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Aldridge-Moore was born to an English father, a DJ, and a Barbadian mother^[2] and grew up in Hackney, East London. She is related to the Aldridge family.^[3] Aldridge-Moore attended the BRIT School for sixth form.^[4]

Aldridge-Moore began her career as a model. She featured in Tatler in 2017 and 2019.^[3][5] Also in 2017, she uploaded the first song she wrote titled "Teen Face" to SoundCloud.^[6]

During the COVID-19 lockdown, Aldridge-Moore gained prominence online through covers of songs she posted on Instagram and other social media platforms. She was discovered by H.E.R., who invited Aldridge-Moore to play on a livestream of over 300 thousand viewers.^[7] In 2021, Aldridge-Moore released her debut EP We Speak of Tides via Osmo-sis,^[8] which had come about during lockdown.^[9] The EP's title compares relationships to water.^[10] She also released the singles "Slip!", which Olivia Swash of The Line of Best Fit called a "knockout debut",^[11] "Heaven for Me",^[12] and "Blood".^[13] In August, she was a select artist at BBC Music Introducing alongside The Lathums and Pixey.^[14]

In April 2022, Aldridge-Moore opened for The Vaccines^[15] on tour with Black Honey. She performed at Lollapalooza Stockholm and Victorious Festival that summer.^[16] In the autumn, she supported The Amazons and Nova Twins on tour^[17] and Florence + the Machine for their two O2 Arena concerts.^[18]

After performing at the 2023 Great Escape Festival,^[19] Aldridge-Moore had her first headline dates. She then featured at Reeperbahn Festival,^[20] Beyond the Music Festival,^[21] and Live at Leeds.^[22] That September, she released her second EP Lonely Castles,^[23] accompanied by the singles "atomic",^[24] "chain",^[25] and "wundagirl", named after producer WondaGurl, in the lead up to its release.^[26] At the end of 2023, Aldridge-Moore was named one to watch in 2024 by The Independent.^[27]

In April 2024, she supported HotWax on their UK tour.^[28] and released the single "party's over".^[29] She appeared at the Oberkampf Music Festival in Paris, the Dot to Dot Festival,^[30] Yungblud's BludFest,^[31] Reading and Leeds on the BBC Music Introducing stage,^[32][33] Night Currents Festival,^[34] and Cardiff's Sŵn on the DIY stage.^[35][36] She also had a gig with Charly Bliss in London.^[37]

Aldridge-Moore signed with Atlantic Records UK (part of Warner Music Group (WMG), through which she released a 10-track mixtape titled BAMBI in November 2024.^[38] In addition to "party's over", further singles from the mixtape included "crush (tom verlaine)"^[39] and "call my name (lux lisbon)", the latter inspired by Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides;^[40] she also shared "bbydoll" ahead of the mixtape.^[41] Shortly after the release of BAMBI, Aldridge-Moore supported Griff on her UK tour.^[42]

While Aldridge-Moore was growing up, her parents played a wide array of genres in the household, "from Patti Smith to The Cure to Wu-Tang to OutKast".^[30] She recalls being drawn towards the guitar-based sounds of System of a Down, No Doubt, Green Day and more.^[7] This lent itself an "emo phase" in her youth. Encouraged by her mother, who pointed towards figures such as Stevie Nicks and Prince, Aldridge-Moore took up guitar.^[7]

As she switched from acoustic to electronic, Aldridge-Moore listened to Led Zeppelin and then Ebo Taylor and CAN.^[43] She came to admire a number of women in rock, including Viv Albertine of The Slits, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and June Millington of Fanny.^[44] In addition, Aldridge-Moore was shaped by London's electronic jazz, punk, and indie scenes, naming Steam Down and ALASKALASKA as local examples.^[45]

Aldridge-Moore's debut EP We Speak of Tides was influenced by Wolf Alice, Alanis Morissette, Pvris, and The Kills,^[7] The Stone Roses, PJ Harvey^[46] as well as Tame Impala and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. She listened to "Rich" by the latter while producing the track "Blood".^[43] Moving onto her second EP Lonely Castles, she drew upon The Cure, New Order, and Eyedress^[47] in addition to Santigold and Blondie.^[48]