Kate Stewart

Kate Stewart was born on 16 January 1995 in London and grew up in Maida Vale.[8] She grew up in an artistic family: her father is a comedian and her mother was a dancer.[8] Stewart has a brother who is a music producer and songwriter.[8] She was educated at Arts Educational Schools, London (ArtsEd) in Chiswick, where she learned musical theatre.[8] She initially wanted to be an actress but later turned to music.[8]

In 2014, under the name "KStewart", she released her first single "Tell Me 'Bout That", which she collaborated in concert with British duo Bondax. During these years, she worked and collaborated with many artists such as Matoma, Sean Paul, Yungen, TCTS, and Craig David. Stewart was invited to perform her music with French DJ David Guetta for Danse avec les stars, the French equivalent of Strictly Come Dancing. Stewart was signed to Warner Music Group, making pop-oriented music.[8]

In May 2018, Stewart announced her new project and released the first single "Loving You", at the same time going independent and changing her stage name to "Kate Stewart".[8] On 23 November 2018, she released her first EP "In the Beginning" under the label Platoon.[9] On 11 February 2019, Stewart released a music video for "Bad Enough".[10] Later in 2019, she announced a collaboration with singer and songwriter Ryan Ashley for the song "Innocent", which was released on 3 June.

Stewart grew up listening to pop artists such as Whitney Houston, Destiny's Child, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey [8] and Christina Aguilera[11] Other musicians she admire include D'Angelo and Frank Ocean.[8]

Stewart is a soprano and possesses a three-octave vocal range. Her voice has received comparison to Ariana Grande and Jorja Smith.[8]