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Cher LloydSwagger JaggerWith Ur Love
Lloyd resides in Malvern with her parents Darren and Dina, and three younger siblings; brother Josh, and sisters Sophie and Rosie.[2] She is of Romani ancestry through her mother.[3][4] Lloyd attended several different schools in Malvern including The Chase and Dyson Perrins CE Sports College, where she studied performing arts in 2009. Before The X Factor, Lloyd took part in the X Factor-inspired Sin and Bushwackers' Text Factor, in which she came second. She had auditioned for The X Factor twice before (when the minimum age was lower) singing ballads but it was only after reinventing herself that she got through to see the judges.[6] Lloyd has previously performed at holiday camps and said she gets a mixed reaction to her music.[7] She auditioned singing the Keri Hilson version of "Turn My Swag On".[7] At bootcamp she sang a rap version of "Viva La Vida"[8] adding lyrics she claimed to have written herself, but this was disputed and reports claimed she took them from a song by rapper Swizz Beatz.[9][10] However, Lloyd claims that the full performance was not aired and therefore did not show the lyrics she wrote herself.[citation needed] At the judges' houses she performed "Cooler Than Me"[11] but suffered a throat infection and was unable to complete her song.[12] She was given a second chance, but broke down sobbing and could not complete the song. Despite this, she was picked as one of the final three girls by mentor Cheryl Cole. Lloyd sang a rendition of "Just
Be Good to Me" in the first of the live shows. In the second live show she sang "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)". In the third live show, she sang a mashup of "No Diggity" and "Shout", and in the fourth live show she sang "Stay". This was the first time Lloyd did not rap in her performance, and Cowell even
called it "the performance of the series". In week five, Lloyd sang "Empire State of Mind", but judges stated that after last week they were disappointed, and Cowell said
it was copycat. However, the judges agreed that she redeemed herself
with her rendition of "Sorry Seems To be The Hardest Word" mixed with "MockingBird", by Elton John and Eminem respectively, in week 6. In the seventh week, Lloyd
was in the bottom two for the first time after her rendition of "Imagine", but Cowell, Cole and Walsh all saved her in the final showdown, resulting in
Paije Richardson being eliminated. In the following week Cher performed "Girlfriend", followed by "Walk This Way". Both performances were credited by the judges and she was saved by the public
vote the following night, securing her position in the semi final.[13]
In the semi-final, Lloyd performed "Nothin' on You" and "Love the Way You Lie" and was in the bottom two with Mary Byrne. She was saved by the judges again
and put through to the final, even though voting statistics after
the show revealed that Lloyd had the fewest votes.[14] In the final
she performed a mash-up of "The Clapping Song" and "Get Ur Freak On", followed by a duet with will.i.am, which was a mashup of "Where Is the Love?" and "I Gotta Feeling". Lloyd was then eliminated in fourth place, having received the fewest public
votes.[15] After the final it was announced that Lloyd had been signed by Syco Music.[16] Songwriter Autumn Rowe[17] and producer RedOne[18] worked on her debut album, scheduled for release in November 2011.[19] The debut single, "Swagger Jagger", received its first airplay on 20 June after it had been leaked onto the internet on 15 June[20] however, this version was later confirmed as only the demo of the track on Lloyd's Twitter account.[21] It was released on 31 July 2011[22] and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 7 August 2011. On 28 July 2011 Lloyd previewed five tracks from the upcoming album during a Ustream session. Tracks previewed included:[23] "Grow Up" featuring
Busta Rhymes (Written by Lloyd, Savan Kotecha, Kevin Rudolf, Jermaine
Jackson, Andrew Harr, Jacob Kasher, Trevor Smith Jr.) (Produced
by Rudolf & The Runners) Lloyd confirmed on Twitter that "With
Ur Love" featuring Mike Posner is to be her second single. It will be released on 30
October 2011. It received its first radio airplay on 21st September.
The music video premiered on October 1st 2011 on morning show T4.
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