Adams started singing at local gigs in 2010, From 2010 she fronted a band, Louise and the Tornados, which has had a varied line-up. She later reflected, "We had a handful of gigs while I was working as lawyer." In 2013 the line-up had settled with Adams on lead vocals and guitar, Tom Collins on lead guitar, Simon Fennell on drums and Michael Fitzpatrick on double bass. Adams started performing solo sets in Castlemaine,
The X Factor: 2015 In 2015 Adams auditioned for
The X Factor by singing
Nina Simone's version of "Feeling Good". She progressed to the boot camp round where she performed "Sugar Man" by
Sixto Rodriguez. She was later selected by Blunt as one of his top three for the live shows; but was in the bottom two with Big T in the eighth week of the show, where she was saved after the judges' vote went to deadlock. Adams made it to the grand final and became the runner-up to
Cyrus Villanueva. Following her appearance on the talent show Adams was signed to
Sony Music Australia. She released her debut album
Louise Adams on 15 December 2015, which peaked at No. 22 on the
ARIA Albums Chart. It included studio recordings of a number of tracks that she performed during her time on show, including her cover version singles, "
People Help the People" (October 2015) and "
You Don't Own Me" (November), and the non-cover version single, "History" (November). Adams appeared on
Good Friday (25 March 2016) at the TeamKids Beyond Bank Easter Appeal; other artists include
Thirsty Merc,
Reece Mastin and
Kate Ceberano. == Discography ==