Camille Angelina Purcell (born 29 June 1988), known professionally as Kamille, is a British singer-songwriter and record producer.
[11] Kamille started her songwriting career when she was introduced to a producer by a family friend and began spending time in a studio after work.
[13] Months later in 2012, Kamille had her breakthrough when a song she had co-written, "What About Us", was pitched to Polydor Records and given to The Saturdays featuring Sean Paul.
[15] Following on from her success with What About Us, Kamille began writing with artists such as Leona Lewis, Jessie J, JLS, and most notably Little Mix.
In 2015, Little Mix released the first single from their third album ‘Black Magic’, co-written by Kamille, which went straight to #1 in the UK and remained there for 3 weeks.
[20] In 2018, Kamille wrote and featured on the song 'More Than Words' from their fifth album, about their close relationship over the years of working together.
[32] Kamille has also co-written ‘Mad Love’ and ‘Boyfriend’ for Mabel which have both achieved Platinum UK certifications.
[33][34] She also appeared as a featured artist on Mabel's debut album ‘High Expectations’, singing a verse on the track ‘Selfish Love’.
What I want to do is be a helpful hand for artists with whatever they need, I can't have this knowledge and experience and not give that to others and share that with people.
In 2020, Kamille co-wrote 'Cool', the third track from Dua Lipa's second album ‘Future Nostalgia’, which was nominated for a Mercury Prize award.
As well as co-writing, she also provided an uncredited vocal hook to Headie One, AJ Tracey and Stormzy's single ‘Ain't It Different’, singing the lyrics to the sampled track 'No Long Talking' by Lady Saw.
In March & April 2018, Kamille featured as a live solo artist for the first time when she opened for Jessie Ware on her UK Glasshouse Tour.
[51] Kamille featured as the live vocalist for British DJ Jax Jones, performing his song "Breathe" with him in the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge,[52] at the 2018 Jingle Bell Ball, held at the O2 Arena in London, and on the Christmas Edition of Top of the Pops in December 2018.
At the tail end of 2019, Kamille officially launched her record label and publishing company, Pure Cut.
Her second single, 'Mirror Mirror' was released in March 2021 alongside a music video with cameos from MNEK and Little Mix's Jade Thirlwall.
[55] The track went viral on TikTok, reaching #1 on the UK Hot 50 Chart and the associated hashtag #WhoTheBaddest being used over 68 million times.
[59] On 12 May 2023, Kamille released the lead single from her debut album, "Muscle Memory", featuring Nile Rodgers.
In June 2020, she became engaged to producer Tazer and the two married in August 2021,[65] which was documented on Channel 4's Documentary-Reality TV series 'Highlife'.