She began going by her birth name in 2016, and released the extended plays Pure (2018) and Wasted Youth (2020) Gordon has co-written and performed backing vocals on many popular songs including "Sorry" by Beyoncé, "Electricity" by Silk City and Dua Lipa, and "Bad Habit" by Steve Lacy.

Diana Gordon was born on August 25, 1985 in Queens, New York City, and was brought up in South Jamaica, where she was the middle child of six siblings.

Soon after, Wynter was given an opportunity to sign with Atlantic Records, through Don Pooh Music Group, where she began work on her debut album in 2004.

Gordon also co-wrote and sang on the dance track "Toyfriend" from French DJ David Guetta's album One Love (2009).

[8] On June 20, 2012, she premiered a new song, "Stimela", the first promotional single from her collection of Human Condition extended plays, which she decided to self-release to avoid label control.

However, she clarified in a Q&A on Facebook that The Righteous Young does not mean the end of Wynter Gordon as a solo act, but is rather an extension of her own music.

[12][13] Wynter embarked on a tour with the band in July 2014, and they were revealed to have been working on their first album alongside producer Mike Elizondo,[12] however, no further music ever eventuated.

On July 29, a new solo Wynter track, "The Hard Way", was released on Kitty Cash's "Love the Free Vol.

In a capsule review for Vice, Robert Christgau gave the EP a three-star honorable mention () and summed it up as "five proofs of a Beyoncé cowriter's hard-won, unembittered self-reliance—too modest to be 'inspirational,' and stronger for it"; the tracks "Wolverine" and "Too Young" were cited as highlights.

[20] On April 3, 2020, Gordon released a new eight track EP called Wasted Youth featuring acoustic versions of "Rollin" and "Once A Friend.