Fresh from her appearance on The Voice UK, Nottingham-born artist LYVIA has gained wider attention as a busking sensation, as well as a deeply poetic artist releasing some of the freshest pop tunes in recent memory

What you need to know about LYVIA
Hailing from Nottingham, 23-year-old artist LYVIA is an emerging UK singer-songwriter whose soulful voice and spoken word lyrics have resonated with literally millions of listeners.

LYVIA is one of the most prolific and savvy street performers out there. She regularly busks in her home city and throughout the UK, and she posts her best performances as slick, well-edited social media videos. In 2022, LYVIA competed on The Voice UK, where the show’s judges, Anne-Marie, Olly Murs, will.i.am and Tom Jones, all turned around during her debut performance. LYVIA reached the quarter-finals of the show, as part of Team Anne-Marie.

Since then, LYVIA has been able to enlarge her artist profile. She has almost a quarter of a million followers on Instagram, as well as over a million listens on streaming platforms. She continues to perform on the city streets, while fans are also set to be treated to a sold–out gig in London’s Grace venue at the start of February 2024.

LYVIA has won a lot of praise for her unique musical style. As an artist, LYVIA leans into her own regional accent, and her vocals are a mix of spoken word, rap, and emotive singing. In many ways, LYVIA feels like a meeting point between other successful British female artists like Lily Allen, Katy B, and Kate Tempest.

She has been credited with using heartfelt and poetic lyrics to paint her personal experiences in her music. On songs like ‘Trippin’, ‘Patience’, Bumblebee’, and ‘Invisible’, she vividly shares stories about love, heartbreak, her upbringing, her growth in life, and what home means to her.

Where you can see LYVIA perform
LYVIA often records herself performing on city streets, often with the intent of sharing these as viral videos on social media. In the past, she has busked in major cities throughout the UK. In particular, she has busked in Nottingham’s city centre.

LYVIA is also set to perform her first-ever headline show at The Grace, London. Speaking about the news that the show was sold-out, the artist released an emotional statement, saying: “I’m honestly so grateful for all your love and support I can’t believe it. This is going to be SO fun, thank you SO much to everyone who bought tickets. I can’t wait to see all of your beautiful faces and give every one of you a big squeeze.”

What else you need to know about LYVIA
Lyvia is noted for frequently performing with a cup of tea in her hand (as you’ll see after a quick look through her videos). She has said that just this is part of her unvarnished authentic nature as an artist; put simply, she says she loves tea and is always happy to have it on hand during cold outdoor performances!