Chris Haze

Early life

Haze grew up in Ballinfolye Co. Galway. With three brothers and a sister, Chris is the youngest of his family. His father was not around from a young age. His family moved to Westport, Co. Mayo when he was a child for a number of years before returning to Galway when he started secondary school. Haze went to school in Saint Joseph's College in Galway city. He went on to get his Junior Certificate before leaving school at the age of 16. His mother (Maria) raised in Mayo and Father (John) from Armagh.

2010–2015: Career beginnings

In 2011, when he was 20, Haze was living in a house with friends who used to play and produce music. Inspired, he then started watching YouTube videos to learn some guitar chords. He progressed quickly and soon after began making his own songs. Chris recorded his first ever guitar riff and lyrics in 2012. This developed into his first song, which he called "World Outside"> The song featured an English hip hop artist named Lexeeeee. "World Outside" received positive feedback from music critics and thousands of views on YouTube, which inspired Haze to decided music was a career he would like to pursue.

In 2013, Haze was nominated by Hot Press magazine on their list of Hot for 2014. He was nominated again for their readers' poll award as Most Promising Artist of that year.

Since 2014, Haze has performed with a number of major names in the music industry. He has opened for such diverse International artists as Coolio and Sheppard, and toured Ireland with the Irish group The Original Rudeboys, ending in December 2013, where Chris opened their sold out shows at The Olympia Theatre and The Academy Dublin.

In 2014, Guinness picked Haze to participate in their nationally recognised promotion The Guinness Amplify Series, which spotlights and publicises new and upcoming Irish singer-songwriters.

2015–2016: Singles and international airplay

In 2015, Haze released the single "Don't Wanna Fall Asleep", which generated media interest and radio play across Ireland. Haze followed with the release of his first EP, titled Thoughts to Words. The EP features "Don't Wanna Fall Asleep" and two other tracks.

Earlier in 2016, Haze released "Let Us Be Heroes", which he followed with a video for the song. The single went on to receive national airplay on RTE 2FM and in the United Kingdom on BBC Radio and Radio X.

Haze's single "I'll Run", released July 2016, also earned airplay and acclaim on Irish, British and other European radio stations like KX Radio in the Netherlands. The official music video received similar accolades.

2016–2017: Official EP release

Following the success of single releases "Let Us Be Heroes" and "I'll Run", on 17 February 2017, Haze released an EP titled We Are One. along with a self-titled single and official video. The EP features "Let Us Be Heroes" and "I'll Run" along with three new songs. We Are One debuted at number 31 on the IRMA albums chart.