[4] She began singing as a toddler, and, when she was around 7, her parents created an account for her on Sweety High, a media company and social networking site for young girls.
Marie uploaded videos of herself on Sweety High singing covers of songs by artists like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber.
On a trip to Los Angeles to meet with Sweety High executives,[3] Marie also met and sang "Love Me Like You Mean It" with Kelsea Ballerini.
[10] In November 2016,[11] she performed "My Guy" at a Washington, D.C. celebration of Smokey Robinson receiving the Library of Congress' Gershwin Prize of Popular Song.
[13][14][15] Later that month, she made her debut on the Grand Ole Opry and signed a record deal with Warner Music Nashville on the same day.
The following month, she played Wendy in a production of Peter Pan & Tinker Bell — A Pirate's Christmas at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center in Nashville.
[29] Later that year, she joined several other artists in September to raise money for the Alzheimer's Association at the 3rd annual Dance Party to End ALZ.