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Jasmine Van den Bogaerde, better known by her professional name Birdy is a UK singer-songwriter, she was born on 15th May, 1996. Her mother was a concert pianist, Sophie (nee Roper-Curzon) and her father, Rupert Bogarde a writer. She was raised in a mill house on the Pylewell Park estate (Lymington, UK) of Birdy’s maternal grandfather, Baron Teynham. She attended Priestlands School in Lymington, UK until the age of 16, before going on to Brockenhurst Sixth Form College to study for her A-levels. After she won the Under 18s category of the UK talent contest Open Mic UK at the age of 12, Bogaerde was soon offered a publishing contract by Good Soldier Songs Ltd, run by Christian Tattersfield, chairman of Warner Music UK. In 2011, at the age of 14, she released a haunting cover version of the Bon Iver "Skinny Love", which reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart. The track was later featured in an episode of The Vampire Diaries.

Jasmine van den Bogaerde, better known by her stage name Birdy, is gearing up for a huge year: the 17-year-old British singer/songwriter is hitting the road with Christina Perri for a huge North American tour, beginning on April 4th and continuing through late May. While on the road, she’ll be playing original songs from her debut U.S. EP “Breathe,” like “Wings” and the cover of Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love” that helped put her on the map when she was 14.  The tour will ultimately lead up to the U.S. release of her sophomore album “Fire Within,” which she worked on with Rich Costey, Ryan Tedder and Jim Abiss, just to name a few.

So that’s the 411 on Birdy’s career… but who is Birdy, the person? We had a chance to talk with

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