Thomas William Frederick Headon (born 17 August 2000) is a British-born Australian singer-songwriter based in London. He rose to prominence with his debut singles "Grace" and "Clean Me Up" which were released in 2019. As of May 2024, the songs have garnered 8 million and 17 million streams on Spotify respectively.
Headon was born in London, England. His family moved to Traralgon, Australia when he was five years old.[1] He started learning music and writing songs at the age of fourteen.[2] Headon grew up in Australia, and moved back to London in 2019 to pursue a musical career.[3] Prior to becoming a professional musician, Headon posted covers of songs on his YouTube channel.[4]
Headon's debut single "Grace" was released in September 2019.,[5] and this was followed by other songs including "Clean Me Up" in December 2019[6] and "Car Window" in February 2020.[7] He released his debut EP, The Greatest Hits, in March 2020.
In June 2020, Headon released "Loving You".[8] This was followed by "Focus" in July 2020[9] and "UrbanAngel1999" in September 2020.[10] All three tracks featured on Headon's second EP, The Goodbye EP.[5]
Headon released his third EP, Victoria, in March 2022. It was preceded by the singles "Nobody Has to Know",[12] "Strawberry Kisses",[13] "How Do I Know?"[14] and "Victoria".[15] The EP peaked at number 23 on the British charts. The Official Charts Company named him as an artist to watch for 2022[16] and MTV highlighted him as one of their "Push" artists tipped for success.[17] Thomas supported indie band Only the Poets on their 2022 summer tour of Europe. He is also due to support Sigrid on her European tour.[18]
In June 2023, Headon announced the release of his fourth EP, Six Songs That Thomas Headon Likes and Thinks That You Would Like Too. It features the singles "Georgia", "I Loved a Boy" and "2009 Toyota".[19]
Headon's sound mixes a variety of different genres including indie pop, lo-fi, and alternative. Headon himself remains uncommitted as to which genre he focuses on the most.[2][20]
