Mae Muller has been selected as the UK’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2023.
The 25-year-old singer will perform the track I Wrote A Song at the event in May in Liverpool.
But who is the UK’s first female entrant since 2018 hoping to emulate the success of Sam Ryder, and even win the contest all together?
Who is Mae Muller?
Mae Muller is from north London and first came to mainstream attention after releasing a top 40 single Better Days with Swedish collective Neiked and American rapper Polo G in 2021.
She started writing her own music aged just eight, and says she grew up listening to her mum’s favourite singer-songwriters including The Dixie Chicks, Gwen Stefani and Simon & Garfunkel.
She says she is inspired by the likes of Gwen Stefani and The Chicks.
In 2017 Mae asked a friend to produce a few demos for her in exchange for a bottle of wine, and after uploading them online she was discovered and signed by her manager.
She released her first EP, After Hours, in February 2018, and her first album, Chapter 1, in April 2019, before supporting Little Mix on their 2019 tour.
Mae, who is signed to Capitol Records, has 126,000 followers on Instagram and more than 6.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
The singer is also a huge hit on social media site TikTok, with 547,000 followers and 4.5 million likes. She regularly shares behind-the-scenes of her music journey as well as teasers for her new songs and duets with fans.
