Cher Lloyd was born on 28 July 1993 in Malvern, England. She received her education at several institutions, including Dyson Perrins CofE Academy, The Chase, and Worcester Sixth Form College, as well as Stagecoach Theatre Arts.

A citizen of the United Kingdom, Lloyd works across multiple creative and performance disciplines. She is a singer, songwriter, composer, musician, model, and recording artist, operating primarily within the pop music genre and working in the English language. Her roles as both composer and songwriter place her on both sides of the creative process, contributing to the production of music as well as its performance.

Lloyd continues to work as a recording artist in pop music, drawing on the range of disciplines — performance, composition, and songwriting — that define her professional practice. Her career is rooted in the English-language pop tradition, reflecting the breadth of her work as a musician and recording artist based in the United Kingdom.