She previously performed under the stage name Daisy Dares You, a reference to the character of the same name from the 1990s British television show ZZZap!.

From 2015 she has been performing and releasing music in her Brighton-based band Clever Thing alongside Rich Fownes (Bad For Lazarus, UNKLE, Eighties Matchbox B-line Disaster, Nine Inch Nails) [7] Coburn was born in Great Dunmow, Essex.

After picking up widespread promotional coverage in the media from The Times,[5] the BBC,[2] and The Guardian[4] as a young artist to watch for in 2010, Coburn was signed to a record company.

[4][3] She mainly used social networking websites to broadcast her music, such as Myspace[8] where she posted demos and her YouTube channel[9] where the video for her songs "Daisy Dares You" and "Rosie" can be found.

[3] Much of Coburn's music is about her own personal experiences such as boyfriends, sibling rivalry, disloyal schoolfriends and emotional growing pains.