Growing up in Stretford, Greater Manchester, Lusaint never thought a career in music was possible. Fast forward to 2025 and Lusaint has dispelled her own theory by clocking over 250 million streams to date and proving herself as one of the UK’s hottest newcomers.
Even through a degree in Fashion and part-time jobs, the call of music kept beckoning her. “I knew that there was something about my voice, or at least the fact that I wanted to do music from an early age,” she says. As a teenager, she would dig through her parents’ extensive music collection. Amongst the pile of Motown, it was the jazz and blues sounds of Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone that pulled her in.
Lusaint became inspired by a friend who was gigging around town and decided to start making her own demos featuring cover tracks like ‘Feeling Good’ and ‘I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free’ by Nina Simone. Age 17 and still struggling with confidence, Lusaint went from bars and restaurants, landing two to three gigs every week along with releasing covers online to build up her experience, skills and stage presence.
Fast forward to 2019, everything changed. The singer's cover of En Vogue’s ‘Don’t Let Go’, landing a coveted slot on prime-time UK TV, going on to become the most Shazamed song in a single day in UK history. It opened the floodgates for Lusaint’s career, and with a subsequent cover of Chris Isaak’s ‘Wicked Game’ currently sitting north of 41 million views on YouTube alone, she has an astonishing growing fan base.
By 2021, having generated over 50 million streams from releasing covers, Lusaint signed with UK management and independent record label Heavenly Fire. Working hard on her vocals, Lusaint wanted to do more than just sing and took her first stab at songwriting in 2022. Writing from past relationship experiences, her own mental health to even her addiction to sugar! Then came producer Blue May whose credits include the likes of Lily Allen, George Fitzgerald, Joy Crookes and Kano. Blue helped shape Lusaint’s songs and sound, giving her a fresh modern soul and pop feel which complimented her songs and voice perfectly. Combining Lusaint and Blue with Grammy nominated mixing and mastering engineer Kevin Grainger, creating the perfect addition to a perfect A team.
Throughout all this blossoming success and collaboration, the ideal endpoint for Lusaint was to break out as a solo artist writing originals. She did so beautifully with debut single ‘Dark Horse’, released In February 2023 with legendary writer and producer Eg White, who’s credits are a who’s who of A list stars including Adele, P!nk, Florence and the Machine, Paloma Faith to name a few. Bringing her love of jazz classics together with a modern and fresh edge. With support immediately drawing in from her local BBC Introducing in Manchester followed by BBC Radio 1 support from Victoria Jane on Future Soul. The track was also included in New Music Friday and New Pop UK on Spotify along with TikTok in their ‘New Music’ playlist and featured in editorial,"Polished and meticulously crafted, but also brimming with emotional resonance and raw honesty” - quoted Wonderland Magazine.
Next came ‘Fool For You’ in April 2023. A blend of soul & pop with luxurious melodies and catchy lyrics delivered by Lusaint’s incredible vocal tones. ‘Fool For You’ was instantly crowned a ‘Producer’s Pick’ by BBC Introducing Manchester followed by multiple plays on BBC Radio 1 including Vicki Hawkesworth. The track quickly reached 1 million streams globally and was added to multiple editorial playlists across all major streaming platforms on launch.
Lusaint’s popularity started to amp up overseas, starting in France and Italy, notoriously known as being rare countries for UK artists to breakthrough, with early adopters coming on board such as RTL 2, Europe 1 & 2, Hit West, Tonic Radio, Scoop and NRJ Pop. In Italy ‘Fool For You’ reached #31 in the Top 100 Shazam Chart and #41 in the Italian National Radio Airplay chart. To date, ‘Fool For You’ has racked up over 140,000 Shazam’s worldwide. The ‘Fool For You’ music video was also added and supported by Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch in the UK, MTV and VH1 in Italy.
During 2023 whilst ‘Fool For You’ continued to grow in the UK and Europe, Lusaint took her first steps in performing her original music at well-known venues around the UK such as Notting Hill Arts Club, Soup Kitchen, Band On The Wall, The Troubadour as well as a performing a special private show for high end fashion brand Dior at Gleneagles in Scotland.
Jump to November 2023 and Lusaint releases her last track of the year with ‘Dream Life’ a sweet and innocent jazz pop song perfect for the winter months. Praise is given instantly, with Lusaint garnering her first editorial playlist cover on Spotify in Jazz Club and over 13 editorial playlists across Apple, Deezer, YouTube and Tidal. ‘Dream Life’ then saw multiple rotations from BBC Introducing Manchester and BBC Radio 1’s Mollie King on Future Pop who said:
“I HAD to play this track, it’s from Lusaint and I REALLY REALLY love it, makes me feel like I’m in a café in Paris, I love the Jazz influence on this, I just had to get it on" – Mollie King
Lusaint continued to perform live and supported fellow Mancunian Liam Fray at The Royal Albert Hall in Manchester. Ending the year on a high, Lusaint’s music got her another high end fashion invite, this time from Chanel to their exclusive invite-only Manchester Fashion show event with Chanel styling Lusaint head to toe.
