Lizzie Marvelly

Elizabeth Lillian Marvelly (born 5 July 1989) is a singer, songwriter and social commentator from Rotorua, New Zealand.

[4] She attended Rotorua Girls' High School, and then won a senior scholarship at King's College in Auckland for her seventh form year.

Her song "When You Are Sad" was reportedly written after a recent case of child abuse in her hometown Rotorua shocked the nation.

The album featured the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and a duet with Britain's Got Talent winner Paul Potts.

In 2012, Marvelly sang as part of Flight of the Conchords supergroup charity single "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)".

[8][failed verification] In August 2015, Marvelly released her first single with New Zealand hip hop DJ P-Money.

Since 2006, Marvelly has performed in a number of high-profile concerts in New Zealand, supporting artists such as Sir Howard Morrison, Dame Malvina Major and Amici Forever star Geoff Sewell.

[11] In September that year she launched the first Villainesse project, "#MyBodyMyTerms",[12] a global campaign to spark conversation about sexual violence, victim-blaming, revenge porn and consent.

[13] In a February 2017 column she criticised the conservative Christian lobby group Family First New Zealand for opposing transgender individuals for using toilets not reflecting the sex of their birth.