![]() ![]() "Skinny Love" peaked at number 1 in the Netherlands. The song was also featured on The Vampire Diaries episode " The Sun Also Rises", which aired on. The official music video for the song was directed by Sophie Muller. The single was chosen as "Record of the Week" by UK radio DJ Fearne Cotton, resulting in it being added to BBC Radio 1's B‑list playlist as soon as it was released in March 2011. The song became her first hit on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at 17. In January 2011, at the age of 14, Birdy released a cover version of Bon Iver's song " Skinny Love". In 2009, Birdy performed live on piano for BBC Radio 3's Pianothon in London. She performed her own song, called "So Be Free", at the competition in front of 2,000 people. She won both the under-18s category and the Grand Prize, against 10,000 other competitors. In 2008, while still a 12-year-old pupil at Durlston Court Preparatory School, Birdy won the UK talent contest Open Mic UK, a spinoff of the Live and Unsigned competition. īirdy's stage name comes from the nickname her parents gave her as a baby, because she opened her mouth like a little bird when being fed. īirdy's second given name, Lucilla, was the name of her father's stepmother. She has English, Belgian (Flemish), Dutch and Scottish ancestry. Her great-uncle was the actor Sir Dirk Bogarde. Her maternal grandfather was Captain John Christopher Ingram Roper-Curzon, the 20th Baron Teynham, and she grew up on the family estate near Lymington, Hampshire. īirdy studied at Durlston Court Prep School in Barton on Sea, at Priestlands School, and at Brockenhurst College, a sixth form college in the New Forest. She also has two elder half-brothers, Moses and Sam, from her father's first marriage. Her parents were married in 1995 and have two other children: Jake, born in 1997, and Caitlin in 1999. She stated that listening to classical music and the songs her mother played has been a big influence on her sound. Birdy learned to play the piano at the age of seven, and began writing her own music at the age of eight. Her father is Rupert Oliver Benjamin van den Bogaerde, a writer her mother is Sophie Patricia (née Roper-Curzon), a concert pianist. ![]() Her fourth studio album Young Heart was released on 30 April 2021.īirdy was born on, in Lymington, England, United Kingdom. Her third studio album, Beautiful Lies, was released on 25 March 2016. At the 2014 Brit Awards, she was nominated for Best British Female Solo Artist. Her second studio album, Fire Within, was released on 23 September 2013 in the UK. Her self-titled debut album, Birdy, was released on 7 November 2011 to similar success, peaking at number one in Australia, Belgium and the Netherlands. Her debut single, a cover version of Bon Iver's " Skinny Love", was her breakthrough, charting all across Europe and earning platinum certification six times in Australia. She won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12. “We luv your game, daddy.” – Julien, Marine and Anaïs, his kids.Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde (born ), better known by her stage name Birdy, is an English singer and songwriter. ![]() “Yes, your game is nice Jean-Claude… Can you set the table? It’s time for lunch.” - Rachel, his Wife. “This is completely stupid! They are birds, why can’t they just fly?” - His Dad. (In all fairness, Jump Birdy Jump is also the only game she's ever played on iPhone). “This is the best game I’ve ever played on iPhone. Play the top-rated game in the Cottier household NOW! Original characters (I mean, have you ever seen a physics-based game on iOS starring birds?). I’m already working hard on new features for future updates.” - Jean-Claude Cottier, Jump Birdy Jump’s creator. “I hope players will enjoy Jump Birdy Jump as much as I enjoyed developing it. Jump Birdy Jump is a fun little game hand-crafted by a guy in his garage after 19 weeks of eating nothing but ramen. Collect as many stars as you can while jumping between wires and avoiding pitfalls. A little bird wants to join his better half but the cruel world won't let him. ![]()
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