Ren Gill
Celebrity
- Birthday
- March 29, 1990
- Age
- 36
- Birthplace
- Wales
- @renmakesmusic
About
Ren Eryn Gill (born 29 March 1990), known professionally as Ren, is a
Welsh singer-songwriter, rapper, producer, actor, and director. Ren
has been a member of Trick the Fox and the Brighton-based band The Big
Push, and has independently released the studio albums Freckled Angels (2016)
and Sick Boi (2023).
Ren gained wide attention with the 2022 music video “Hi Ren”, which addresses
illness and mental health. The video was nominated
in the Best Music Video category at Camerimage in 2023.
Sick Boi reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on 20 October
2023. In the United States, the
album debuted at number 137 on the Billboard 200, and Ren
reached number four on the Billboard Emerging Artists
chart.
Ren has spoken publicly about living with Lyme disease and related chronic
health problems. He has said that before receiving a Lyme disease diagnosis in
2015, he was treated for depression and was also misdiagnosed
with chronic fatigue syndrome
and bipolar disorder.
Ren was born on 29 March 1990 in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. At age four, his
family moved to Anglesey, where he grew up in the village of Dwyran. He began playing guitar at age 10 after his father…
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