Becky Jerams

Songwriter. Singer. Author.

UK YA Author Week 2022 - Interview

I am happy to share that I have been interviewed for UK YA Author Week 2022 - hosted by the book subscription box Paper Orange.

It was lovely to chat to Charley about The Songs You've Never Heard and the messages of success being a journey with ups and downs. I also got to talk about the process of weaving songs into a story, picking artists for our Top 5 Song Lists, and my experience being a plus-sized singer in the music industry.

Please do check out the video and all the other amazing interviews with UK YA authors on Charley’s channel!

The Songs You've Never Heard - Promo Trail

This summer, The Songs You’ve Never Heard has been gaining lots of attention which has been a dream come true! After the excitement of YALC, our team has been spreading the word about our musical book and I just wanted a share a few highlights…

First of all, we were interviewed by United By Pop (Click here!) and asked some incredibly thoughtful questions about our characters and writing process. I have been a big fan of this blog for a long time so it was amazing to be included on the site.

We were also recently the monthly staff pick for LoveReading4Schools which is fantastic as it will help us become more visible to schools and librarians looking to stock book shelves for their students!

Sweet Cherry have also just attended the YLG Conference, sharing The Songs You’ve Never Heard to youth librarians - it’s awesome to see the book on the stall alongside all those tempting goodie bags!

Thank you to every single person who has helped champion Songs and make it visible in the world of YA. We still have much more promo to come including podcast interviews, Instagram Lives and live events so watch this space!

'Firework Display' Lyric Teaser

The second lyric teaser for mine and Ellie’s musical book “The Songs You’ve Never Heard” is now online!

Firework Display is Meg’s song about feeling overlooked by the people in her life, and wishing they would turn around and see her colours. This was such a fun one to write and perform - thank you so much to Jussi Nikula for the amazing production!

"Second First Impression" Lyric Teaser

The first lyric teaser for The Songs You’ve Never Heard is now online!

Check out the snippet from Second First Impression below:

It has been so enjoyable to perform as our leading lady Meg, and this unrequited love song plays a huge part in the story. More teasers on the way very soon, can’t wait to share the whole album!

The Songs You've Never Heard - COVER REVEAL

I am SO excited to reveal the cover to my brand new YA novel The Songs You’ve Never Heard co-written with Ellie Wyatt - due to be released in June 2022 by Clock Tower Publishing.

“'Meg McCarthy seems to be everything Alana Howard is not: rich, glamorous and - thanks to Caspar, her world-famous pop star brother - a social media influencer that every brand wants to sponsor. But while Meg is feeling trapped by the squeaky-clean McCarthy brand, plagued by online haters and too terrified to share her own talent with the world, songwriter Alana doesn’t seem to be scared of standing out. When Meg and Alana’s worlds collide, they quickly learn that appearances can be deceiving.’”

The book features a companion album of real pop songs to accompany the story and we are hoping to bring live music into bookstores for the launch! Check out the beautiful promo animation below:

Pre-order at the links below:

Amazon UK

Waterstones

WHSmith

Foyles

Blackwell's


"The Songs You've Never Heard" Being Published In 2022!

I am so so excited to finally announce a project that has been a LONG time in the works... My musical YA book written with Ellie Wyatt is being released with Clock Tower publishing in 2022 and will be available in all major book shops! Thank you Bookseller and Book Brunch for covering the story!

The Bookseller Announcement - Click Here!

The Songs You’ve Never Heard’ follows teen songwriter Meg who lives in the shadow of her older brother, global pop star Caspar McCarthy... Until she meets fellow musician Alana Howard and finally discovers her own voice…

Alongside the book, we have a whole album of songs as sung by Meg, Alana and Caspar to bring the characters to life! And on top of that, we will be putting on live gigs next year as part of the book launch! 🥳🥳

I am honestly so proud of this project and how much work we have put into it over the last 5 years. It is an absolute dream come true to know it will finally be reaching readers. Thank you so much to our agent Gill McClay and to Sweet Cherry/Clock Tower Publishing for believing in our project.

Stay tuned for more news soon! 😁❤

"Never Say Never" Now Available On Spotify

I am excited to announce that one of my library songs Never Say Never is available to listen to on Spotify as part of Poke Music’s Broadway album - I often write and record songs for music libraries, but they don’t usually release them as official albums so it’s really cool to be able to share this one!

I wrote this song with Ellie Wyatt and Alyssa Ichinose (whose BEAUTIFUL production was an absolute joy to topline to). I hope you enjoy the song and my Disney Princess style vocal lol! :) Fingers crossed for a placement for this one in the future!

Listen to Never Say Never on Spotify. Becky Jerams · Song · 2020.

Sazzie releases "2021" Demo

Hey everyone, happy new year!

It’s certainly been a strange old time lately what with Covid and Lockdown 3.0… I hope you are all holding up OK. I feel like last year was a bit of a write-off due to the dire circumstances and I didn’t have much news to report as the majority of projects I have been working on have had to be paused indefinitely!

Although it’s been a tough start to the year, I’m hoping things will pick up again soon and that I’ll have lots more to write about on this news page! And what better way to kick off than by sharing a brand new demo written with my bestie Sazzie.

At the end of last year, she came to me with an amazing idea called “2021”, all about the frustrations of lockdown life and wanting to leave behind restrictions and head into the future. I loved the concept, it feels like it really captures a moment in time and it was great to work on it with her. We are excited to have our friend Jussi on board for production too. In the meantime, check out the demo version on Soundcloud:

Demoooooooo WIP WIP WIP - send me an email if you want the mp3 xosazziexo@gmail.com I remember making plans I remember touching hands I wish I'd known that I was free Now it's just myself and me I wanna flip the calendar over Start the rest of my life In 2021 I wanna have some fun Don't wanna stay in the house no more Just wanna dance with my friends on the floor It's 2021 The party's just Got 2020 to make up for I'm gonna live like never before Time's been moving fast then slow Where did all the hours go? But with every second I've spent alone I found a piece of me I didn't know I'm very very done With 2020 I'm ready for 2021 I'm done

I hope you enjoy this raw version of the track, we can’t wait to build it up into a big proper pop song later in the year!

It’s great to be back writing music again and I’m excited to see what seeds will start to bloom in 2021… Take care everyone and will post more soon!