Sinead Harnett

Sinéad Harnett possesses a flexible voice that blends current R&B and pop sensibilities while shifting fluidly into various dance-music idioms, and she crafts songs centered on introspective ballads alongside tender romantic slow jams. Early recognition arrived through prominent team-ups with Wiley, Disclosure, and Rudimental. Her own output began with the 2013 single “Got Me,” progressed through Lessons in Love in 2019 and Ready Is Always Too Late in 2021, and reached the healing-focused Boundaries in 2024; across these projects the north London artist has leaned into grown-up R&B and pop frameworks that foreground her direct lyricism and pair her with Gallant, VanJess, and Lucky Daye.

Raised in north London, Harnett drew childhood influence from Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, and Lauryn Hill’s performance in Sister Act 2, later training as an actor at Arts University Bournemouth. She entered the scene in 2011 and 2012 via guest spots on Wiley’s “Walk Away” and Disclosure’s “Boiling.” Momentum built in 2013 through Kidnap Kid’s “So Close,” Ryan Hemsworth’s “Small + Lost,” three contributions to Rudimental’s chart-topping U.K. album Home, and her own Black Butter debut “Got Me,” which received an MK remix. Further joint efforts in 2014 included DJ Q’s “Notice Me” and Snakehips’ “Days with You,” while a brief Virgin EMI stint yielded the Snakehips collaboration “No Other Way.” Returning to club-oriented work, she aligned with Rinse FM’s imprint for a self-titled EP in 2016 and the Chapter One mixtape in 2017, both featuring Grades, Kaytranada, and Wretch 32; the EP track “If You Let Me” later accumulated tens of millions of streams.

After scattered singles in 2018 and 2019, Harnett delivered her first full-length, Lessons in Love, that September via Bad Music. The album revived “If You Let Me” and spotlighted a Gallant duet on “Pulling Away.” A productive 2020 opened with an acoustic EP and saw her launch Thairish Limited, her imprint referencing her Thai mother and Irish father. By year’s end she issued the standalone “Quarantine Queen” plus two album previews: “Stickin’” with Masego and VanJess, and “Take Me Away” with EarthGang. The follow-up Ready Is Always Too Late arrived in May 2021; Lucky Daye joined on “Anymore,” underscoring its contemporary R&B direction. A deluxe edition appeared at the start of 2022, adding an acoustic reading of the Isley Brothers’ “At Your Best (You Are Love).” Harnett next lent her voice to Rory’s “Don’t Go,” then prepared her subsequent album, introducing it in early 2024 with reflective cuts such as “Say Something,” “Thinking Less,” and “The Most.” Boundaries followed in April.