There's something unique about the hot new artist topping music charts across the Tasman - her age.
Amy Shark is 30 and unlike many younger artists who become overnight success stories, her rise to the top has been more of a slow burner.
She found success through perseverance and determination.
"It was just in my path, I feel like I was just meant to be doing this," she told Newshub.
"You just get over it. You get over people telling you advice, it just wears you down, so I don't know. As much as I still wanted to write music, everything around it got really exhausting."
After years struggling with and then losing faith in her local music scene in Queensland, Shark decided to focus on her day job and gave up on music.
"But on the side I never stopped writing. I just stopped caring about who was going to listen to it," she said.
And it's a good thing she did - last year Shark's hit song 'Adore' reached number two on one of the world's biggest music polls with more than 2 million votes.
It went on to hit number one on iTunes and Shazam in Australia.
"You don't want to sound needy as an artist but sometimes it's nice to hear people say, 'I like that song'. It's nice," Shark said.
While other artists are shooting to fame at a younger age, Shark's story is one about perseverance and determination.
"I was just recording in my backyard and kitchen and putting it out there," she said.
She now has a record deal, is touring Australia, performing in Auckland on Tuesday night and is finally able to do what she loves full-time.
Her advice to anybody pursuing a dream but hasn't quite made it: don't give up, but do it for the right reasons. Not money, not fame, but art.
"I feel like anything great out there will come out - shining has a way of cutting through, so just focus on the important parts of whatever it is whatever you're doing," Shark said.
Newshub.
