In 2005, Awbery began professionally singing in weddings, pubs, and restaurants. Awbery unsuccessfully auditioned for
The X Factor and ''
Britain's Got Talent''. In 2017, she released a single and accompanying music video, "Give Up This Girl".
MTV Australia described the track as "old school
Alicia Keys or
Whitney Houston". In early 2020,
YouTuber Kevin Freshwater posted an impromptu clip of Awbery covering "
Shallow" for his segment "Finish the Lyrics". On
Instagram, Awbery gained 217,000 followers within a week of the video circulating. She sang the song on
The Ellen DeGeneres Show. On 28 August 2020 Awbery released her cover of "Shallow" on YouTube and later released a music video for it on September 10. == Personal life ==