



Her parents were married in 1995 and have two other children: Jake, born in 1997, and Caitlin in 1999. She stated that listening to classical music and the songs her mother played has been a big influence on her sound. Birdy learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and began writing her own music at the age of eight. Her father is Rupert Oliver Benjamin van den Bogaerde, a writer (including of Daybreak Into Darkness under the name Rupert Bogarde) her mother is Sophie Patricia (née Roper-Curzon), a concert pianist. The BRIT Award nominee has sold out iconic venues such as The Roundhouse London, Hammersmith Apollo (twice), Sydney Opera House, Albert Hall Manchester and Shepherd’s Bush Empire plus performed at the some of the world’s largest award ceremonies including British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ BAFTA Awards and Paralympic London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony.Īdditionally, Birdy has written songs for both film and TV soundtracks, including The Hunger Games, Disney PIXAR’s Brave, The Fault in Our Stars and The Edge of Seventeen.Birdy was born on, in Lymington, England, United Kingdom. With an impressive 21 platinum singles worldwide under her belt, she has achieved No.1 albums in across the globe including at home in the UK, Europe and the US. The upcoming album has been a long time coming and will be the follow-up to 2016s ‘Beautiful Lies’, with the singer setting aside time between the albums to experience the world, as well as travelled to Nashville and visiting LA to seek inspiration.īirdy took to her social media to announce the new record earlier this year saying, “It’s been a long journey bringing this album to life, it’s definitely my favourite so far and every part of my little soul has gone into making it!”ĭiscovered at just 12 years old, Birdy’s music has gone on to accumulate over 1.6 billion streams worldwide, 1 billion YouTube views, 7.1 million monthly Spotify listeners and 4.7 million album sales to date. It’s not so much about leaving someone but more of a love song to Loneliness.” The singer-songwriter commented, “I’m really excited to share ‘Loneliness’ from my new album Young Heart, when I wrote the song there were two characters in my head, a mischievous one and another who’s being led astray. ‘Loneliness’ was penned by Birdy alongside Jamie Scott, with production by James Ford. The track is the second single to be lifted from her highly anticipated fourth studio album ‘Young Heart’, due out on 30 April 2021. Birdy has unveiled brand new single ‘Loneliness’ along with an accompanying Sophie Muller directed music video.
