 When she was 10 years old, she reached the final of the UK Unsigned talent competition, which took place at the Hackney Empire, London in July 2007.Totterdell's mother co-founded a recording studio in Exeter in 2008 and Totterdell spent time there playing and writing songs with other musicians from the age of 11.Between 2009 and 2011, Totterdell wrote around 40 songs.