25 Facts About Ella Eyre

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Ella Eyre McMahon was born on 1 April 1994 and was raised in Ealing, West London.

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Ella Eyre's father was Jamaican and her mother is Maltese.

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Ella Eyre's father was a chef who lived in Jamaica and was unable to move to the UK with the rest of his family due to limited economics and her mother, who raised Eyre in London, is a cake designer.

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Ella Eyre trained as a competitive swimmer before she began singing professionally.

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Ella Eyre was educated at Millfield School, a public school in Somerset; refuting the idea that she came from a privileged background, she observed that her mother could not have afforded the fees, and she went there on a "massive swimming scholarship".

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Ella Eyre later attended the BRIT School for Performing Arts and Technology, where she studied musical theatre.

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Ella Eyre signed to the publisher Warner Chappell Music in July 2012 and a record deal with Virgin EMI followed shortly after.

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In December 2012, Ella Eyre featured on Bastille's cover and mash up of TLC's "No Scrubs" and the xx's "Angels".

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Ella Eyre was the runner-up for the 2014 BRIT Critics' Choice Award and came second on the BBC Sound of 2014 shortlist.

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Ella Eyre co-wrote the UK number one single "Changing" for drum and bass duo Sigma featuring British recording artist Paloma Faith, which was released in the United Kingdom in September 2014.

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Ella Eyre featured on the DJ Fresh single "Gravity", released in February 2015.

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In May 2015, a song Ella Eyre co-wrote, "Black Smoke", was used by Ann Sophie, the German participant of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

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Also during mid 2015, Ella Eyre supported Olly Murs on his 2015 arena tour and was announced as the "face" of the advertising campaign for an Emporio Armani Diamonds fragrance.

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In September, Ella Eyre released a cover of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" in association with England Rugby, to coincide with the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

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In November, Ella Eyre won Best Female at the MOBO Awards 2015.

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On 18 February 2017, Ella Eyre announced her comeback concert at KOKO, London on 4 April 2017.

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On 31 July 2017, Ella Eyre announced her new single 'Ego' featuring Ty Dolla $ign, released on 11 August 2017.

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Ella Eyre supported Little Mix on their Summer Shout Out Tour and supported The Script on their "Freedom Child Tour" in early 2018.

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When supporting The Script, Ella Eyre promoted a new song called "Answerphone" yet to be released.

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In February 2018, Ella Eyre was confirmed for the celebrity version of the Great British Bake Off 2018.

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On 20 June 2018, Ella Eyre teased, whilst in Copenhagen, a new song on her social media.

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On 7 September 2018, Ella Eyre released another collaboration with Sigala called "Just Got Paid" featuring Meghan Trainor and French Montana.

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In July 2019, Ella Eyre announced she had signed to Island Records.

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In January 2020, Ella Eyre released her new single "New Me", with a following UK tour in November and December the same year.

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Ella Eyre revealed she suffered from a kidney infection during the making of her 'New Me' music video.