Bronze Avery

Gabriel Brown^[5] was born in Orlando, Florida to a military family. He grew up as a Navy brat and moved to Seattle, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta before returning to Orlando after his parents' divorce.^[6] Avery came out as gay by mistake due to a shared family computer. Shows including A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila helped him feel more comfortable while in school.^[7] Originally from Orlando, as of 2019, Avery is based in Los Angeles.^[8]

Avery is a pop singer-songwriter. He released an EP, American Dream (2015) under his birth name Gabriel Brown. He started going by Bronze Avery to disambiguate himself from several others with the same name. In his earlier music, Avery avoided discussing his sexuality, but has now come to embrace LGBT+ themes. The single "Pressure" is the first song released under his name Bronze Avery. In a 2018 interview with Local Wolves, Avery expressed interest in collaborating with singers Raye and Mabel.^[9]

The Orlando nightclub shooting influenced him as a queer musician.^[10] He regularly frequented the Pulse nightclub but was in Nashville, Tennessee at the time of the shooting.^[6] Avery performed at Los Angeles Pride in 2019.^[7]

In 2019, Avery released a music video accompanying the single "Want 2". Shawn Binder was the director and Joe DeSantis was the cinematographer.^[8] In an interview with Billboard, Avery stated he does not want to be labeled as an rhythm and blues artist.^[11] In June 2019, Avery released the single "Spilling Out" with a music video.^[12] On June 13, 2024, Avery released his second studio album Heatwave which has uptempo electro-pop beats with lyrical content on Avery's experience as a queer person.^[13] Avery stated this album is a "collection of summer songs made to make you sweat".^[14]

All credits adapted from Apple Music and Spotify.^[16][17]