William Singe

William Singe was born in Forestville, suburbia of North Sydney, on 2 July 1992. His ancestors were Maori Australians. He attended St. Augustine’s College in Brookvale and worked for a short time in Commonwealth Bank in Dee Why as a cashier. Singe maintains that he was hugely inspired by his father who was an accomplished vocalist and composer as well as was an ace instrumentalist.

William Singe who considers his father as his role-model, and is renowned for his seductive vocals and spectacular high-pitched falsettos, first came into limelight while auditioning for the 3rd season of ‘The X Factor Australia’, in 2011. However, his progress was halted when he could not go beyond the bootcamp stage. Singe had been recording music since he was a child, and accompanied his father for performing in shows at a bar-cum-restaurant called ‘In Situ’ in ‘Manly’-a beachfront suburb of North Sydney.

Singe again signed up for auditioning in the 4th season of ‘The X Factor Australia’ in 2012, and sang Justin Bieber’s “One Less Lonely Girl” which visibly impressed the judges. ‘Mel B ’of‘ Spice Girls’, who was one of the judges, felt as if William was crooning for her sake. The rap lyrics that Singe had superimposed on the original song were composed by him which ‘Guy Sebastian’ another judge, felt were simply ‘crazy’.

Singe’s stellar performance propelled him to the ‘super bootcamp’ leg of the nationwide singing competition. However, he could not go beyond that stage which would have pitched him with 5 other top contestants in the ‘Under-25 Boys’ grouping. The judges then helped form the ‘The Collective’ boy band where Singe was the rapper, and other members included Jayden Sierra, Zach Russell, Julian De Vizio, and Trent Bell. The band finished third in the competition and subsequently inked a recording deal with ‘Sony Music Australia’.

‘The Collective Boy’ came up with its eponymous mini-album on 14 December 2012. The mini-album opened at the 11th position on the ‘ARIA Albums Chart’ and also won gold certification. In 2013, William Singe appeared in a single recording of Bella Ferraro’s single “Forgot You” that ultimately attained 75th rank on the ‘ARIA Singles Chart’. Incidentally, Bella Ferraro contested in ‘X Factor Australia’ along with Singe.

On 18 February 2015, William Singe declared on Facebook that he was leaving the boy band to kick start his career as a soloist. He excelled as a solo vocalist, recording acoustic covers of soundtracks originally sung by the likes of Justin Bieber, Alessia Cara, Fetty Wap, TLC, Adele, and Drake. William recorded and uploaded the cover videos from his bedroom.