Leftwich began playing at the age of ten and grew up listening to the Rolling Stones and Nina Simone; later discovering Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, and Elliott Smith.

He cites Cher,[1] Arcade Fire, Ryan Adams, and Bruce Springsteen as inspirations.

Leftwich sold more than 100,000 copies of Last Smoke and received over 150 million global Spotify plays.

Performing songs off this album and his former, he toured extensively from April 2016 to August 2017, covering the UK, Canada, USA, China, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and throughout Asia (e.g., Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia).

[13] As well as writing and recording his own music, Leftwich co-writes with other artists and has collaborated with The 1975, Holly Humberstone and CMAT amongst others.