Kate Stewart (born 16 January 1995), also formerly known as KStewart, is an English singer-songwriter. She featured on the vocal version of Oliver Heldens's "Koala", and her song "Ain't Nobody" charted at number 86 on the UK Singles Chart. On 23 November 2018, she released her first EP, named In the Beginning.
Life and career
1995-2017: Early life and career beginnings Kate Stewart was born on 16 January 1995 in London and grew up in Maida Vale. She grew up in an artistic family: her father is a comedian and her mother was a dancer. Stewart has a brother who is a music producer and songwriter. She was educated at Arts Educational Schools, London (ArtsEd) in Chiswick, where she learned musical theatre. She initially wanted to be an actress, but later turned to music.
In 2014, under the name "KStewart", she released her first single "Tell Me 'Bout That", which she collaborated in concert with British duo Bondax. During these years, she worked and collaborated with many artists such as Matoma, Sean Paul, Yungen, TCTS, and Craig David. Stewart was invited to perform her music with French DJ David Guetta for Danse avec les stars, the French equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing. Stewart was signed to Warner Music Group, making pop-oriented music.
2018-present: In the Beginning In May 2018, Stewart announced her new project and released the first single "Loving You", at the same time going independent and changing her stage name to "Kate Stewart". On 23 November 2018, she released her first EP "In the Beginning" under the label Platoon. On 11 February 2019, Stewart released a music video for "Bad Enough". Later in 2019, she announced a collaboration with singer and songwriter Ryan Ashley for the song "Innocent", which was released on 3 June.
Artistry
Influences Stewart grew up listening to pop artists such as Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey and Christina Aguilera. Other musicians she admire include D'Angelo and Frank Ocean.
Voice Stewart is a soprano and possesses a three-octave vocal range. Her voice has received comparisons with Ariana Grande and Jorja Smith.
Discography EPs
Singles as lead artist Title Year Album "Ain't Nobody" 2015 rowspan="5" "Be Without You" 2016 "Hands" 2017 "Sex 4 Breakfast" "Secrets" "Loving You" 2018 In the Beginning EP "He's Good" "On my Mind" "Get Mine" 2019 rowspan="7" "High" "Spoiled Your Fun" 2020 "Hate You" 2022 "Numb" "The Game" "London Town" "Never Enough" 2023 You Had To Be Here EP "Name Out Your Mouth" rowspan="1"
as featured artist Title Year Album "Games" 2014 Games EP "Last All Night (Koala)" rowspan="2" "Everybody Feeling Something" 2015 "Paradise" 2016 Hakuna Matoma "Innocent" 2019 INNOCENT EP "Heartbreaaak" 2020 An Invitation to the Cookout "Dance" "Time"Free Nationals (Instrumentals) "Bedtime Poetry" 2022
Guest appearances + List of non-single guest, un-credited and background appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name Title Year Other artist(s) Album "Natural" 2016 Shift K3Y Nit3 Tales "Deserve" 2018 Christina Aguilera Liberation "Fuckin' with Nobody" Total Ape, Nitty Scott In a Haze EP "Background" MNEK Language "Correct" "Dilemma" 2019 Sigma Dilemma (DnB Remixes) "Heartbreak song" 2020 Terrell GriceAn Invitation to the Cookout "Cruse radio"
Songwriting Credits Title Year Artist(s) Album Credits Written with: "Games" 2014 TCTS Games EP Featured artist/Co-writer David O'Neill "Couldn't Be Mine" 2016 Craig David Following My Intuition Co-writer Craig David, Tre Jean-Marie, Edward Drewett "New Religion" 2018 MAAD Natasha Ferguson, Daniel Traynor, Chiara Hunter, Ashley Milton, Daniel Goudie "Fires and Flames" Tinashe Joyride Tinashe Kachingwe, Joel Compass, Amanda Gosein-Cameron "Nobody Else Gonna Get My Love" 2020Terrell GriceAn invitation to the CookoutTerrell Grice "All Night Long (Reprise)" "Nobody Else Gonna Get My Love (Reprise)" "Livin’ My Dream" Kim Cruse, Terrell Grice "Fix Me a Plate" Kim Cruse, Inayah, Candice Boyd & Terrell Grice
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