background
lily's parents were both too young and too unprepared to have her when they did, but that didn't stop them from trying their best anyway. or at least one of them tried their best, and the other fucked right off after a handful of years. subsequently raised primarily in the care of her mother, maternal grandparents, and babysitters in orange county, lily used her imagination to cope with her less-than-perfect childhood. she leaned heavily on creation and performance, often doodling, writing songs, and directing silly videos with her little brother. her interest carried on as she got older, landing her in an arts high school where she studied musical theater and formed bands with her friends in her free time. unsurprisingly, she greatly preferred the arts part to the school part, and while her grades were good enough to get her into ucla (where she intended to declare an ethnomusicology major, because the dance part of musical theater was decidely not her calling), she only stayed for a semester. instead, making music consumed her life, and she worked tirelessly to improve songs she wrote in high school and tackled seemingly endless new ones. despite her failed college career, sticking around in la proved useful for networking and getting demos into the hands of the right people (or the wrong ones, but that's a whole other story). after putting out an ep and performing as much as she could, her deubt album was released in 2017 to enough acclaim that she became one to watch in the indie scene. her sophomore album, released three years later in a strange and unprecedented time when everyone turned to media for entertainment and comfort more than ever, quickly made her one to watch in the mainstream. several shows, music videos, collaborations, and a record label later, she's catapulted into fame—which she hasn't exactly figured out how to navigate yet. as a solo artist
studio albums
stranger in the alps (2017) ⊹ punisher (2020)
extended plays
killer (2014) ⊹ 2016 tour cd (2016) ⊹ spotify singles (2018) ⊹ inner demos (2020) ⊹ copycat killer (2020) ⊹ if we make it through december (2020) ⊹ spotify singles (2021) ⊹ day after tomorrow (2021) ⊹ so much wine (2022)
with after disaster social club
studio albums
after disaster social club (2019)
with whys guy
studio albums
the record (2023)
extended plays
whys guy (2018) ⊹ whys guy (demos) (2020)
miscellaneous
approximately one million features and guest appearances ⊹ several songwriting and production credits for other artists ⊹ founder of grave face records personality
☉ cancer, ☽ aries, ↑ pisces, quiet yet talkative once she gets going, anxious and depressed, sensitive but often pretends she's unbothered, cries easily and often, ambitious when it comes to her priorities, overly critical about herself, always hyped to play hypewoman, deflects with humor, always singing and pulling out obscure movie quotes, will apologize for being annoying but won't actually mean it, has two ball pythons that she regards as if they're her actual children, openly bi, openly a disaster.
public perception
despite not legally changing her surname to her mother's until 2015, lily carver has been her stage name ever since she began pursuing music. sad girl of the moment, but not nearly as gloomy 100% of the time as her music might suggest. she can be quite peppy (and awkward—she's still coming to terms whole fame thing) in interviews, and her social media is full of long-winded but light-hearted rambles, which are either endearing to fans or irritating to non-fans. previously more open to casually engaging with her followers, she replies back less and less these days but is nonetheless very online.
physical notes
5'8", naturally blonde but often lightens it since it darkened with age, describes her fashion sense as "goth glam took a detour to the 70s and got in a fight with loungewear along the way," talks with more of a valley girl accent and vocal fry than she notices, has a few simple black and white tattoos including: a crown behind her ear (left), an orange slice on her ribcage (right), a corn snake on the back of her forearm (right), a bouquet of tulips and lavender on her inner bicep (left), a tooth on her inner wrist (left). family
shane king ⊹ father, 49, exited lily's life when she was 7 but has attempted to reach back out at various points over the years to varying levels of success.
tracy carver ⊹ mother, 48, accountant, hugely supportive of (nearly) everything lily does and her hero in every sense of the word.
daniel reyes ⊹ tracy's partner, 48, opthalmologist, not technically lily's stepdad as he and her mom aren't married, but he's been around in some capacity her whole life so he might as well be.
logan carver ⊹ brother, 25, works in marketing but dabbles in video production, currently lives in la and hangs out with lily frequently.
