About
Lauren Babic is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and recording artist known for her dynamic vocal range and versatility across multiple genres, mostly the rock and heavy metal sphere. Her music has amassed over 60 million streams on Spotify and over 100 million video views on YouTube across 200+ song releases, including originals and covers. She is the front-woman of 3 bands: Red Handed Denial (Toronto-based metal), CrazyEightyEight (International post-hardcore), and Skylimit (International hard rock). Her extensive range of vocal styles, from melodic and powerful singing to intense screaming, has allowed her to also collaborate across many other genres including EDM, R&B, rap, and pop. Often referred to as the "Ed Sheeran of metal" by her peers, Lauren knows no collaborative bounds and continues to bridge the gap between the traditional music industry and the content creator world.
As a self-made independent artist, Lauren prides herself on her organic growth and authenticity, resisting societal and industry pressures. She is also a dedicated educator, with a Bachelors of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and a Bachelors of Education degree from Nipissing University. In 2023, she developed and launched a comprehensive vocal course and curriculum in collaboration with vocal coach, Chris Liepe. As a woman in the heavy mental music scene, she is committed to inspiring and empowering other female artists to unapologetically be themselves.
Her career boasts over 300 live performances as both a solo artist and with her band Red Handed Denial, spanning Europe, the UK, Canada, and the US. She has shared the stage with artists such as Trivium, Protest the Hero, PVRIS, Unprocessed, The Contortionist, Silent Planet, The Funeral Portrait, I Set My Friends on Fire, Halocene, and Violet Orlandi.
Her large discography includes collaborations with artists and producers such as Howard Benson (Producer), Joey Sturgis (Producer), Will Putney (Producer), Herman Li, Escape The Fate / Craig Mabbitt, Jarrod Alonge, Patty Walters (As It Is), Bilmuri, Lukas Magyar (Veil of Maya), Spencer Sotelo (Periphery), Hinder, Jonathan Young, Lee Albrecht (Producer), Sophie Lloyd, Johnny Hawkins (Nothing More), Ben Bruce (Asking Alexandria), Sam Guaiana (Producer), Chris Turner (Oceans Ate Alaska), Rody Walker (Protest the Hero), Cole Rolland, Halocene, First to Eleven, Violet Orlandi, Mike Kalajian (Rogue Planet Mastering), Jared Dines, Nik Nocturnal, Philip Strand (Normandie), Arankai, Andrew Baena, Mitchell Rogers (Varials), Colm McGuinness, Falconshield, The Gloom In The Corner, The Wise Man's Fear, and many others.
Video Game Collaborations
Lauren has worked with video game giants like Riot Games, where she co-wrote and sang the champion theme song "Zeri, The Spark of Zaun" for League of Legends. She has also worked with Gearbox Software and Gunfire Games where she sang the official announcement trailer song "Dead Man Walking" for Remnant II, which premiered at The Game Awards.
Lauren has also collaborated with major pro-audio brands like Universal Audio, Rode, AKG, JBL, and 64 Audio. She has played a pivotal role in launch campaigns for products like the Howard Benson Vocals plugin by Joey Sturgis Tones, and the Apollo Twin X audio interface by Universal Audio. She was also part of the research and development for Lewitt Audio's LCT 1040 tube microphone and sE Electronics' Dynacaster dynamic broadcast microphone.
Brand Collaborations
Lauren Babic's musical journey began at the age of two, when her parents enrolled her in music classes. She grew up playing piano for ten years and was actively involved in her high school band, where she played the trumpet for four years. At 16, she joined a ska band and played trumpet, drawing early influences from iconic bands like Linkin Park and Blink-182.
Her singing career began at 17 when she joined Toronto metal band Red Handed Denial (RHD) where it was the first time she ever sang in front of other people. She began posting vocal cover videos on YouTube in 2011 to promote RHD and improve her recording skills. She achieved her first viral moment in 2012 with her covers of Periphery's "Scarlet" and "Make Total Destroy," which were featured by Metal Sucks and garnered over 100,000 views.
Lauren's career continued to soar with her covers of "King for a Day" in 2019 and "Lovely" in 2020, the latter accumulating over 20 million views on YouTube and over 30 million streams across audio platforms. In 2017, she co-founded an international collaboration band, CrazyEightyEight (C88) with Jarrod Alonge, going on to raise $50,000 on Kickstarter for their debut album Burning Alive.
Lauren has released four studio albums and two EPs with RHD, one studio album and three EPs with C88, and a solo pop EP called Silence Is The Only Sound.
