ABIGAIL, full name Abigail Bridgette Pretorius, was born in Rustenburg Hospital, South Africa, in 2002. She spent her first eight years growing up in Olifantsnek, where her love for performing began. She attended the Royal Ballet School of South Africa and discovered an early confidence in performing and public speaking, placing in the top nine nationally in public speaking by the age of seven. Competing as a soloist in the ATKV-Applous choir competition later shaped the discipline and determination she carries into her music today.

In 2011, Abigail moved with her family to Glendowie, an eastern coastal suburb of Auckland city in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She attended Victoria Phillips Dance School for hip hop and jazz. This was where she developed a love for musical theatre and would occasionally perform for residents at Saint Andrews Retirement Village on her days off from school.

Her love for film began through countless nights watching classic films, particularly Walt Disney's animated films. She would memorise the dialogue as a way of practising her English, unknowingly developing an instinct for storytelling and directing as well as picking up an accent. As a young intermediate student, she directed, scripted and starred in a German short film raising awareness about bullying. The film went on to become one of the competition's winners, flying her and her team to Wellington to collect their prizes. At the time, she had no idea Wellington would eventually become home. She later continued exploring acting through classes before moving to the Kāpiti Coast in 2014,.

Abigail began competing regionally in hip hop and jazz through Judith Fuse Dance School as well as co-choreographing a 4 piece dance set for the Regional Art Splash Competition in 2014 and 2015. Abigail took it a step further and began choreographing dance and drama streams for holiday kids camps at the age of 12, along with joining her school band. When entering college, she began vocal lessons at Paraparaumu College, and competed regionally and nationally for barbershop. She also sang in her local church and children's camp bands. Wherever there was an opportunity to perform, she found herself there.

At 14, Abigail began writing her own music and soon started performing at local events. At 17, during the early days of COVID-19, a chance encounter changed the direction of her music. While Abigail was singing her songs in her room, her younger sister was on a Zoom lesson with guitarist Jack Taylor, who happened to overhear her. He took an interest in her songwriting, and the two eventually began working together to track her demos.

That summer, Abigail performed at Pickle Pot Festival in Paekākāriki, where she met Sam Minot, who later expressed interest in producing her music. From there, the songs began to take shape — LOW found its sound, FREEFALL began to emerge, and Abigail's journey as a recording artist entered a new chapter.

Today, Abigail continues to build her sound through a love of songwriting, performance, storytelling and collaboration, carrying with her the same curiosity that first made her want to step onto a stage as a child.