Kiwi musician Harper Finn's set to wow audiences in the South Island for the first time this month.
The singer/songwriter is one of New Zealand's rising music stars and is kicking off a nationwide tour in Christchurch on May 6.
Finn's got a unique sound, signature moves and the ability to hypnotise a crowd. He may be continuing his famous family's legacy, but he's proving himself as an artist in his own right.
At the end of last year, he released 'Dance Away These Days', a cool synth ballad with an edgy video to match.
Not only did he write and sing the track, but he also choreographed his own dance moves and taught six dancers how to perform them.
"I've been a massive fan of dancing and I've always danced in my own personal time behind a shut door but doing it with a group of people and telling them what to do… for me that blew my mind," he told Newshub.
'Dance Away These Days' has proven to be a hit, racking up almost 600,000 plays on YouTube alone.
Finn understands music more than most, and it's no wonder. It's been fundamental to who he is growing up with dad Tim Finn of Split Enz - a Kiwi music legend.
"My first memories are of music, walking around the house as a toddler, hearing the piano - it's always been present in my life in many different capacities."
Finn started learning to play the piano when he was about five years old. Initially he saw it as a way of making friends, and was in a band in his last year of school that allowed him to travel the country playing music.
"That kinda sparked this fire in me that I thought, 'this is what I want to do all the time'," he said.
Today, piecing together a melody on the piano is the entry point for writing his music.
"I feel very fortunate that music allows me to branch off into all these different creative fields, and really experiment and explore and figure out what I can create from just starting with a simple song," he said.
With a nationwide tour ahead of him, he's looking forward to getting out and showing what he's all about - and his dad has been a great sounding board, too.
"We can talk about chords, we can talk about melodies, it's nice to be able to speak that language with somebody, let alone your dad, so it keeps us close."
Finn's latest track 'She Said' is already promising big things - another sign of him being well on his way to establishing a legacy of his own.
Finn's got a unique sound, signature moves and the ability to hypnotise a crowd. He may be continuing his famous family's legacy, but he's proving himself as an artist in his own right.
At the end of last year, he released 'Dance Away These Days', a cool synth ballad with an edgy video to match.
Not only did he write and sing the track, but he also choreographed his own dance moves and taught six dancers how to perform them.
"I've been a massive fan of dancing and I've always danced in my own personal time behind a shut door but doing it with a group of people and telling them what to do… for me that blew my mind," he told Newshub.
'Dance Away These Days' has proven to be a hit, racking up almost 600,000 plays on YouTube alone.
Finn understands music more than most, and it's no wonder. It's been fundamental to who he is growing up with dad Tim Finn of Split Enz - a Kiwi music legend.
"My first memories are of music, walking around the house as a toddler, hearing the piano - it's always been present in my life in many different capacities."
Finn started learning to play the piano when he was about five years old. Initially he saw it as a way of making friends, and was in a band in his last year of school that allowed him to travel the country playing music.
"That kinda sparked this fire in me that I thought, 'this is what I want to do all the time'," he said.
Today, piecing together a melody on the piano is the entry point for writing his music.
"I feel very fortunate that music allows me to branch off into all these different creative fields, and really experiment and explore and figure out what I can create from just starting with a simple song," he said.
With a nationwide tour ahead of him, he's looking forward to getting out and showing what he's all about - and his dad has been a great sounding board, too.
"We can talk about chords, we can talk about melodies, it's nice to be able to speak that language with somebody, let alone your dad, so it keeps us close."
Finn's latest track 'She Said' is already promising big things - another sign of him being well on his way to establishing a legacy of his own.
