Gabz

The Stevenage performer reached the 2013 final of Britain's Got Talent with original material, including the song initially introduced as The One. Sony released it as Lighters (The One) that June, and it reached number six in Britain. The record gave listeners something more lasting than a competition appearance: a compact song whose refrain had already proved easy for an audience to recognise.

Lie There followed later in 2013. Together, the early singles establish the combination of singing, rap and melodic writing that brought Gabz to public attention. The television setting explains the scale of the introduction, but it is the song's construction that explains why it could travel beyond the programme. A phrase needs to be clear enough to remember and flexible enough to carry the feeling of the performance.

The five-track Up EP arrived in 2016. In a firsthand interview the following year, Gabz described choosing the songs and artwork for the self-released project, as well as preparing a GarageBand demo to communicate the intended sound of Losing No Sleep to a producer. Those are practical details of authorship, showing an artist making decisions beyond the vocal take. The same conversation described how audience participation changed between slower songs, more energetic material and Lighters, when listeners would raise their phone lights. That image returns the first single to its proper musical setting. The lasting connection is a shared refrain, while the newer songs let a performer once introduced through one television moment develop a broader relationship with the audience.