Emry, born Emmanuel Guillaume Gerald on November 5, 1986, is a French-Belgian singer-songwriter currently based in Belgium.

Born in Tours, France, he grew up in Blois, where he began studying classical vocal singing at an early age—training that would deeply shape his vocal identity. At 17, he returned to Tours to study English literature, completing his degree with a thesis on Charles Dickens, written between Lille and London, where he spent much of his time.

In 2007, after a series of student jobs, Emry decided to fully commit to music and moved to Brussels. There, he met guitarist Amaury Gheysens, who would become both a close friend and long-term musical partner. They initially played together in bars as part of a cover band before Emry chose to focus on his own original compositions.

In 2010, Emry joined French singer Kylian’n on the Arrach’ Tour, alongside Guillaume Segovia—an experience that further anchored him in live performance and touring.

A major turning point occurred in 2014: following a trip to San Francisco, Emry was involved in a plane accident that left him with irreversible tinnitus, seriously threatening his singing career. After extensive rehabilitation, he gradually returned to music and songwriting, drawing inspiration from pop, folk, and jazz artists such as Jack Johnson, Tina Dico, Jesse Harris, KT Tunstall, Jamie Cullum, and Norah Jones. His vocal signature is marked by the expressive use of blue notes, subtly navigating between quarter tones and semitones.

In 2018, Emry met producer and sound engineer Silvano Macaluso, with whom he began working on his first album. The following year, Emry Ghill and Amaury Gheysens officially formed a duo, sharing covers on social media before entering Hemisphere Music Studios in Belgium with Macaluso. Recorded in just four days, their debut album Shadows was conceived as an intimate, organic, acoustic record, largely built around guitar arrangements.

Released in March 2020, Shadows explores the singer’s personal “shadows”: people, memories, and emotions that shaped his life between France and Belgium. That same month, Emry gained wider attention through his participation in the Belgian collective cover of “We Are the World”, produced during the COVID-19 lockdown and featuring over 60 artists.

In July 2022, as his career was gaining momentum in both Belgium and France, Emry was diagnosed with FSHD muscular dystrophy, the same genetic condition his mother had. He chose to adapt rather than stop—slowing down his live performances while continuing intensive studio work. Under the guidance of vocal specialists such as Adeline Toniutti and Sabrina Lecor, he reworked his vocal technique to reduce the impact of the disease on his breath and endurance.

This experience profoundly reshaped his songwriting, now centered on themes of resilience, self-acceptance, and inner transformation. Alongside his personal projects, Emry writes actively for other artists (Twinsello, Adeline Toniutti, Mady, The Wolf, Silva) and contributes backing vocals to various recordings.

Deeply committed, Emry Ghill actively supports research on muscular dystrophy and the Téléthon, using music as both a means of expression and a form of resistance.