[2] In the early 2000s, she found success fronting the pop group Goldenhorse, which debuted in 2002 with the chart topping album Riverhead.

Morrell recorded her first album as a solo artist with the 2010 release of Ultraviolet, and returned to London to join the Crouch End Festival Chorus.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Morrell began writing new solo material, and returned to New Zealand in anticipation of her upcoming sophomore album, Morrellium.

[8][5][9] Her parents eventually left London to start an organic farm in rural Cornwall, where Morrell spent the later part of her childhood.

She subsequently became a qualified yoga teacher, and in 2013, began studying an arts management masters at the Auckland University of Technology.

[5] Morrell has been involved in the music industry since the 90s, but has worked as a volunteer, a board member, executive and manager in various organizations, including People Tree, The Fair Trade Foundation, New Zealand Opera and Crouch End Festival Chorus, to name some.

[15] With the assistance of veteran producer Murray Grindlay, Goldenhorse followed-up in 2005 with Out of the Moon, which peaked at number 2 on the charts and went platinum.

[15] In 2007 after returning from their UK tour, the band released Reporter to lackluster commercial sales, briefly entering the top 40 chart at 38.

[19][20][21] Following the release of Ultraviolet, Morrell moved back to London, where she joined Crouch End Festival Chorus, a leading symphonic choir which has performed at the BBC Proms.

[23][24] In a 2013 interview, Morrell suggested that her success with Goldenhorse did not earn her much money, and that she was living in a rented home with three flatmates, stating "there are people who get paid to do their art, but I never seem to.