1. Bethan Mary Leadley was born on 15 December 1995 and is an English singer-songwriter, YouTuber, presenter, and actress.
19 Facts About Leadley
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Leadley has an older brother, Daniel, who is married to Hannah Witton.
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Leadley attended Woking High School in Woking, Surrey followed by Portsmouth College in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
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Leadley began posting videos to her YouTube channel in April 2007, although her main channel videos from prior to 2011 have been since deleted.
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Leadley then started two side channels; acousticbethan in 2010 and justbefon in 2012.
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Leadley's channels have consisted of covers, original songs, vlogs, interviews with the likes of Union J and Ellie Goulding, and more.
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Leadley released a single "Day Affair" in collaboration with mental health charity, Time to Change in June 2014.
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Leadley released her first EP, New Kinda New as Bethan Leadley under LAB Records in November 2014 with producers Jon Gaskin and Ande Mello from Fort Hope.
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Leadley was accompanied by Box of Light and Dodie Clark.
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Leadley supported Lucy Spraggan on tour that May, Union J at British Summer Time 2015, and The Midnight Beast on tour that September.
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In September 2015, Leadley uploaded a charity cover of Birdy's "People Help the People" for Save the Children.
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In 2015 and 2016, Leadley made appearances on YouTube channel CokeTV presented by Dodie Clark, including a duet with Clark, "Gold Star for Me".
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In February 2016, Leadley signed with Kililive backed talent agency Free Focus.
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Leadley supported Tessa Violet on the UK and Europe legs of her 'I Like Tour' in October and November 2019.
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In summer 2022, Leadley supported Kid Rain and was part of the Climate Live, Edgbaston Stadium, and Reading Pride line-ups.
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Since 2015, Leadley has worked for 4Music presenting The UK Music Video Chart, which airs on Saturdays at 5pm.
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Leadley starred as the main character, Chloe Murdoch, in 2016 independent horror film, The Darkest Dawn.
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Between her ventures, Leadley describes music as her "first love".
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Leadley cites that writing music has helped her through difficult times and much of her music is based on real life experiences, either her own or those of her friends.