Blonde is an English

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duo from

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, consisting of Jacob Manson and Adam Englefield. The group is signed to

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Musical career

Blonde premiered the track "It's You" via Englefield's dance music YouTube channel Eton Messy in July 2013. In May 2014, Blonde released their debut single "Foolish", which features vocals from Ryan Ashley. In July 2014, they released their second single "Higher Ground", which features vocals from Charli Taft. They came to prominence in the UK after

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playlisted their single " I Loved You", which the station named their track of the day in October 2014 and was heavily praised by Radio 1 DJ

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on his dance anthems programme. "I Loved You", which features reggae and pop singer

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, and received favourable coverage in '' Clash'' and ''

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'' magazines. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number seven and the

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at number ten. Blonde released a fourth single, " All Cried Out", featuring vocals from ''

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'' actor Alex Newell; it reached number four in the UK. The duo's fifth single, "Feel Good (It's Alright)", features

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. When it came into 2016, they collaborated with returning record producer and star to the music industry

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on the song " Nothing Like This". It was part of David's collaborative period which included artists such as

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, Katy B and

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and is also a single off of his sixth studio album, entitled ''

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''. Blonde also featured as well as co-written Imani Williams's debut single, entitled " Don't Need No Money", alongside rising house record producer and DJ

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. Together, they took part in first ever major featured project as independent musicians. Imani got the inspiration of the track after she exploded into the music industry with Sigala on his 2016 single " Say You Do", alongside

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music producer DJ Fresh. They also co-wrote the

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and

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song " Lay It All on Me" with Johnny Harris and James Newman. The song was originally conceived in a session between Blonde, Harris and Newman before being pitched to Rudimental. Ed Sheeran was later brought in on the track and re-wrote the break of the song.

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Under the "Eton Messy" label

As featured artist

Songwriting and production credits

References

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