MAKING HER BREAKTHROUGH AS A SINGER HARLEYMOON KEMP ON GROWING UP SURROUNDED BY KINDNESS IN HER FAMOUS FAMILY

When Harleymoon Kemp decided to add singing to her already impressive CV as a songwriter, photographer and director, she was the first to ask: “Am I more ‘behind the scenes’?”

- JANE DOWDESWELL

Watch her perform and there is no doubt that she is outrageously centre stage, although speaking of her recent appearances at Brighton Pride and the Big Feastival, she confides: “I don’t think it’s me out there sometimes, but once I put the cowboy hat on and I’m in character, it’s a party!”

Her famous parents Martin and Shirlie have always encouraged Harleymoon and her younger brother, Capital FM DJ Roman, to pursue their dreams.

WISE WORDS

“I was incredibly lucky to have such good advice as I was growing up. Dad believes that what you put out, you get back,” she tells us. “He says be grateful and humble, and that doing something you enjoy will be your best work.”

Meanwhile, she hasn’t given up on her love of photography. “I have so many hats,” she says with a laugh. “I’m still doing my photography and directing; I’ve just photographed Dad for his new clothing collection.”

And keeping it a family affair, it was Shirlie, who first found fame as a backing singer with Wham!, who took these gorgeous new photos of 34-year-old shared exclusively with HELLO!. “Mum captured these new images. It is the great thing about living in a creative household,” she says.