Ella Mai is an R&B singer from southwest London. Mai moved to New York City
at the age of 12, then returned to England after she graduated from
high school. In 2014, during her second stint in the U.K., she competed
on The X Factor
as part of a trio, Arize, that didn't advance beyond the initial
audition for the judges. The group broke up shortly thereafter. The
following year, Ella Mai uploaded a four-track solo EP of originals to
SoundCloud.[1][2] After being discovered on Instagram, she signed to DJ Mustard’s 10 Summers label.[3][4]