Jade Bird

Jade Elizabeth Bird (born 1 October 1997) is an English singer, songwriter and musician.

Bird's music has been influenced by many folk and Americana artists.

The media, when describing Bird's music, have drawn comparisons with pop, Americana, country and folk rock.

Bird's childhood was spent in Hexham, London, Germany and Bridgend, South Wales.

It was in Bridgend, living with her mother following the separation of her parents, that Bird began to write songs.

In her final year at BRIT School, she recorded a demo that led to a management deal.

This, in turn, was followed by her signing to Glassnote Records.

This made her only the fifth female solo artist to top that chart since 2010.

At age 16, Bird began attending the BRIT School in Croydon, which she graduated from in 2016.

While at the BRIT School, she performed at concerts several times a week.

While in her final year at BRIT School, Bird recorded a demo of 13 tracks in her friend's bathroom, which would later bring her a management deal.

Soon after the management deal, she signed to Glassnote Records.

In 2017, she released her first extended play (EP) titled Something American.

In 2017, she was sent to tour the United States with Brent Cobb.

She played a showcase event at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas in March 2017 and later in the year she opened for First Aid Kit, Son Little and London Grammar.

In 2017, Bird won the ANCHOR 2017 award of the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg.

Also in 2017, Bird recorded her debut extended play (EP), Something American, in Rhinebeck, Boiceville and Palenville, all in New York.

It was produced by Simon Felice, of The Felice Brothers and David Baron, and featured guitarist Will Rees, drummer Matt Johnson and guitarist Larry Campbell, and was released that same year.

The EP received a positive reception from a number of critics.

Stephanie Penman commented that the songs were "musical masterpieces" and Amanda Erwin stated "[it is] no surprise Bird has found a concrete voice of her own so quickly, unafraid to bare her raw emotions on each track."

The Line of Best Fit called the EP "a vibrant collection of folk and country-tinged songs".

She finished 2017 by appearing as a finalist for the BBC Sound Of award for 2018.

A year after releasing her debut EP, she released her debut single "Lottery", a punk-influenced song with romantic lyrical themes.

The song went to the top of the Adult Alternative Songs and remained there for three weeks.

This received a positive reception and she was listed in the BBC Sound of 2018 list at the end of that year.

In 2018, she released the song "Lottery", which topped the Adult Alternative Songs, making her the fifth female solo artist to top that chart since 2010.

On 31 July 2018, Bird released her second single from what would be her debut studio album.

The song, entitled "Uh Huh", was accompanied by a video directed by Kate Moross.

Atwood Magazine noted some lyrical similarities with the previous single "Lottery" but also mentioned that the song demonstrated hard rock influences throughout.

In November, she released another single from the album, "Love Has All Been Done Before", and finished off the year with a tour of the UK and Republic of Ireland.

After announcing the release date for her upcoming album, Bird released "I Get No Joy", the fourth single from that album.

The upbeat rock song was described by Bird as being influenced by "the stream of thought that runs through your head at all times as an overthinker".

The release of her eponymous debut studio album, in 2019, was met with a largely positive reception from critics.

Her accolades include nominations at the Americana Music Honors & Awards and NME Awards and winning the award for International Breakthrough artist at the AIM Independent Music Awards in 2019.

In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Bird was the first artist to collaborate with Microsoft in what was named the RE:Surface project, a virtual live-streamed concert.

In August 2021, she released her second album Different Kinds of Light.

Jade Elizabeth Bird was born in Hexham, Northumberland.

Bird and her family moved to London when she was two years old, and lived on a military base in Germany when she was five.

She later moved to Bridgend, South Wales, with her mother, after the divorce of her parents, which occurred when Bird was seven or eight.

It was during this time in Wales, living with her mother and grandmother (who had also been through a divorce), that Bird began to write songs.