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Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown, born on 13 July 1979, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known by her stage name Ladyhawke. She adopted the name from Richard Donner's 1985 film Ladyhawke. Brown was a member of the Wellington-based band Two Lane Blacktop from 2001 to 2003. She later moved to Australia, where in 2004 she formed the art rock band Teenager with Nick Littlemore of Pnau. Brown relocated to London in 2007, then to Los Angeles around 2013, before returning to New Zealand after the release of her third album, Wild Things. Her debut solo album, Ladyhawke, was released on 22 September 2008 through Modular Recordings and reached the top of the RIANZ Albums Chart. The album produced five singles, including "My Delirium," which was the most successful. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2009, she won Breakthrough Artist awards for both her album and single. Her second solo album, Anxiety, was released in May 2012, followed by Wild Things in June 2016, and Time Flies in November 2021.