I then started writing songs and my family would be listening thinking ‘What is she singing about?’ you know, I was seven-years-old singing all these really sad songs”, she laughs. “I would make little pieces up on the piano and then I just sang along which I didn’t think about too much. “My mum is a concert pianist so I grew up with lots of classical music around me”, she tells me. Despite seeming premature, it was her family who naturally noticed her distinctive ability as she began to write songs alongside the piano.

The English singer-songwriter, also known as Jasmine van den Bogaerde, began composing her own music at the age of seven and had signed a major record deal by the time she was 14. From her viral, ethereal cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” to appearing on The Hunger Games soundtrack and performing at some of the world’s largest ceremonies such as the London 2012 Paralympic Games Birdy’s undeniable talent has sold over 18 million records and collected 21 Platinum worldwide singles. Whether you realise it or not, the hauntingly familiar voice and aura of Birdy is one that has captured your attention at some point over the past 10 years.

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