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, who has also produced material for artists including

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and the

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. Constance grew up listened to bands like

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and Blur. Constance trained as a dancer and was accepted to the

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. After leaving the school in 2014, she worked with producer Kwesi Darko, with whom she released her debut EP, 'In The Grass' in 2015. Constance's debut album ''English Rose'' was released on 22 March 2019. Reviewing, Pitchfork noted that "Constance’s voice takes on scratchy, sonorous depth that brings to mind the subterranean soul of fellow London artists

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and

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." Clash noted that her songs have been described as 'indie-soul'. The BBC described her as a "rising UK pop star". In May 2019, she performed at

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in Brighton. She released the single ‘Monty Python’ in 2020 on Jump The Fence records, departing from the RnB and Soul influences of 2019’s English Rose and embracing her indie-rock influences instead. Following this, Constance released ‘The Butterfly Club - EP’ later in 2020, releasing ‘James’ and ‘Costa Del Margate’ as singles. ‘Prim & Propa - EP’ followed in 2021, with ‘Electric Girl’ being the lead single. In August 2022, Connie Constance featured on

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show ‘Future Sounds’. The show broadcast a recording of a live session from

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, where she was joined by her live band. Constance performed ‘Miss Power’ and ‘’Til The World’s Awake’, as well as a cover of Helicopter by

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. In November 2022, she released her sophomore album, ‘Miss Power’, on Play It Again Sam records. The album was produced by

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and sees Constance embrace the indie music that has defined her as a musician and songwriter, building further on her sound defined by her releases since 2020. Constance has described the album as ‘uptempo indie bangers’, as well as having more vulnerable moments, described by her as ‘folky indie soul’. ‘Miss Power’ was the lead single from the album. ‘’Til The World’s Awake’ and ‘Mood Hoover’ were the following 2 tracks released from the album. The last song to be released prior to the album, ‘Hurt You’, was written about Constance’s experience about being signed to a major label, and realising the people she was working with didn’t have her best interests at heart. Constance has spoken about being encouraged to make RnB music rather than the guitar-driven, indie music she gravitated towards. She has also said that it is her aim to ‘make it the norm for Black and mixed-race people to make alternative music - it shouldn’t even be a thing’.https://music.apple.com/gb/album/miss-power/1622244039 Constance also featured on the

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song ‘Heaven Takes You Home’, from their 2022 album ‘ Paradise Again’, and performed with them at their show at the

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in October 2022.

Discography

Studio albums

*2019 - ''English Rose'' *2022 - ''Miss Power''

Extended Plays

*2020 - ‘’The Butterfly Club’’ *2021 - ‘’Prim & Propa’’

Singles

*2015 - ‘’In The Grass’’ *2015 - ‘’Answer’’ *2016 - ‘’Lose My Mind’’ *2016 - ‘’Clouds’’ *2017 - ‘’Boring Connie’’ *2018 - ‘’Yesterday’’ *2018 - ‘’Fast Cars’’ *2020 - ‘’Monty Python’’ *2020 - ‘’James’’ *2020 - ‘’Costa del Margate’’ *2021 - ‘’Electric Girl *2022 - ‘’Miss Power’’

References

1995 births Living people People from Watford English women singer-songwriters 21st-century English women singers {{England-singer-stub