During her career, McGill has uploaded over 100 videos with over eight hours of footage, with strangers from around the world covering her original songs. In late 2010, she beat over 2,000 competitors to win
Tesco Entertainment's 1Click2Fame, netting her a £100,000 prize. In 2011, McGill released her first studio album, titled
Replaced. She went on to perform live at 34
Caffè Nero stores across the UK On 22 March 2013, McGill announced she had formed a new band with Daniel Broadley and Carl Jones, called
Meadowlark. On the same day, they released a live version of a track titled "Family Tree", which focuses on Kate's home life. Meadowlark released their first EP,
Three Six Five, on 26 May 2014. In September of that year, it was announced on social media that Carl Jones would no longer be part of the band. Mcgill and Broadley released their first EP as a duo, named
Dual, on 30 March 2015. Their single "Eyes Wide" gained popularity through the radio show
BBC Music Introducing, and they performed at
Glastonbury Festival on the BBC Introducing stage later that year. In 2016, Meadowlark released the
Paraffin EP, followed by two singles, "Quicksand" and "Headlights". Their debut album,
Postcards, came out on 30 June 2017. ==Discography==