[3] In 2010, Grannis released her album Stairwells and the music video for "In Your Arms", leading to appearances on The Ellen DeGeneres Show[4] and Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

[7][8][9] Longtime collaboration with Wong Fu Productions culminated in a starring role in the YouTube Red Original romantic comedy series Single by 30.

[10][11] In 2018 Grannis released In the Waiting, the first album off her listener supported label, shortly before making a cameo appearance in the award-winning[12] box office smash[13] Crazy Rich Asians[14] and embarking on an international concert tour.

Grannis planned to work with Interscope Records to produce a new album, but in January 2009, she announced that she was leaving the label to be an independent artist.

[33] The location of her release party for Stairwells, the Dakota Lounge in Santa Monica, was the subject of an article in the Orange Country Register because the venue enabled her to show her gratitude to her fans.

[36][37][38] Grannis' Stairwells Springtime Tour began in San Francisco on May 24, 2010, and concluded in late June after several stints on the East Coast and in Canada.

[41][42][43] In early 2011, Grannis was awarded the title of Sirius/XM CoffeeHouse's 2010 Singer-Songwriter Discovery of the Year after a months-long online voting period.

She continued in May through the northwest region of North America which included stops in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Los Angeles.

In late 2011 and into 2012, Grannis launched her In Your Arms Tour in Europe, Asia (Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong), Australia, and North America.

The select dates were the first time fans could hear Elements live and also served as her first official headline run since the spring of 2012.

She embarked on a tour of Southeast Asia, but was only able to play two shows before she and her band were detained by Indonesian authorities for having the wrong type of visas.

[56] Grannis joined Patreon, a site created by Jack Conte to provide artists a living via direct support, in April 2014.

[61] Building on the themes of her previous album, It's Hard To Be Human further chronicled and grappled with Grannis' journey through infertility and IVF.

[63] Grannis has been a part of several Wong Fu Productions short films including The Last, as well as the series Funemployed and Single by 30.

[64][65] She also collaborated with Ryan Higa, David Choi, and Jesse Epstein to create a comedic song and music video, titled "Millennial Love".

[66] Grannis has two sisters, Misa and Emi, both of whom have occasionally been featured in her video blogs, as well as accompanying her at concerts and on tour.

[68] On August 31, 2013, Grannis married frequent musical collaborator Jesse Epstein[citation needed] in a small ceremony in Los Angeles, California, after they had dated for 11 years.

An avid supporter of cancer research, Grannis has performed at several Southern California Relay For Life functions over the years.

[74][75] In October 2008, she participated in the Nike Women's Marathon in San Francisco[76] to support the Leukemia Lymphoma Society in honor of her mother,[77] raising $6,000 for the organization.

In 2011, Grannis contributed her song Message from Your Heart to a benefit album[78] released as part of a broader relief effort[79] for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

In 2012, she launched a charity project called Run Team Kina dedicated to the promotion of personal health and wellness and to raise money for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society.