“There I am, chain-smoking and watching YouTube videos in my bedroom at 6 A.M. when a spoken-word video comes on the screen. I knew I had to do it: that it was another part of me that needed to be explored.”

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.