Charlotte O’Connor

Charlotte Mary O'Connor, better known by her stage name Charlotte OC, is a British singer-songwriter. O'Connor is the daughter of a half Malawi, half Indian mother and Irish father. She grew up in Blackburn, Lancashire and attended Westholme School. She began playing the guitar at 15 years old and attended weekend classes at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. At 16 years old, she became a global ambassador for surfwear brand Quiksilver. O'Connor signed with Stranger Records in 2013. She released her first EP, Colour My Heart, in November 2013 under the stage name Charlotte OC; the same month, BBC classed her as “tipped for success in 2014” and Digital Spy named her “one to watch”. Her second EP, Strange, was released by Polydor Records in September 2014, and its track “Hangover” was playlisted on BBC Radio 1. Colour My Heart and Strange were recorded with producer Tim Anderson in Los Angeles.[11] In March 2015, O'Connor released her third EP, Burning, which features the single “If My House Was Burning”.