Lucy Spraggan Announces New Album". TotalNtertainment. 8 December 2022 . Retrieved 9 December 2022. I’m sorry I messed up your 20s don’t think I’m a half penny I hope Penny a crown I still love you around 2023-07-19T18:32:52Z Comment by Dee White 💠 The X Factor UK (23 September 2012). "Lucy Spraggan's Bootcamp performance - Tea And Toast - The X Factor UK 2012". YouTube . Retrieved 3 May 2019. Corner, Lewis (22 August 2013). "Lucy Spraggan announces debut album 'Join The club' ". Digital Spy . Retrieved 29 August 2013. Talking about the song, Lucy explained: "I was in a session with my therapist and I've gone through life...this is my seventh album I'm releasing now and I've gone through life thinking I need to do everything myself, I need to own this myself and be super independent and she just said Why? Why don't you ask for help sometimes?

Spraggan auditioned for The X Factor in 2012, , performing her own composition " Last Night". [1] Spraggan quit her run The X Factor due to illness, finishing in ninth place, and second in her category. She later revealed in her biography, Process, that her departure was a consequence of her being raped by a porter in a hotel. Her debut major-label album, Join the Club, was released on 7 October 2013, reaching No 7 in the UK Albums Chart. [2] She has since released four more studio albums; the latest, Choices, was released on 26 February 2021 and debuted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. [3] The album was preceded by the singles "Flowers", "Roots" and "Sober". [4] [5] X-clusive! Lucy Spraggan - the first interview!". Maximum Pop!. 27 August 2012 . Retrieved 27 August 2012. Lucy Spraggan Last Night (Beer Fear) Official Music Video HD. Melmo Films . Retrieved 4 September 2012. Lane, Daniel. "Lucy Spraggan chats about new single Lighthouse". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 August 2013. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.

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Spraggan was born in Canterbury, but at a young age, moved with her family to Buxton in Derbyshire. She attended Buxton Community School and the University of Derby, [54] and currently resides in Manchester, UK. She stated in her X Factor appearance, when she was asked about her job by judge Tulisa, that "I am the person with a clipboard in the street that you try to avoid. I sell baby photos for 99p". [55] November 2014 Spraggan showcased new music she'd been working on since The X Factor. On 17 January via Facebook she announced the title of her second studio album titled We Are, which was released on 4 May 2015, and the first single "Unsinkable" released on 12 March 2015. Following the album's release Spraggan embarked on "The Unsinkable Tour". In 2015, Spraggan wrote and sang the "catchy" lyrics for the TV advert for online fashion store Simplybeyou. Later in 2015 Spraggan was signed to CTRL Records. On 3 February 2016 Spraggan announced, via social media, that her new EP would be called Home and due to be released on 9 February. The EP contained 3 new songs called "Home", "Yes, This One's for You" and "Skylights". It also included a new version of "Tea and Toast" which explained the story behind the song. ITV viewers at home were equally moved, with one tweeting: "I can relate to every word she sang," and a second reacting: "amazing Lucy Spraggan! That song is going on my motivation/lift me up playlist!!" Spraggan announced a headline European tour to promote her studio album I Hope You Don't Mind Me Writing (2017), starting at The Waterfront, Norwich on 1 March and concluding at the Gruner Salon, Berlin on 28 March 2017. The tour consisted of 18 dates in total. Summer festival highlights for Spraggan included performances at Hope & Glory (Wonders of the Age Stage), Isle of Wight (Big Top Stage), Glastonbury (Acoustic) and Tramlines (Sheffield). The X Factor UK (25 August 2012), Lucy Spraggan's audition - Last Night - The X Factor UK 2012 , retrieved 13 May 2019