With a new year comes another new track and Lusaint releases ‘Sweet Tooth’ in February 2024 – a dark and moody sound where Lusaint sings about her addiction to sugar. The track receives exceptional support across streaming platforms with over 25 editorial playlists and instantaneous backing from BBC Introducing Manchester followed by ten spins on BBC Radio 1 from Jack Saunders, Sian Eleri, Maia Beth (Future Pop) as well as Dean & Vicky. Further praise comes from legendary grammy winning artist Elton John who included Sweet Tooth in his Rocket Hour show on Apple 1.
France has quickly fallen in love with Lusaint and her first ever TV show appearance on ‘Taratata’ singing Sweet Tooth immediately enters France’s Spotify Top 100 viral charts at #81 followed by #8 in the Shazam Discovery Chart and #81 in the Shazam Top 100. This then followed with a wrath of radio support in France across 30 different stations such as Radio Nova, RTL 2, Europe 1, Europe 2, Radio 6, Tonic, Imagine and more and an interview and feature in Rolling Stone Magazine. Sweet Tooth spreads further into Europe including Greece with over 40 stations adding the record alongside the video on MTV and reaching #38 in the Top 100 Shazam chart followed by Italy, Switzerland and Poland causing the track to rack up over 5 million streams globally. Lusaint is then awarded a PPL Momentum Fund by PRS Foundation, a grant provided by the UK’s biggest music collection society for songwriters to help fund Lusaint’s next EP.
The support captures the attention of One Fiinix Live and agents Jon Ollier and Bex Wedlake who sign Lusaint to their roster of talent. Bookings then appear thick and fast including The Great Escape, Neighbourhood Festival, Boardmasters, BBC Introducing London, Paper Dress Vintage, Band On The Wall along with support slots for the likes of RAYE, Tom Grennan, Jess Glynne and Nia Archives in the UK to Chris Isaak, James Blunt and Dire Straits in France. With momentum building in France, this grabs the attention of a local promoter and Lusaint embarks on her first debut tour around France and selling out shows with 250-300 cap venues across cities such as Lille, Strassbourg, Paris and Nantes
Round comes May 2024 and Lusaint releases her next single ‘Sober’ – a summery feel good and catchy record that sees Lusaint gain over 30 editorial playlists across streaming platforms and a BBC Introducing Pick Of The North, plus Notion Magazine quoting Lusaint as a
“overnight sensation.”
Lusaint’s debut EP ‘Self Sabotage’ released on September 13th 2024 and included its last anthemic and final track titled ‘Remember Me’ which has seen support from all major DSPs, recalling the vocal power of Amy Winehouse and timelessness of Fitzgerald and Simone whilst also feeling like a James Bond theme. ‘Self Sabotage’ has now been streamed over 15 million times globally.
2024 ended on a high for Lusaint, performing in Vatican City, Italy for Canal 5’s Christmas TV Special including an Audience With the Late Pope Francis.
Lusaint explains what drives her passion: “If I'm in the studio, or if I'm on stage, I get this real zen feeling of pure calm, and like that’s where I'm supposed to be in that moment. It feels like I’m in my happy place. Without being able to experience that feeling, I think I'd probably be going through quite a lot of bother. In my everyday life, my brain is quite chaotic, but as soon as I get into that other space, it feels very relaxed and calm.”
Next comes Lusaint’s second EP, the Apothecary (pt.1), released in August 2025. Blending jazz, neo-soul, pop and more, the music feels born from smoky jazz clubs and Lusaint describes the 4 track EP as a collection of songs about "heartbreak, healing, and starting over," a natural progression from her previous work, Self Sabotage.
Leading the EP is the glorious single ‘Summertime’, a blissful slice of bright pop-soul that feels instantly timeless. It was written during a four-week stint writing aboard a house boat in London’s Maida Vale. “This boat was so hot,” she remembers with a smile. “It was 35 degree heat and I've never been so uncomfortable in all my life, but I decided that I wasn't going to leave this boat until I got the songs that I wanted, because I was feeling so inspired.” Lusaint's dedication to songwriting paid off as the EP saw support from BBC Radio 1's Victoria Jane, Jess Iszatt on Radio 1 Introducing and Radio 1's Future Pop and has generated over 2 million streams globally thus far. There has been continued support for Lusaint's other single 'Lie To Yourself' which saw support from Rolling Stone UK and MTV UK with great editorial coverage including the cover of Retro Pop on Spotify and the cover of Jazz Club.
Lusaint endured a further wrath of live performances in 2025, including key festival appearances like Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz A Vienne, Theatre Elisabethain, Les Enfants Du Jazz Festival, The Hundred (BBC Introducing) and Hit The City Festival. As well as adding to her existing stellar list of support artists, Lusaint opened the stage for the likes of Michael Kiwanuka, Kimberose, Robert Plant, JP Cooper and finishing with a twenty four date European & UK support tour for Calum Scott.
