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) and "No Man's Land" (with

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) charted on the UK singles chart at numbers 59, 3, 95, 73 and 61 respectively. She is a member of

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Early and personal life

Erin Vemby Anna Doyle was born in

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. She has

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, which allows her to

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on writing songs; she also suffers from depression and

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, the latter of which meant she was unable to read properly until she was eighteen, and would keep a Voice Notes diary of how she felt day to day. Before releasing music, she worked in a pub, a call centre and as a personal trainer.

Career

In 2020, Doyle released a number of laptop recordings under a pseudonym. In March 2022, Doyle released a video on to

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of a then-unfinished "Low Down" featuring Dan Fable; Doyle wrote the song after rediscovering a retired

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, and hearing how low she was. At the time she released the video, she had written most of her verse and the chorus, but neither had recorded their verses, meaning that the pair had to rush to record it. When self-released as "Low Down" on 15 April 2022, the song peaked at number 59 on the UK Singles Chart; the song would later be re-released by

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as "low down" on 23 May 2022. On 23 September 2022, Doyle released " Messy in Heaven", which included "Low Down". She wrote the song at 3am on her guitar, and after a dream in which

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walked down her local high street while drunk; and intended the song as an "anti-drug anthem", following a friend being afflicted by

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. The song charted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart, and spent fifteen weeks at No. 1 on the

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. On 16 March 2023, she released "Gutter", and was written about her own struggles. The song charted at number 95 on the UK Singles Chart. On 20 May 2023, Doyle performed "Gutter" on Later... with Jools Holland. On 20 June 2023, she released "Die Young" with

, which charted at number 73 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 26 on the UK Dance Chart.

Artistry

Doyle was inspired to take up guitar and piano after seeing her grandfather play. When asked by

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in March 2023 what her influences were, she replied that the first album she bought was by

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, and that she grew up listening to

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and

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. She, piri, Issey Cross, Charlotte Plank, and

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are members of

, a collective of female and

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musicians based in

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and its suburbs.

Discography

Mixtapes

Singles

Notes

References

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