Willix, Pierra (15 July 2023). "Lucy Spraggan reveals she was raped during her time on The X Factor and was not given 'enough support' after quitting". Metro . Retrieved 15 July 2023. I love all of her somgs jer lyrics are laways so true🦋 2023-04-26T05:44:14Z Comment by User 4753976 Spraggan announced her signing to record label Columbia Records in March 2013. Her debut studio album Join the Club was released on 7 October 2013. a b Iorizzo, Ellie (15 July 2023). "Lucy Spraggan reveals she was raped by hotel worker during X Factor". Independent . Retrieved 15 July 2023. Anstey Spraggan (22 May 2010). "How to survive a stepfamily". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 21 September 2012.It made a lot of sense and at at the end of the session I wrote this song and I sent it to her, she was the first person to hear it." Spraggan came out as gay at 14 years old [56] and married Georgina Gordon on 18 June 2016; [57] [58] the couple separated on 12 November 2019. [59] Lucy Spraggan Plots UK and Ireland Tour for Spring, Shares New Single Everything Changes - Stereoboard". Lucy Honour Ruby Spraggan (born 21 July 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Spraggan was a contestant on for The X Factor in 2012, and she was the first contestant in the show's history to score a Top 40 single and album before the live shows aired, with her independently released album Top Room at the Zoo. Following the show Spraggan signed a recording contract with Columbia Records, and she has released seven studio albums in total.

X Factor hopeful Lucy Spraggan too 'niche' for Tulisa at Judges Houses?". X-Factor UK . Retrieved 30 September 2012. X Factor's Lucy Spraggan proposes to girlfriend Georgina on day her single comes out", Mirror Online, 13 April 2015 Official Albums Chart Top 100 - 05 March 2021 - 11 March 2021". Official Chart. 5 March 2021 . Retrieved 5 March 2021. a b Despres, Tricia (25 February 2021). "The Transformation of Lucy Spraggan Finds Its Creative Outlet on New Album 'Choices' ". American Songwriter . Retrieved 4 March 2021.

On 13 July 2012, she released the single " Tea and Toast". Spraggan auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor, which was shown on 25 August 2012, singing her own song " Last Night" from Top Room at the Zoo (2011). She won herself a place at bootcamp after performing the song, which left the audience at the Manchester auditions chanting for more. Her second song, which was a rendition of " Halo" by Beyoncé, was shown on The Xtra Factor. Shortly after the audition was screened, the song climbed to Number 70 in the UK Singles Chart, [19] and reached Number 2 on iTunes. However, it was soon removed from iTunes by request of The X Factor producers. [20] On 29 August 2012, Greg James announced that "Last Night" was at number 5 on the Official Chart Update despite the song being removed from iTunes, her album Top Room at the Zoo was at number 7 on the Official Chart Update as well. [21] [22] On 2 September 2012 "Last Night" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 11 and Top Room at the Zoo entered the UK Albums Chart at number 22. [23]

Lucy appeared on This Morning alongside X Factor head honcho Simon Cowell, who she's recently gone into partnership with. As he sat next to Lucy on the sofa to be interviewed by hosts Alison Hammond and Dermot O'Leary, Simon declared he was "obsessed" with Lucy's new song, Balance, likening his reaction to it to the first time he heard the demos of Leona Lewis' Bleeding Love and One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful. Spraggan's sixth studio album, Choices, was released on 26 February 2021 and debuted at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. [36] The album was preceded by the singles "Flowers", "Roots" and "Sober". [4] [5] On 19 March 2021, Spraggan released "Animal (Skank Butcher Remix)" as a promotional single. [37] [38] The X Factor's Lucy Spraggan opens up about her near-death experience". The Metro. 29 September 2012 . Retrieved 30 September 2012. About the album Spraggan said "I wanted to put my own take on events that happen to everyone by telling these stories. I have been writing this album for as long as I can remember and I hope people will be able to relate." [28] The lead single " Lighthouse" was released 14 July. About the single Spraggan explains 'Whenever I'd run out of money or get on the wrong bus, I'd see a lighthouse and things would start to getting better'. [29] Spraggan confirmed the second single lifted from the album would be " Last Night (Beer Fear)" was released on 30 September. [30]She made it through to the live shows as one of the three female singers selected by mentor Tulisa. In week 4, Spraggan was ill so she automatically got through to week 5. On 3 November, she decided to leave the competition because she felt that it wouldn't be fair to get another free pass to the next round, as she was still too ill to compete. [26] Spraggan later revealed that the real reason why she left the show was that she was raped during the production of the show. [27] Performances on The X Factor [ edit ] Episode Gage, Simon (13 January 2023). "Lucy Spraggan reveals the mixed emotions when writing her autobiography: 'It's been horrendous but wonderful' ". Metro . Retrieved 19 April 2023.