Hailee Olivia Williams (born 1998), better known by her stage name Liv.e (pronounced “liv”), is an American singer-songwriter from Dallas, TX. According to The Guardian, her genre-blending music style draws influences from «experimental R&B, cosmic jazz, gospel, neo-soul, spoken word and the drowsy undoneness of chopped and screwed.»

Liv.e grew up around musicians, with a father who played keys in gospel and blues ensembles, a mother who sang in the family church choir, and a brother who played drums. Her first musical influences were The Clark Sisters, Earth, Wind & Fire, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, and OutKast, before discovering beatmakers like Georgia Anne Muldrow and Knxwledge.

She started making music at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, when she started DJing and freestyling, uploading DJ sets and freestyles to Soundcloud, and where she met members of the Dallas-based collective Dolfin Records.

In 2017 she released her debut EP FRANK, which was produced by fellow Dolfin members Ben Hixon and Jon Bap, among the others.

In 2018 she released ::hoopdreams::, a collaborative EP with producer 10.4 ROG, and formed the R&B/hip hop group KRYPTONYTE, where she sang under the name Jade Fox.

In 2019 Liv.e made herself a name by collaborating on the track “MTOMB” by Earl Sweatshirt, after he invited her on tour with him. In the following year the Dallas singer launched her debut album, Couldn’t Wait to Tell You…, with a livestream on none other than Erykah Badu’s website.

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