team
jeremy flynn ⊹ manager
gabrielle geller ⊹ publicist
shelby dang ⊹ assistant, 25, family friend since childhood, hired in march 2023
storylines
lily's parents were both too young and too unprepared to have her when they did, but that didn't stop them from trying their best anyway. or at least one of them tried their best, and the other fucked right off after a handful of years. subsequently raised primarily in the care of her mother, maternal grandparents, and babysitters in orange county, lily used her imagination to cope with her less-than-perfect childhood. she leaned heavily on creation and performance, often doodling, writing songs, and directing silly videos with her little brother. her interest carried on as she got older, landing her in an arts high school where she studied musical theater and formed bands with her friends in her free time. unsurprisingly, she greatly preferred the arts part to the school part, and while her grades were good enough to get her into ucla (where she intended to declare an ethnomusicology major, because the dance part of musical theater was decidely not her calling), she only stayed for a semester. instead, making music consumed her life, and she worked tirelessly to improve songs she wrote in high school and tackled seemingly endless new ones. despite her failed college career, sticking around in la proved useful for networking and getting demos into the hands of the right people (or the wrong ones, but that's a whole other story). after putting out an ep and performing as much as she could, her deubt album was released in 2017 to enough acclaim that she became one to watch in the indie scene. her sophomore album, released three years later in a strange and unprecedented time when everyone turned to media for entertainment and comfort more than ever, quickly made her one to watch in the mainstream. several shows, music videos, collaborations, and a record label later, she's catapulted into fame—which she hasn't exactly figured out how to navigate yet. as a solo artist
studio albums
stranger in the alps (2017) ⊹ punisher (2020)
extended plays
killer (2014) ⊹ 2016 tour cd (2016) ⊹ spotify singles (2018) ⊹ inner demos (2020) ⊹ copycat killer (2020) ⊹ if we make it through december (2020) ⊹ spotify singles (2021) ⊹ day after tomorrow (2021) ⊹ so much wine (2022)
with after disaster social club
studio albums
after disaster social club (2019)
with whys guy
studio albums
the record (2023)
extended plays
whys guy (2018) ⊹ whys guy (demos) (2020)
miscellaneous
approximately one million features and guest appearances ⊹ several songwriting and production credits for other artists ⊹ founder of grave face records personality
☉ cancer, ☽ aries, ↑ pisces, quiet yet talkative once she gets going, anxious and depressed, sensitive but often pretends she's unbothered, cries easily and often, ambitious when it comes to her priorities, overly critical about herself, always hyped to play hypewoman, deflects with humor, always singing and pulling out obscure movie quotes, will apologize for being annoying but won't actually mean it, has two ball pythons that she regards as if they're her actual children, openly bi, openly a disaster.
public perception
despite not legally changing her surname to her mother's until 2015, lily carver has been her stage name ever since she began pursuing music. sad girl of the moment, but not nearly as gloomy 100% of the time as her music might suggest. she can be quite peppy (and awkward—she's still coming to terms whole fame thing) in interviews, and her social media is full of long-winded but light-hearted rambles, which are either endearing to fans or irritating to non-fans. previously more open to casually engaging with her followers, she replies back less and less these days but is nonetheless very online.
physical notes
5'8", naturally blonde but often lightens it since it darkened with age, describes her fashion sense as "goth glam took a detour to the 70s and got in a fight with loungewear along the way," talks with more of a valley girl accent and vocal fry than she notices, has a few simple black and white tattoos including: a crown behind her ear (left), an orange slice on her ribcage (right), a corn snake on the back of her forearm (right), a bouquet of tulips and lavender on her inner bicep (left), a tooth on her inner wrist (left). family
shane king ⊹ father, 49, exited lily's life when she was 7 but has attempted to reach back out at various points over the years to varying levels of success.
tracy carver ⊹ mother, 48, accountant, hugely supportive of (nearly) everything lily does and her hero in every sense of the word.
daniel reyes ⊹ tracy's partner, 48, opthalmologist, not technically lily's stepdad as he and her mom aren't married, but he's been around in some capacity her whole life so he might as well be.
logan carver ⊹ brother, 25, works in marketing but dabbles in video production, currently lives in la and hangs out with lily frequently.
team
jeremy flynn ⊹ manager
gabrielle geller ⊹ publicist
shelby dang ⊹ assistant, 25, family friend since childhood, hired in march 2023
storylines