“I was going to be a teacher. I was applying to graduate school when I got the call to do 'Same Love,' actually. I was gonna go to Boston University for my masters in teaching.”

American singer, songwriter, and spoken word artist

Mary Danielle Lambert is an American singer, songwriter, and spoken word artist. She is best known for her work with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, especially as the featured artist on their LGBTQ rights single “Same Love.” Her contribution to “Same Love” drew on her experience as a lesbian raised in a turbulent Christian home. She later developed that material into “She Keeps Me Warm,” which she released in 2013, and the song was followed by a music video later that August.