Nieve Ella Pickering[1] was born on 1 January 2003,[2] grew up in Albrighton, east Shropshire,[3] and has two brothers.

Their father moved to Spain when she was a child, having never lived with Nieve Ella, and died when she was eleven,[4] while their mother, Helen, is a hairdresser, and named her Albrighton High Street salon[5] "Nieve-Ella's Hair & Beauty" after her,[3] later renaming it to "Nieve Ella's Hair Salon".

[6] Growing up, she applied twice to be on Britain's Got Talent;[4] in 2020, during the COVID-19 lockdown,[6] she discovered her late father's guitar, and taught herself how to play it after studying tabs online, writing her first song, "Four Years Gone", in less than a week.

[4] She attended Telford College,[7] but dropped out after receiving harsh criticism of her guitar playing abilities, and deciding to continue teaching herself.

[24] In December 2023, she appeared on Dork's Hype List,[25] and in March 2024, she released "The Things We Say", which she wrote shortly after arguing with her best friend.