After a childhood during which she met and performed with famous musicians, she moved out at age 16 to live with friends and work on her own music.
[4] At the age of 16, Anderson left home and moved in with some friends in public housing in London; the same year, she joined a "female teen pop group.
"[2] Anderson eventually left the pop group and began collaborating with Eg White (also known as, simply, "Eg"), a London songwriter.
[2][1][8] The song "Constant Talking" criticizes gossip and is interspersed with chattering voices; it was thematically compared by AllMusic to The Go-Go's "Our Lips are Sealed".
[9][10][11][12] Her second single, "Sweet Memories", received a favorable critical evaluation, but failed to impact the charts which "Sugarhigh" had entered.