YouTube star who began as busker starts UK tour
LEEDS BASED YouTube singersongwriter Hannah Trigwell is celebrating the release of her debut album with a UK tour.
Ms Trigwell, 27, who started out busking on the city’s streets, has had more than 100m views on YouTube and clocked up 600,000 subscribers.
She has gained a global reputation for her delicate covers of pop songs but album RED is a collection of 14 original tracks, including two previous singles, Nobody and Another Beautiful Mistake.
Ms Trigwell, who also plays guitar, started her eight-date UK tour starting in Glasgow yesterday.
She will also perform in Nottingham, Newcastle, Brighton, London, Bristol and Hull - with a homecoming at Headrow House, Leeds, this Sunday. She said: “I feel like I’m finally letting people in on who I am as an artist.
“Recording stripped back covers is something that really helped me to build up an audience, and I love putting my own spin on my favourite songs, but I’m really passionate about songwriting, and I’ve only released a handful of original songs to date.
“The songs on the album are very personal, and I’m really proud of how they have come out in the recording process.
“So much time and energy has gone into this record, so I’m very emotionally attached to it as a whole. I really re-live the emotions of each song whenever I hear the studio recordings or perform them live.”
Ms Trigwell added: “It’s great to be independent because you have complete creative control. I film and edit all of my videos and music videos and I do my own artwork, so there’s always a lot to do, but I love it.”
She was originally encouraged by her peers to upload the covers she was busking to YouTube when it was still in its infancy around 12 years ago.
She has already had chart success with her original songs, including number one hits in Vietnam and Laos, and a top 10 hit in Mongolia in 2015 with her track Headrush. which featured on her EP, Pieces, in 2012.