Kate Alexandra Tizzard is a British pop singer-songwriter. She covered Rock Mafia's single "The Big Bang" in 2014 to moderate success. She subsequently signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records. Tiz released a second single called "Whistle ".
Career
In late 2012, she was signed to Lava/Republic, and Warner/Chappell Publishing, and released three stand-alone singles, "Famous", "Heart" and "Red Cup". Shortly after parting ways with Lava/Republic in 2013, Tiz partnered with songwriting/production duo Rock Mafia. Tiz released a cover of Rock Mafia's song "The Big Bang", which debuted on the BillboardHot 100 on 17 May 2014. Besides her own music, she has also written hits for other artists such as Girls' Generation, Cheryl Cole, among others. Tiz is also a dolphin trainer. In May 2014, she was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb, where she performed live his single "The Big Bang". Tiz released a follow-up single in 2015, "Whistle ". Tiz said in an interview that she wrote the song about a darker period in her life where she felt like nothing was going her way, but her brother was there to tell her to chin up, keep moving, and never give up. It was cowritten with Kinetics & One Love and Emily Warren and was produced by JR Rotem. A music video for "Whistle " was filmed and released by Syndrome Studio and director James Larese. The Xanadu-like video combines live action with animation elements and shows Tiz springing to life from street art, then proceeding on an adventure with a crew of animated animal friends. the video has over 8 million views on YouTube. For The Sims 4 'Get to Work' expansions pack, Whistle was recorded in the fictional language 'Simlish'. Tiz is an avid animal lover and fan of Banksy's street art and has said in an interview, "This video comes from my love of graffiti artwork and takes inspiration from some of the greatest fairytales of all time." Tiz's debut studio album was set to be released in 2015, and she has stated that she worked on it with her brother, Kinetics & One Love, Emily Warren, and JR Rotem. As of May 2020, the album is still unreleased.
