Burns made her debut in 2017 with the single "Ugly", which was featured in a commercial for Beats Electronics and Balmain headphone collaboration starring Kylie Jenner.

[6] Burns began her career by posting covers on YouTube, and booked her first meeting with a major record label in 2015.

The single received positive attention from critics, with Mike Wass of Idolator writing that Burns and the song had "serious pop pedigree.

[12] Burns collaborated with Soyeon and Miyeon from (G)I-DLE and Madison Beer as the virtual k-pop girl group K/DA for the single "Pop/Stars".

[16] In 2020, she reprised her role as Kai'sa in K/DA for their EP All Out and she is featured on the song for the title track "More" along with the original lineup and Chinese singer Lexie Liu.