Jasmine Van den Bogaerde's World ♚

Birdy was born on 15th May 1996, in Lymington, England. Her mother is a concert pianist, and Birdy learned to play piano at the age of four, and began writing her own music at the age of seven. Birdy currently studies at Priestlands School in Lymington, a small state school which specialises in performing and visual arts. She sings and plays the piano. Her great uncle was the actor Sir Dirk Bogaerde.

Jasmine van den Bogaerde uses the name 'Birdy' because when she was a young child when she was being fed she would open her mouth wide like a little bird, her parents named her this and it has become a nickname.
In 2008, at the age of 12, Birdy won the UK talent contest Open Mic UK, a spinoff of the Live and Unsigned competition. She won both the under-18s category and the Grand Prize, against 10,000 other competitors. She performed her own song at the competition called "So Be Free" in front of 2,000 people.

Here are her song :
♫ In 2011, at the age of 14, Birdy released a cover version of Bon Iver's song "Skinny Love". 
♫ Birdy has covered the song "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran, as well as The XX's "Shelter", which was also featured on The Vampire Diaries episode "The End of The Affair" , which aired on 29 September. "Skinny Love" peaked at number 1 in the Netherlands.

Here are her photos :