown | [41] | ||
| "Something for Nothing" | Micah Jasper, Elio | [42] | |||||
| 2020 | "Echoes" | Lewis Watson | The Love That You Want | Lewis Watson, Sky Adams, Violet Skies | Richard Wilkinson | [43] | |
| "Highs & Lows" | Justin Caruso | Justin Caruso, Neil Ormandy, Violet Skies, Nicki Adamsson, Valérie Broussard | Justin Caruso | [44] | |||
| "20 Seconds" | Jessica Shy, Jovani | Maruks Videsäter, Max Berga, Harleymoon Kemp, Violet Skies | [45] | ||||
| "Doses" | Rika | Jackson Dimiglio-Wood, Violet Skies, Rika | Jackson Dimiglio-Wood | [46] | |||
| 2019 | "Like We Used to Do" | Martin & Shirlie | In the Swing of It | Rob Eckland, Violet Skies, Harley Kemp | Rob Eckland, Paul Meehan, Brian Rawling | [47] | |
| "God Is A Dancer" | Mabel, Tiësto | The London Sessions | Tiësto, Josh Wilkinson, Violet Skies | Tiësto, Josh Wilkinson, Cameron Gower Poole | [48] | ||
| "Learning How to Love" | Kalm, River | Jason Strong, Charles Anderson, Colin Magalong, Violet Skies | Kalm | [49] | |||
| "Du Med Dig" | Miriam Bryant | Miriam Bryant, Selen Ozan, Violet Skies | Selen Ozan | [50] | |||
| "Come Home To Me" | Léon | Léon | Charlie McClean, Violet Skies, Léon | Charlie McClean | [51] | ||
| "That's For Me"(featuring Distruction Boyz, DJ Tira, Prince Bulo) | Vanessa Mdee | Vanessa Mdee, Alexsej Vlasenko, Henrik Meinke, Jeremy Chacon, Jonas Kalisch, Nikolaos Giannulidis, Violet Skies | Nikolaos Giannulidis | [52] | |||
| 2018 | "Whisper My Name" | Ilira | Hitimpulse, Ilira Gashi, Jaro Omar, Violet Skies | Hitimpulse | [53] |