Cornwall’s Molly Hocking emerged triumphant in The Voice 2019, scooping a record deal with Polydor plus a publishing contract with Universal Music. Still only 19 and with an iTunes number one single (‘I’ll Never Love Again’) to her name, Molly is rapidly proving she has the talent and grit to obliterate the TV talent show’s famous “winner’s curse”.

Molly caught the performance bug at the age of five while playing Mary in a school nativity play. At 13, after five years in a local theatre group, she began forging her place on the music scene the old school way, singing in local pubs, inspired by her grandad Michael, 76, who fronts a big band.

By the time of her GCSEs, Molly realised her heart wasn’t in education. At Mounts Bay Academy in Penzance she favoured spending solitary time in the music room, playing the piano by ear and penning her own songs. Now with a collection of 15 demos to her name, Molly intends to release an EP before Christmas.

“I’m going to make it. I will,” she enthuses. “I’ve got a drive and I want to get there. I’m a different type of artist to what’s out there at the moment.”

It’s fighting talk from a girl who knows first hand about survival. Just four years ago, Molly was at her lowest ebb mentally and physically. Every day, she endured up to 35 pseudo-seizures - unexplained fainting episodes triggered by a trauma. The problem, which inspired her to write her first-ever song ‘Falling’, only subsided when she took control of her body, by restricting food. 

Music was Molly’s “constant” during the dark days and her ticket back into the light. After pulling in 11 GCSEs she quit college, got a job waitressing then auditioned for The X Factor, promptly wowing all four judges and securing an invite to Bootcamp. But the young musician soon hit rock bottom when show bosses unexpectedly retracted the offer. Then she decided to have another shot as she figured she had nothing to lose, and performed for The Voice talent scouts at an audition in her local pub.

The rest, as they say, is history. Mentored by Olly Murs who she remains close to, Molly credits The Voice for bringing her back to life.

Molly now splits her time between “her own little crib” in London and St Ives where she lives with her boutique-owner mum, dad, and younger brothers.  After her family’s unwavering support while she battled mental health, they are what motivate her.