Lakyn Heperi (born 28 April 1992)[1] is an Australian-based New Zealand singer, songwriter and musician best known for appearing on The Voice Australia; he was eliminated at the quarterfinal stage.
Lakyn grew up in Auckland, New Zealand and played piano from the age of 3, encouraged by his mother Anne-Maree and his musician father Doug.
[4] He was pitted against Nick Len in the battle round with the song "Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone where he was chosen as the winner by Madden.
Lakyn's studio recording of "Big Jet Plane" was the first performance by The Voice contestants to top the iTunes singles chart.
[10] In April 2013, Lakyn performed with Diafrix for Triple J's "Good Az Friday" at Melbourne Town Hall with a hip hop cover of James Blake's "Retrograde".