
Before entering the musical theatre, Smith had been in jazz bands. Music career 2008–2009: Career beginnings with debut singles While studying singing and songwriting under jazz pianist Joanna Eden for a number of years, Smith attended St Mary's Catholic School in Bishop's Stortford and was a member of the Bishop's Stortford Junior Operatics (now Bishops Stortford Musical Theatre Society) and the Cantate Youth Choir. Smith released two singles before 2010, "Bad Day All Week" and "When It's Alright".

Smith was featured on the Disclosure song " Latch", which was released on 8 October 2012 and peaked at No. In February 2013, Smith released the first single from their debut album, " Lay Me Down", and later in the year featured on Naughty Boy's single " La La La".

Smith's first EP Nirvana was released the following year.
