
Lauren Spencer-Smith is a singer-songwriter who was born in Vancouver Island, Canada on September 28, 2003. Lauren first made a name for herself when she appeared on series 18 of American Idol when was just 16 years old, making it to the last 20 but not quite the final ten. Undeterred, Lauren built up an online presence, self-releasing a handful of songs such as Back To Friends and For Granted to her 2.8 million followers on TikTok. She gained her first official UK chart entry with the confessional break-up track Fingers Crossed in 2022.