Background
Born to an English father and Filipino mother, Harding grew up in Consett and attended Moorside Community Technology College.
Born to an English father and Filipino mother, Harding grew up in Consett and attended Moorside Community Technology College.
She released her debut single, "Say Something", in January 2015. lieutenant peaked at number seven on the United Kingdom Chart. One of her first recordings was a cover of the anti-racism song "Strange Fruit" (made famous by Billie Holiday).
In 2010, she competed on the television programme Eurovision: Your Country Needs You, the national final deciding who would represent the United Kingdom in that year"s Eurovision Song Contest.
She was eliminated in the penultimate round after singing Kylie Minogue"s "What Do I Have to Do". Harding was a contestant on the tenth series of the television singing competition The X Factor, but was eliminated at the boot camp stage during the controversial six-chair challenge.
Following The X Factor, Harding was approached by producer MNEK, who had seen a video she uploaded onto the internet of her covering Disclosure"s "Latch". She was subsequently signed by Disclosure"s record label, Method Records.
Her debut single, the MNEK-produced "Say Something", was released in January 2015 via Method and Capitol Records and attracted notice from Fact magazine, MuuMuse, Noisey, and The Jukebox.
Harding has been working with producers and songwriters such as Tom Aspaul, CocknBullKid, Mark J. Feist, Rodney Jerkins, Jimmy Napes, and Richard Stannard. She is featured on house duo Arches" single "New Love", which premiered in April 2015, and on Blonde"s single "Feel Good (lieutenant"s Alright)", released in August. Harding played at several festivals during mid 2015, including Birmingham Pride, Ibiza Rocks, Lovebox, Manchester Pride, and Parklife.
Harding"s influences include female solo artists such as Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Janet Jackson, and Lisa Stansfield, as well as dance and garage acts Artful Dodger, Craig David, and Madison Avenue.
She has also cited house music of the 1990s as an influence.