Brown studied violin until the age of nine but gave up to focus on piano, vocals and trumpet, which she found easier.

Aged 18, Brown attended an open audition for the VH1 Divas concert and was stopped outside the venue by an executive from London Records, who offered her a development deal.

In 2011, prior to the mastering of Brown's second album Lollipops & Politics, a free preview mixtape called The Playground was released through SoundCloud.

A new album called Samson & Delilah, recorded in London with Dave Okumu from The Invisible and former M83 member Pierre-Marie Maulini, was released in its place in September 2013.

[8] Brown was invited by Damon Albarn to play on the Africa Express tour, and she sang with Fela Kuti's son Femi.

That year she also performed with Grace Jones and Sly and Robbie for Island Records' 50th anniversary concert at Shepherd's Bush Empire.

[14] She also performed a sold-out tour of small clubs in the US and at the SXSW festival's British Music Embassy in Austin, Texas.

V V Brown has also toured with The Script, Ida Maria and collaborated or performed alongside Babyshambles, Annie Lennox, Paloma Faith, Kate Nash, Get Cape.

In 2008, Brown took part in a charity fashion show hosted by Naomi Campbell at which she walked with models such as Tyson Beckford and Daisy Lowe.

[15] Brown has appeared in advertisement campaigns for Marks & Spencer alongside Twiggy, Lisa Snowdon, Ana Beatriz Barros and Dannii Minogue.

[16] Brown has also been photographed for several international magazines including i-D, Vogue, Paper, LOVE, Elle and Cosmopolitan.

Brown has supported various charities such as the Teenage Cancer Trust, Oxfam, NSPCC, Recycling Foundation and the Bottle Top campaign and causes such as poverty alleviation in Africa and fair trade.

Brown took part in both the London Rockcorps shows and did work in Paris with French young teenagers with a following concert.

[18] Her music has also been synched in several American TV shows and movies, including CSI, Sex and The City, Ugly Betty, The Back Up Plan and Lesbian Vampire Killers.