A TikTok star has gone viral after singing in her own Wirral accent.
Artist Em/Elle, also known as Megan Basford, blew social media fans away by answering their burning question of why she sang with an American accent.
The 18-year-old from Prenton decided to answer the question the only way she knew how - to sing with her own accent.
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In the video that has over three million views, Em/Elle sits in her car and demonstrates the difference between her soft round American-style vocals compared with her voice in the harsher tones of Wirral accent.
She told the ECHO : "I think there are lots of people who sing with an accent and don't realise.
"I just don't think the songs sound as good in my accent - it is not very romantic.
"And your accent is a really big thing with country music because people are so used to hearing it with that Southern American accent."
Following her viral video, Em/Elle jumped from 1,000 followers to 50,000 in a matter of weeks even though she only joined the app as a bit of fun.
She said: "During the first two lockdowns a lot of my gigs and tours were cancelled and I was feeling really sorry for myself.
"So I just joined TikTok because I had seen others having a lot of fun with it.
"I couldn't believe how many views and followers I have now, but I think it has helped that all my content is really organic."
Em/Elledescribes herself as an alternative country artist that is a mix of Fleetwood Mac, Billie Eilish and Miley Cyrus and has already been singing for over a decade.
She said: "I actually started singing when I was seven and I was in the touring cast of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
"I was bullied in school so I made a life for myself outside of school through performing arts - I taught myself how to play guitar at nine."
Em/Ellesaid she never intended to make it her job, but now at 18 she has just released her first single Collateral Damage and has been promoting it through her TikTok.
She said: "I am just so grateful. 97% of my followers on TikTok are female and that just means so much to me because I feel they understand what I am writing about."
Em/Ellesaid her parents, Angela, 45, and Chris, 54, have been so supportive of her with her mum even joining TikTok.
She added: "She joined so she didn't have to keep asking me how many followers I had she could just look herself.
You can follow Emelle on TikTok @emelleofficial and find her new single Collateral Damage on Spotify and iTunes.
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