Olivia Rush

Olivia Rush is a singer-songwriter who rose to fame via her YouTube channel in 2020. She was subsequently signed by IPR, a label created by Indigo Peak.

1995-2014: Early Life
Olivia Christina Rice was born on March 23rd 1995 at Basingstoke Hospital in Basingstoke, England to an upper middle class family. She is of Italian ancestry as her grandmother immigrated to the UK following the second world war. Her mother Giovanna (1970-2018) was a celebrated author whilst her father Keith is a graphic designer. She has a younger sister named Iris. Brought up in the Hampshire town of Basingstoke, Rush has said "its an overwhelmingly tory environment. I don't hate where I'm from but I don't celebrate it either."

2014-2021
After Rush finished college she relocated to London, beginning a career selling advertising space for a property company and performing at open mic nights.

RushSongs
In January 2014, Rush created a highly successful YouTube channel named RushSongs. The channel gained popularity for the singers uploads which feature the singer performing acoustic covers of tracks by acts such as Alesha, Shell Ruin and Emily Henning among others. In 2020 she began uploading videos of her performing original material, garnering attention from Indigo Peak member Yannik Cassenove who signed the singer to Indigo Peak's independent label IPR.

Night Crawl (2021)
''Main article: Night Crawl A Semble Management press release in February 2021 announced that Rush would release her debut album 'Night Crawl' alongside its lead single 'Displaced' on March 19th of that year via IPR. On February 10th 2021 Rush debuted the track 'We Were Here' via her official website as a 'taster' of what to expect from her first feature length release. The track, led by a piano arrangement received a favourable critical reception.

Discography
Main article: Olivia Rush Discography
 * Studio albums
 * Night Crawl (2021)