[3] Born in Camberley, Surrey, England, Rose's musical origins began with her playing drums in her school orchestra; her songwriting started with her writing tunes on her family home's piano.

She later bought a guitar from a shop she passed on the way to school, taught herself and began writing material at around the age of sixteen.

[4] She went on to perform some backing vocal duties on Bombay Bicycle Club's third album, A Different Kind of Fix, and features in their fourth, So Long, See You Tomorrow.

Rose also performs some backing vocal duties on the track This Sullen Welsh Heart by the Manic Street Preachers on their album Rewind the Film.

In 2018 she provided backing vocals for Paul Weller's fourteenth studio album True Meanings, and appeared on stage with him in 2019 for his Royal Festival Hall concert, Other Aspects.

In 2012, Rose started recording her debut album Like I Used To, with producer Charlie Hugall at her parents' house in Warwickshire.

Rose then began touring the UK, the United States and Canada with Bombay Bicycle Club and Noah and the Whale in February and March 2012.

[9] She played a set at the Bread & Rose's stage at Kent's Hop Farm Festival on 30 June, the same day as Bob Dylan.

In December 2013, Rose confirmed via Twitter that she had begun recording her second studio album,[17] Work It Out, that was released on 13 July 2015.

[19] Her album was recorded in London's Snap Studios and produced by Rich Cooper, notable for his work alongside Mumford & Sons and Tom Odell.

[20] A version of one of these covers, Shakin' Stevens' "Merry Christmas Everyone", was used a year later on the BBC's promotional video for their seasonal programming.

[21] In the spring of 2016, Rose was inspired by the number of tweets and Spotify streams coming from Latin America and decided to give something back to her fans in those territories.

For two months in 2016, Rose took her guitar and backpacked around Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, and Mexico, playing free shows and staying with fans.

[24] The album was recorded in 17 days with producer Tim Bidwell, bassist Ben Daniel and drummer Chris Boot in Brighton.

On 11 January 2019, Rose announced her fourth album would be titled No Words Left, with a release date of 22 March 2019 and an accompanying European tour.

Lucy did not tour the album due to her second pregnancy, and instead played a one-off show at the Roundhouse in Camden as part of their In The Round festival.