Verena Ward is a singer-songwriter born in Indonesia and is now a citizen of The Netherlands. Growing up with music in the family, her dream was already set. What first started with a guitar toy and children's poetry, grew into a 10 year experience as a singer-songwriter. Verena Ward started writing her first songs when she was just 10 years old. A little Indie Rock mixed with a delicate Pop, Verena lets the words dance on the music. She looks up to Forrest Kline, the frontman of Hellogoodbye, and Michael Angelakos, singer-songwriter of Passion Pit. The way her lyrics are built up makes you think twice about the meaning of it. Figuratively or literally? Verena Ward's sound is like a mix of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift. Inspired by her friends, family and strangers. Verena Ward adores movies and books. She gets her songs out of John Green's books and TV shows like Glee, which she has been crowned as the Biggest Gleek of Holland in 2011. With her original song 'Just a Gleek'. Verena Ward has performed on many occasions. Like Kunstbende and Fanatics, which she won the Wildcard for that brought her to the finals with her band 'Hello Friday'. In 2011, Verena Ward won the Artistic Alexandrium Award in Rotterdam Alexander, a place in South-Holland. Furthermore, Verena Ward did audition for the Dutch show 'De Beste Singer-Songwriter' season 3. Verena Ward's songs are mostly uploaded on YouTube. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Verena+Ward">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.