Vance Joy, or what his parents named him: James Gabriel Keog. VJ, is an Australian singer and songwriter. Previously, he was Australian Rules Footballer, who was going to go pro until his music career took off and he signed a five-album deal with Atlantic Records in 2013. He released his debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing 2013. The song “Riptide” was voted number 1 on the 2013 Triple J Hottest 100. Joy dropped his debut studio album Dream Your Life Away in 2014 in Australia and on 9 September 2014 elsewhere. Vance Joy won Best Male Artist at the ARIA Music Awards in 2015. His second studio album, Nation of Two, was released in 2018.
Vance Joy released his third album, In Our Own Sweet Time, mid-2022.