Jen & Liv

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Jen & Liv / HUNNI
Origin North East England
Occupation(s)Singers
InstrumentsVocals
Labels Universal Music Group

Jen & Liv, known professionally as HUNNI, are an English duo composed of singers Jenna Cole and Olivia Irvin. They won the twelfth series of The Voice UK . [1]

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Background

Cole describes the formation of Jen & Liv occurring "…at a Little Mix tribute but when we did meet properly it was genuinely like love at first sight." [2]

Prior to competing on The Voice UK , the duo were buskers mainly in the Newcastle area of North East England. [3]

Career

2023: The Voice UK

Jen & Liv participated in the twelfth series of The Voice UK in 2023. In their blind audition, the show's four coaches (will.i.am, Anne-Marie, Sir Tom Jones, and Olly Murs) turned their chairs. Ultimately Jen & Liv decided to join will.i.am's team. The duo has the distinction of being the first participant in the history of the show to have had the show's presenter, Emma Willis, press coach will.i.am's button, as will.i.am and Willis decided to swap places for the audition. They were declared the winner of the series in the series final on 30 December 2023. [4] [5] After winning the series, the duo's winning single, "I'm Every Woman", was released. [6] For winning the series, the duo won £50,000 and a holiday to Mauritius. [7]


PerformedSongOriginal ArtistResult
Blind Audition"Woman" Doja Cat Joined Team will.i.am
Callbacks"ABCDEFU" (against Shane Brierley and Sese Foster) Gayle Winner
Semi-Final"Sway" Michael Bublé Safe
Final"I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan Winner
"Break My Soul" (with will.i.am) Beyoncé

2024–present: New name and music

Jen & Liv announced in February 2024 that they were to change their name as a duo after signing to Universal Music Group. The duo were later re-branded to HUNNI, updating their social media usernames and explaining that new music is on the way. [8]

On 19 April 2024, HUNNI released the song "Heartbeat".

Discography

Singles

TitleYearAlbum
"I'm Every Woman"2023Non-album single
"Heartbeat"2024TBA
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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References

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