Miranda Chartrand and Adam Nichols

They met and began working together through the BBC television series Chartjackers, which was challenging the online community to write, record and release a pop song through crowdsourcing in ten weeks.

[1] She studied at the John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute,[2] where she played on the open girls' rugby team until 2009.

[8][9] Chartrand and Nichols each submitted a video audition on their respective mydogmaddie and FireYourEngine YouTube channels.

On 4 November, Chartrand and Nichols performed "I've Got Nothing" at a gig at 93 Feet East in London, which was headlined by former pop star Chesney Hawkes.

[20] Chartrand quit her job as an au pair to become more involved with the Chartjackers project, then moved to London shortly afterwards, where she and Nichols briefly lived together.