Becky Hill posts a defiant message as she teases new music

She's going back to her 'raver roots' 🙌

Becky Hill
Author: Anna Sky MagliolaPublished 23rd Feb 2023
Last updated 8th Oct 2025

It's less than a month since Becky Hill won her second BRIT Award, but she's already been teasing some new music for fans, with a defiant message.

The singer, who is well-known for her collaborations such as 'History' with Joel Corry, 'Crazy What Love Can Do' with David Guetta and Ella Henderson, and 'Run' with Galantis, has now told fans that this year she wants to: 'step out as my own artist'.

The singer shared some clips of new music saying she's looking forward to going back to her 'raver roots'. She wrote: 'i’m so excited about this year of music! thought i’d share some clips with you, it’s defo more dance led & back to my raver roots. i’ve written these with some of my favourite people & im so proud of what we’ve done. i’m currently writing a bit more, doing vocal productions with @ryanashleymusic & generally jumping around my house blasting this stuff! time to take this shit global man, this is the year i’m gonna do it 🌍'. (sic)

MNEK, who has worked with Becky a number of times wrote: 'not the leak', to which she replied: 'hahahahaha uzo i knew you were gonna comment this when i was setting up this post ur so predictable 😂😂😂😂😂'. (sic)

In a comment, Becky then revealed that she's: 'done with featuring', explaining: 'u know what also, i ent gonna have features on my tunes this year, time to actually step out as my own artist, not me feat. f-cking anyone, done with that now!!!! the confidence these comments have given me! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️'.

This defiant message has been greeted with a lot of support from fans and other artists alike.

A fan wrote: 'I’m crying! 😭😭😭🪩🪩🪩', with another commenting: 'BECKY AT IT AGAIN!!! The queen doesn’t stop 🤯👑💅🏼'.

Becky's post was also liked by Galantis, Pixie Lott and Tom Grennan to name a few.

Becky started out back in 2012 as a contestant on The Voice, where she got through to the semi finals, after working with Jessie J. Two years later, Becky released her first song, featuring on Oliver Heldens', 'Gecko (Overdrive)', resulting in a UK Number 1. Since then, she's continued to have success with songs such as 'Remember' with David Guetta, 'Heaven On My Mind' With Sigala and 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)' with Topic.

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Take a look through Becky Hill's fantastic career:

2012: The Voice

Becky Hill took part in The Voice in 2012, and working with Jessie J she made it to the semi-finals! Although she didn't win the show, this helped start her career and she became the first contestant to get a Number 1 UK single.

2014: Debut single - 'Gecko (Overdrive)'

'Gecko (Overdrive)' was Becky Hill's debut single, which she released with Oliver Heldens in 2014. The song got to Number 1 in the UK Charts and kicked off her incredible career.

2017: ASCAP London Music Awards

Becky Hill got her first ASCAP London Music Award in 2017 for the song 'False Alarm' with Matoma. Her song 'Lose Control', which she released with Meduza, Goodboys and Conor Blake Manning, then won the award for Winning Hot Dance/Electronic Song Award at the 2021 ASCAP London Music Awards!

2019: 'Get To Know' album

'Get To Know' was Becky Hill's debut compilation album, made up of amazing tunes including 'I Could Get Used To This' with Weiss and 'Find A Place' with MNEK. It was released in September 2019.

Also in 2019, Becky teamed up with DJ Sigala to create 'Wish You Well' in 2019 and in 2020 they teamed up again with MNEK to release 'Heaven On My Mind'.

2021: 'Only Honest On The Weekend' album

In 2021, Becky Hill released her debut studio album 'Only Honest On The Weekend', which includes amazing dance floor fillers like 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)' and 'Heaven On My Mind' with Sigala and has since gone on to be certified Platinum. The record also features 'Remember' with David Guetta, which got to Number 3 in the UK charts and was nominated for Song of the Year at the BRIT Awards.

Also that year, the film adaptation of the musical Everybody's Talking About Jamie used Becky Hill's song 'Everything' in the movie soundtrack which also featured hits by Chaka Khan, Todrick Hall and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

2022: Winning her first BRIT Award

After being nominated for two awards, Becky Hill took home the award for Best Dance Act at the 2022 BRIT Awards in February. She gave an emotional speech thanking fans and saying that she was "heart-warmed" by the result.

2022 also saw the release of Becky's songs 'Run' with Galantis, 'Here For You' with Wilkinson - their second collab after 'Afterglow' in 2013, and 'Crazy What Love Can Do' with Ella Henderson and David Guetta. She also performed at the Women's Euro 2022 final on 31st July 2022, where the England team won. Becky performed a medley of her songs including 'Remember' and 'My Heart Goes (La Di Da)'.

2023: Nominated at the BRIT Awards 2023

Becky was nominated for the second year running in the Dance category at the BRIT Awards 2023! The awards ceremony, which took place on 11th February, saw Becky go up against Bonobo, Calvin Harris, Eliza Rose & Interplanetary Criminal and Fred Again... in the category which she won last year. In amazing news for Becky, she won the award!

Becky was clearly emotional about winning her second BRIT Award and said in her acceptance speech: "The biggest thanks of all has to go to my fans who for another year have helped me win a BRIT Award and imposter syndrome kicked straight in when the nominees were announced. I was so scared and when I read all their comments I was so touched, so thank you so much. Thank you!"

Becky also joined Jason Derulo on BBC Three's Project Icon, which saw 10 unsigned artists attempt to make it in the music business. She also took to The Other Stage at Glastonbury in 2023, and announced her first arena tour.

2024: Second album 'Believe Me Now?'

Becky Hill released her second album 'Believe Me Now?' on 31st May 2024. It features 15 songs, including her hits 'Disconnect', 'Side Effects' and 'Outside of Love'. The album went to Number 3 in the chart and has since been certified Gold in the UK.

2025: Becky nominated for Dance Act at the BRITs

In January 2025, Becky was announced as one of the nominees in the BRIT Awards 2025 with Mastercard. She was up against Charli XCX, Chase & Status, Fred again.. and Nia Archives in the Dance Act promoted by KISS category. Charli XCX was announced as the winner at The BRIT Awards ceremony on 1st March.

Now read:

Becky Hill's biggest career moments: From The Voice to The BRIT Awards

Becky Hill's biggest dancefloor filler collabs 🎶

Relive The BRIT Awards 2023 performances

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