Dionne Bromfield

Dionne Julia Bromfield (born 1 February 1996 in London) is a British soul singer, songwriter and TV presenter. Bromfield's debut album, Introducing Dionne Bromfield, was released in 2009 by Amy Winehouse's Lioness Records label. She first came to public attention after performing on the British TV show, Strictly Come Dancing with Amy Winehouse on backing vocals. She is known for being one of the former presenters on Friday Download.

Life and career

1996–2009: Early life and musical beginnings

Bromfield was born on 1 February 1996 in Tower Hamlets, East London, English mother and a Jamaican father. She has two brothers, Bromfield grew up in Chislehurst, South London, and attended Gatehouse School in Victoria Park, London and later Beaverwood School for Girls in Chislehurst until 2009. Bromfield first appeared on YouTube singing a cover of Alicia Keys song "If I Ain't Got You" with her godmother Amy Winehouse. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School in Westminster.

In September 2009, Bromfield was the first artist to be signed to Winehouse's record label, Lioness Records. On 25 September 2009, Bromfield performed alongside Winehouse at the The Prince's Trust End of the Summer Ball and, on 10 October, Bromfield performed a cover of The Shirelles' 1960s hit "Mama Said", while Winehouse appeared as a backing singer on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing.

Foolin' (Dionne Bromfield song)

"Foolin'" is the second single from British singer Dionne Bromfield's second studio album, Good for the Soul. The song features American rapper Lil Twist and was released 5 June 2011 and a new release 7 July 2011. It Reached 7 on the Bulgarian Top 40, however failed to enter the UK Singles Chart.

Music video

The music video was filmed in the United Kingdom by UK director Trudy Bellinger.

Synopsis

The scenes in the video sees Bromfield with three different alter ego's sitting on chairs in a Bar before the scene switches to her sitting by a swimming pool, where she is later accompanied by a male.

The video also features Chris and Wes, winners of the 2011 season of Sky1's show Got to Dance, as her backup dancers.

In just over three weeks, the video went past one million views on YouTube, making it Bromfield's most-viewed video to date. It was uploaded to YouTube on 18 May 2011 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-two seconds.

Track listings and formats

Chart performance