Bruno Mars made it “Rain” with some help from Skylar Grey. During his show in Vienna, Austria, the fedora-clad crooner brought the “Invisible” singer out to perform his newest song “It Will Rain” off the Twilight soundtrack. Skylar, who has been opening for Bruno on his European tour, appeared onstage to add her haunting vocals to the dark tune.

“Special Thanks to my girl @SkylarGrey for singing ‘It Will Rain’ with me tonight in Vienna.. X0x0x0 #WhatAVoice,” tweeted Bruno.

Skylar Grey finds strength in her insecurities in the Jay Martin-directed video for “Invisible,” the first single from her KIDinaKORNER/Interscope debut Invinsible. In the dark visuals, the singer-songwriter walks dangerously close to the edge of a high-rise, plays in traffic, and sets herself on fire, but still feels like no one notices her.

“I wanted it to be Peter Parker by day meets Spider-Man by night,” explained Skylar. “An everyday kid who isn’t really that cool, but there’s something else going on that people don’t know about. That’s kind of the journey that I went on. I discovered that my insecurities and my flaws were things that I actually need to embrace, and I let them become my superpowers.”

Skylar’s debut has been delayed from November to January. “There are some things that I wanted to add to the album, but I haven’t had time because I’ve been traveling so much,” she told Rap-Up.com. “So I just need a minute to do more of that and come back and finish the album properly.”

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Karmin got a surprise visit from Skylar Grey, who joined the YouTube duo during their acoustic performance of “I Need a Doctor” at Billboard’s Lollapalooza lounge in Chicago this weekend.

Nick sang the hook while Amy held down the rap verses before Skylar dropped in to sing the song she helped pen for Dr. Dre’s Detox.

Karmin has garnered millions of views online with their covers of Nick Minaj’s “Super Bass” and Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now,” attracting the attention of L.A. Reid, who signed them to Epic Records.

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In addition to joining Eminem onstage at Lollapalooza, Skylar Grey seized her own moment with a solo set. The singer-songwriter debuted material off her upcoming album Invinsible, including her Marilyn Manson-assisted song “Can’t Haunt Me” while performing on the BMI stage in Chicago’s Grant Park. She also pleased fans with a piano medley of her hits consisting of “Coming Home,” “Words I Never Said,” “I Need a Doctor,” and “Love the Way You Lie.”

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Eminem lit up Chicago’s Grant Park while performing his top 10 single “Lighters” in front of 90,000 festivalgoers at Lollapalooza this weekend. He was joined by his Bad Meets Evil partner Royce Da 5’9” and Bruno Mars for the first time as the night sky was illuminated with cell phones and lighters. During Em’s headlining set, he also brought out Skylar Grey for “I Need a Doctor.” Catch the highlights below.

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Rap-Up TV got a backstage pass inside Skylar Grey’s rocking rehearsals in Hollywood this week. The singer-songwriter and her band were practicing for her upcoming live shows, leading up to her big gig at Lollapalooza in Chicago next month. She performed new material from her debut as well as some familiar hits, playing the guitar and piano.

Afterwards, she sat down to chat about collaborating with Marilyn Manson. “I feel honored to have him on my album. He is a true artist and a genius, and I’ve looked up to him for many years,” Skylar exclusively told Rap-Up TV. “The song is called ‘Can’t Haunt Me’ and it’s about zombies.” The two struck up a friendship and the shock rocker helped name her album Invinsible.

Manson isn’t the only strange encounter she’s had. Find out what happened when she met His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the World Peace event and how she will remember the late Amy Winehouse.

Holly Brook becomes Skylar Gray in the empowering new photo shoot for her debut album Invinsible, coming this fall. The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter sheds her insecurities and embodies a “superhero version” of herself in the dark imagery.

“What happened to me over the past few years that inspired all of the songs on this album is best described as this rise from destruction,” explained the 25-year-old. “My growth out of that as a person is kind of depicted through the strength in the photographs.”

Skylar will perform a few intimate shows throughout California this month before hitting the stage at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 6.

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Skylar Grey helped welcome the Dalai Lama to Washington, D.C. at the Kalachakra for World Peace event on Saturday (July 9). The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter performed a new version of one of the hits she helped pen, Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Coming Home,” as a tribute to His Holiness. Whoopi Goldberg emceed the ceremony, which was held at the U.S. Capitol.

Skylar, who will release her debut album Invinsible this fall, will be performing three live shows throughout California this month in San Diego (7/27), San Francisco (7/28), and Pomona (7/30), leading up to her set at Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 6.

Hear what Skylar had to say about working with Eminem and Dr. Dre in Part 1 of our exclusive interview.

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