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. 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." 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?

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. Smith, Carl. "Lucy Spraggan Announces debut Album 'Join the club' and single 'last night' ". Sugarscape.com . Retrieved 28 August 2013. a b "Advertising Standards Authority ASA Investigation of Live and Unsigned". Live and Unsigned. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012 . Retrieved 4 September 2012. 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] 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]The Summer Festival Season Has Been Taken By Storm By Live and Unsigned Alumni". Live and Unsigned. Live and Unsigned. Archived from the original on 2 December 2012 . Retrieved 4 September 2012.

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. Lucy Spraggan treats fans to some early Christmas gifts this week, not only in the form of her latest single ‘Balance’, but also by announcing details of her forthcoming album (of the same name) and memoir, Process– both of which will be released next year! Lane, Daniel. "Lucy Spraggan chats about new single Lighthouse". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 28 August 2013. 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's Lucy Spraggan opens up about her near-death experience". The Metro. 29 September 2012 . Retrieved 30 September 2012.Official Albums Chart Top 100 - 05 March 2021 - 11 March 2021". Official Chart. 5 March 2021 . Retrieved 5 March 2021. I love all of her somgs jer lyrics are laways so true🦋 2023-04-26T05:44:14Z Comment by User 4753976 Lucy Spraggan was moved to tears as she delivered an emotionally charged performance of her new single on Wednesday's This Morning, 10 years on from shooting to fame on The X Factor. Spraggan announced a headline UK and Ireland tour in support of the album which started at Margate Winter Gardens on 21 October and concluded at The Academy in Dublin on 16 November. [31]