The 23-year-old Cornish singer is beating Miley Cyrus on the charts – despite not having a managerial or record deal

A Cornish singer-songwriter who has no document label or supervisor topped the iTunes music video charts over the weekend — by a bang Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus in first place.

Bailey Tomkinson, 23, who normally performs gigs at her native pubs in St Ives, has managed to overhaul the world’s largest artists together with her newest observe ‘Astronaut’.

With Miley and Taylor among the many largest inspirations behind their country-inspired music, Bailey says she could not imagine she had overtaken her idols on the UK charts.

“I am overwhelmed by the response we have needed to the video.” Bailey advised Femail, including that she was “excited, confused, even just a little freaked out.”

Bailey Tomkinson, 23, is a Cornish singer-songwriter beforehand credited as Britain’s Taylor Swift

“I awakened on Friday morning and it was already second, which in itself was loopy.

“After which climbing forward of what I’ve learn, one of the streamed new songs of all time on Spotify is simply dream territory come true!”

The blonde singer-songwriter has was previously credited as British Taylor Swift due to the country-pop fusions in her music and the considerate, deeply private lyrics of their songs.

The 2 singers battled for the primary music video over the weekend, with Taylor’s Lavender Haze and Bailey’s Astronaut each popping out on Friday.

Bailey, who lives in St Ives, mentioned she was “excited, confused and even just a little freaked out” when she came upon her music video went to primary on the iTunes chart

The younger singer mentioned her music is impressed by the place she lives in Cornwall, with influences of “surf rock” and “people” in her tracks

The music video for Miley Cyrus’ single Flowers, which went viral after followers claimed it contained references to her dishonest ex-husband, actor Liam Hemsworth, was additionally knocked into third place by Bailey’s far cheaper manufacturing.

Earlier this month, Miley smashed the document for many streams in per week on Spotify, with an unimaginable 96,032,624 performs within the week ending January nineteenth.

The US pop star has a staggering 72.3 million month-to-month listeners on Spotify and Taylor Swift has 78.9 million – in comparison with Bailey’s, which is usually within the tens of hundreds.

The Miley fan mentioned: “I actually love ‘Flowers’ it is an incredible breakup track and like most ladies my age I’ve adopted Miley since Hannah Montana! That was one of many causes I began singing!’

The music video for “Astronaut” topped the iTunes charts over the weekend for Taylor Swift’s “Lavender Haze” and Miley Cyrus’ “Flowers.”

“Taylor might be the opposite cause I began singing and enjoying guitar.

“She launched on the identical day as me and we went forwards and backwards between primary and quantity two for many of the weekend, which if you actually take into consideration their respective budgets and promoting equipment is a bit surreal in comparison with me!”

Whereas Miley and Taylor’s movies had been about big, costly Hollywood productions, Bailey’s was a extra low-key mission.

The 23-year-old and a good friend put the music video collectively on a decent finances – paying just some hundred kilos for a digital camera and filming the entire thing throughout a Christmas vacation in New York.

The blonde singer-songwriter was previously dubbed British Taylor Swift because of the country-pop fusions in her music

Whereas Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift’s music movies had been about big, costly Hollywood productions, Bailey’s was a extra low-key mission

Bailey stars within the video, which she says was impressed by her favourite film, When Harry Met Sally, which she watches “twice a month.”

“We filmed it with a Super8 digital camera we purchased on Ebay and my good friend filmed most of it!

“The finances was mainly zero, however I used to be fortunate sufficient to be in New York for a gig for Christmas, so we thought, ‘what an incredible place to shoot’.”

Astronaut was additionally impressed by the character of Joe Goldberg, who follows and watches his love pursuits on the hit Netflix thriller YOU.

The singer beforehand made headlines together with her observe Shiny Pink, a protest track a couple of resort in her hometown with out planning permission forward of the G7 summit

“I feel we have all preferred somebody in some unspecified time in the future and by no means accomplished something about it. I hoped to seize that feeling on this track,” she defined.

“With the video, too, we tried to convey the sensation of being exterior whereas the world retains spinning round you.

“I like the sort of classic aesthetic you get from previous movie cameras and New York is simply such a spectacular setting.”

It is not the primary time one in all Bailey’s music movies has been successful with followers.

“I had a couple of movies that did rather well. I made a video for my track I Want (It Did not Finish That Method) on the Tower Music Undertaking, a local people mission I was part of that acquired primary.

“It was a very loopy time as a result of I had no thought! My father burst into the home after dropping my brother off in school and telling me {that a} newspaper had printed a big image of me!’

The singer additionally made headlines together with her observe Shiny Pink, a protest track a couple of hotel in her hometown Buildings with out planning permission earlier than the G7 summit.

Influenced by artists like Joni Mitchell and Lauren Canyon, Bailey mentioned she sees her fashion of music as “people” that intersects with “pop and rock.”

“Lots of people hear a little bit of surf rock in my music, so I suppose I used to be impressed by the Kernowfornia setting and the browsing group I grew up in!” she added.

Bailey says she’s “actually fortunate” that individuals in her residence nation stand behind her music

Regardless of her unimaginable success as an impartial artist, Bailey mentioned that representing herself hasn’t been with out its difficulties.

“You could put on so many hats! You need to be a singer, guitarist, filmmaker, marketer, accountant, tour supervisor and skilled in social media and streaming algorithms on the similar time, amongst about 1,000 different issues!

“We dwell in a time the place music venues are struggling and disappearing, you do not make a lot cash from streaming so it is a fixed wrestle – persistence and creativity are key.

“I am additionally very lucky that the folks of Cornwall and past actually have my again, that positively helps in troublesome occasions!”

With all of her current successes, Bailey has no plans to decelerate and says she’s wanting ahead to releasing extra music in 2023.