Ellie Dixon

Eleanor Charlotte Siobhan Dixon , age was born in Foxton, Cambridgeshire. Growing up, her father played piano and her mother played the tin whistle. She started producing music when she was thirteen after her father downloaded music production software onto the family's desktop, and took music GCSE, where her singing teacher encouraged her to perform at youth open mic nights; she also performed at her school's concert. Originally a pianist, After graduating, she gigged for about six months until the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom. and in March 2020, she released "Ugly", a song about empowerment and self-love, which was accompanied by a music video. Her content during this time included deconstruction of harmonies, such as for "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, and original verses for other people's songs, such as "Toxic" by Britney Spears; and accompanied with a music video in which she wore an astronaut suit; In February 2021, she released "Sucker", a song about a teenage crush and in May 2021, she then released "Green Grass", a description of an existential crisis, for which a music video was released. Dixon then released Crikey! It's My Psyche, which featured "Green Grass", "Sucker", and "CEO of Watching Television", a dig at workaholism which had been released with a video filmed in her flat. and be unable to look at her TikTok for two; A further single, "Big Lizard Energy", was released in February 2023 alongside a music video and a dinosaur-inspired video game, and was her attempt at responding to her habit of cognitive distortion by imagining herself as a dinosaur.

On 25 February 2023, Dixon appeared on Patrick Kielty's BBC Radio 5 Live show, broadcast just before a Scottish League Cup fixture between Celtic and Rangers. While there, she performed "Jota on the Wing", a football chant written to the tune of O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei", and about Jota, the Celtic winger. The song went viral on social media, prompting Celtic's social media account to use it to soundtrack a clip of Jota holding the trophy. She later performed the song at Celtic F.C. in front of 60,000 fans during a subsequent Celtic-Rangers fixture on 8 April.

In May 2023, she released "Dopamine", a song she had written shortly after reading an article about brains being desensitised to the chemical of the same name through excess consumption of social media, having debuted the track at a BBC Radio 2 session with Jo Whiley on 19 April. On 21 July, she released the single "Bounce", which she wrote around the same time as "Swing!" and also about the abuse she was suffering at the time, and the EP In Case of Emergency, In March 2024, she featured on Deakin Davies' "Bumped in the Head", which they released under the name Charlieeeee.

By October 2024, Dixon had been dropped by Decca; that month, she released "Renaissance", a track about coming back fighting. She followed this in January 2025 with "Guts", a track about being quiet, and in March 2025 with a remix of "Guts" featuring Piri. By May 2025, she had released the single "Knight Shift"; that month, she released "Loose Change", a track about her ADHD, and announced the EP Tales of a Knight, released in June 2025.

Artistry and personal life Critics have described Dixon's music as "alt-pop" the introduction to "Swing!" was made by hitting a glass with a whisk, She became a member of Loud LDN, a collective of London-based women and non-binary artists set up in May 2022, that year.

Discography

EPs Looking Forward (2016) Jungle (2017) Growing Pains (2018) Crikey! It's My Psyche (2022) In Case of Emergency (2023) Tales of a Knight (2025)

Singles As lead artist + Title Year AlbumRef. "Pressure" 2019 "Ugly"2020 "Space Out!"Crikey! It's My Psyche "New Waves"(with Austin Prince) "Sucker"2021 Crikey! It's My Psyche "Green Grass" "CEO of Watching Television" "Swing" 2022 In Case of Emergency "Big Lizard Energy"2023 "Dopamine" "Bounce" "Renaissance" 2024 Tales of a Knight "Guts" 2025 "Guts (featuring piri)" "Knight Shift" Tales of a Knight "Loose Change"

As featured artist Title Year AlbumRef. "Take Over"(with Jinn) 2020 "Sugar Rush"(with Parsley Palette) "Devil Visits"(with Austin Prince and Ambrose Pierce) 2021 "Lush Life"(with DJ Airship) 2023 "Bumped in the Head"(with Charlieeeee) 2024 Dogbowl

Remixes Title Year AlbumRef. "Wait (The Ellie Dixon Remix)"(with Gabrielle Papillon) 2021

Other appearances TitleArtist Year AlbumRef. "If Only One of Us Can Wait"Leo Howse 2020 What They Don't Teach You In Chess Club "Brainworks"Claudia Kate 2021 A Damn Good Place to Start