After posting song covers on Facebook and YouTube, she was discovered by Lilly Wood and the Prick's manager and producer.
[3][4] While she was holidaying in Paris in 2014, he invited her to a music studio in the city where they both began working on her first extended play (EP), Tess.
[8] She briefly performed as Tess Zucchini after releasing it and she was an opening act for Israeli-French singer Tal at Stade Jean-Ivoula.
[2][10] She worked as a physical therapist for only one month in Réunion and after she relocated to France, she chose to "put [her degree] aside" so she could "devote [herself] to music".
[12] Tess was digitally released on 20 January 2016 by Choke Industry, although it was re-released on the same date in 2017 by Polydor.
[17] Tess moved back to Réunion after living for two years in France and she began teaching yoga.
[14] Laura Philippon of La Première, wrote that Tess has a "bewitching, deep, sometimes hurt" voice with which she "creates powerful and thrilling melodies".
[8] Reviewing "Hard to Forget", Billboard's Bryan Kress noted that the song allows Tess "to showcase her vocal abilities" which are "equally sultry and pop-ready".