Lauren Murray became a household name in 2015 when she auditioned for the X Factor. She was mentored by judge Rita Ora while on the show and ended up coming a very respectable fourth place. We caught up with her recently to find out all about her time on the X Factor and her new EP Worth It.
Lauren knew from a young age that she wanted to sing. “I was very into music always singing and dancing. I remember for my 5th Birthday I begged my mum for a CD player, which was literally the love of my life.” Fast forward to 2015 she was working and singing as more of a hobby, she admits she struggled to know how to break into the industry so thought she would give X Factor a shot.
“At the time I was working at the dentist, and I was only singing in pubs as a side thing, I just knew I wanted to take singing more seriously. But I didn’t really know how to. It’s really hard to get yourself out there and I had already been doing the circuit for years, so thought WHY NOT?”
After coming fourth and leaving the show she found it a challenge to know what to do next, not knowing much about the industry it was a quick and steep learning curve for her. “Coming from a background where I knew next to nothing about the industry, was quite difficult after the show because I felt like I had no one to really guide me. People forget that yes you sing on the show, but essentially it is a TV Show, so afterwards it literally is “see you later”. So I really had to try and learn a lot pretty quickly.”
And it was one hell of a journey for her to get to where she is today. She began recording songs once she finished the show. “I had been recording for over a year when my management at the time fell apart, so all the songs I had written and recorded were scrapped and I had to start all over again. Then I joined with FROD management and I had a completely fresh start which is where my EP “Worth it’ all came from, I really enjoyed finally putting all the music together and now it’s out there for people to hear which makes me so happy. ”
One of the things that Lauren wanted to do with the EP was to find the right sound. “One of the main reasons I love the EP so much is that every song is completely different. There really is little of this and a little bit of that. I think the hardest part when starting a project like this is finding direction and the right sound for you as an artist and I feel like I’ve found that now.”
“One of the tracks on the EP is called Worth It and I thought it would be the perfect name as the title of the whole thing, because it relates to a lot of issues I think people suffer with like low confidence, low self-esteem feeling like giving up or not being good enough, I mean through this process I felt like that myself a times and I wanted to put a positive spin on that and say actually yes we are all worth it we can all do whatever we put our minds to, just like I have.”
She is also very thankful to her fans who she says are a “dream.” She’s had great feedback since Worth It was released just over two weeks ago. ” went to number 7 on the pop iTunes chart, and number 26 on the iTunes album chart which was absolutely amazing I couldn’t believe it, especially after all this time.” “The whole process has been amazing all the songs I love, ” She says, “I can’t describe how crazy, it feels to have something you have worked on for so long, I’ve joined all the pieces to the puzzle. ”
Talk turns to what’s next. ” I hope this year is my year,Hopefully, we will also have a tour coming up and were are already In talks about the video for the next track so everything is going in the right direction.I just cannot wait!”
Worth It is out now!
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