[6] When the festival was later cancelled, Live and Unsigned provided Spraggan with a series of replacement prizes, including: a string of guest act spots at Live and Unsigned and Open Mic UK shows across the country,[8][9] a new website,[10] and a music video shoot for her single "Last Night", which has received over 4.2million views as of 2023.

[12] In an interview she said that the majority of her album's lyrics were inspired by a short-lived romance with an older woman of 27 that occurred when Spraggan visited America at the age of 18.

Spraggan auditioned for the ninth series of The X Factor, which was shown on 25 August 2012, singing her own song "Last Night" from Top Room at the Zoo (2011).

Tulisa then said that she wanted to hear one of her tracks so Spraggan decided to sing "Tea and Toast", stating that the song was about a real couple.

On 3 November, she decided to leave the competition because she felt that it wouldn't be fair to get another free pass to the next round, as she was still too ill to compete.

[30] Spraggan announced a headline UK and Ireland tour in support of the album which started at Margate Winter Gardens on 21 October and concluded at The Academy in Dublin on 16 November.

In 2015, Spraggan wrote and sang the "catchy" lyrics for the TV advert for online fashion store Simplybeyou.

On 9 November 2016, Spraggan announced her fourth studio album I Hope You Don't Mind Me Writing, which was released on 27 January 2017.

On 19 May 2017 Spraggan announced via her social media pages that she was going to embark on a 31 date UK tour throughout September and October of that year.

Following a number of showcase performances at SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas in March 2018, Spraggan signed to Cooking Vinyl Records & Publishing.

[35] She is currently writing new material for a new album due out in Spring 2019 to be released through Cooking Vinyl and will be performing at festivals including Kendal Calling, Y Not and Belladrum over the Summer.

A deluxe edition was released with extra tracks from her live concerts: "Fight for it", "Loaded Gun Blues", "Unsinkable" and "Lucky Stars".

[43] In late 2022, it was announced that Spraggan had signed with Simon Cowell's record publishing label, Syco Music.

She stated in her X Factor appearance, when she was asked about her job by judge Tulisa, that "I am the person with a clipboard in the street that you try to avoid.

[59] Spraggan came out as gay at 14 years old[60] and married Georgina Gordon on 18 June 2016;[61][62] the couple separated on 12 November 2019.

[64] They married at Saltmarshe Hall in Yorkshire in June 2024; Simon Cowell walked Spraggan down the aisle.

[65][66] In a 2023 interview, Spraggan revealed that she had been raped by a hotel porter in 2012, after a night out for Rylan Clark's birthday during the production of The X Factor.