V V Brown

In July 2015 Brown confirmed the release of her third studio album Glitch. The lead single "Shift" premiered on her SoundCloud account on August 3. After funding the album's release via Pledge Music, Glitch was released on 25 September 2015 as a digital download, as well as on vinyl and CD.

However, the release was postponed until 2013 then called off completely. Brown posted on her Facebook account that she "didn't feel it was right as an artist". A new album called Samson & Delilah, recorded in London with Dave Okumu from The Invisible and former M83 member Pierre-Marie Maulini, was released in its place in September 2013. A track called 10 Ft. Tall, which was to be included on Lollipops & Politics, was released as a non-album single. The video of the first single, "Samson", premiered on 20 May.

Brown, for the second time in her career, appeared on the show Later... with Jools Holland in October 2013. She performed live, two singles, "Faith" and "The Apple", from her new album Samson & Delilah, released September 2013. She also performed a live duet with Jools Holland, he on piano, Brown singing a version of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by the Eurythmics.

Brown announced that the first single from Lollipops & Politics would be called "Children", featuring Chiddy of Chiddy Bang. This was released on iTunes in America on 20 September that year. On 4 October, Brown confirmed the title of the album and released the full track list, saying it would be released early in 2012

She launched an online clothing shop called VVVintage in 2012 which is now defunct.

In 2011, prior to the mastering of Brown's second album Lollipops & Politics, a free preview mixtape called The Playground was released through SoundCloud.

In February 2011 Brown's song "Travelling Like the Light" was synched in the new BT advert in the UK, as well as landing a huge two-year synch deal on Canadian television for a car advertisement. Despite a lack of enormous awareness internationally Brown remains to have a consistent career in synch ability and has been used in many advertisements, films, fashion shows and art exhibitions.

In 2010, Brown supported Swedish electronic band Little Dragon on the US leg of their tour and was an opening act for Pink in the UK leg of her summer Carnival Tour. She was also an opening act for Maroon 5, which was her most extensive North American tour to date.

November 2010, V V Brown was featured on the MTV series World of Jenks. The documentary series followed her as she tried to break into the U.S. music scene.

Brown's American TV debut happened on the Rachael Ray Show, leading to several other TV shows including The Late Show with David Letterman, Last Call with Carson Daly and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Brown also performed on the BET show Black Girls Rock! in 2010, alongside artists such as Keyshia Cole, Jill Scott, Keri Hilson and Mary J. Blige. Brown states: "I found this a great opportunity as a black woman to be positive about other black women in music and the general black community."

Brown said that most of the album's lyrics on the album, including those from its four singles Crying Blood, Leave!, Game Over and Shark in the Water, were about a failed affair she endured. "Shark in the Water" charted in the British, French and US charts, receiving gold status in the US and France in 2009.

In March 2009 Brown played for the Teenage Cancer Trust event at the Royal Albert Hall. In June she played the Glastonbury Festival and was the only new artist to perform on the main stage. That year she also performed with Grace Jones and Sly and Robbie for Island Records' 50th anniversary concert at Shepherds Bush Empire.

She made her French TV debut on Taratata in 2009 and the following day saw the album debut at number 1 on the digital chart. It led to other TV shows such as Le Grand Journal and other huge French TV shows, which solidified a strong success for Brown in this territory.

Brown toured extensively in 2008. Brown was invited by Damon Albarn to play African Express tour. She sang with Fela Kuti's son Femi. Brown toured with Ladyhawke and The Ting Tings and appeared at the Camden Crawl, The Great Escape, Evolution Music, Camp Bestival, Supersonic, and Turning Point festivals.

In 2008, Brown took part in a charity fashion show hosted by Naomi Campbell at which she walked with models such as Tyson Beckford and Daisy Lowe.

V V Brown had her TV debut in the UK on Later...with Jools Holland in 2008 and also appeared on other TV shows such as the Alan Carr Show, The Album Chart Show, T4, GMTV.

Brown moved back to London and began performing in bars and clubs around the city. She was rediscovered by executive Darcus Beese and signed to Island Records. She recorded her debut album Travelling Like the Light between 2007 and 2008.

Aged 18, Brown attended an open audition for the VH1 Divas concert and was stopped outside the venue by an executive from London Records, who offered her a development deal. This ended a year later, at which point she was offered deals by Polydor in the UK and A&M Records in the US. She left both in 2006 after releasing one single and a promotional EP called Back to the Music.

Vanessa Brown (born 24 October 1983), known professionally as VV Brown, is a British indie pop singer-songwriter, model and record producer.