Emily Middlemas (born 26 September 1998), known professionally as Ili (stylised in all lowercase), is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2014, she auditioned for the eleventh series of The X Factor but did not progress to the live shows. She returned two years later for the thirteenth series, where she finished in fourth place. She competed in both under her birth name, Emily Middlemas, but in 2019, she began using her stage name and independently released her debut extended play, Changes.
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Why This Artist
ili's releases show consistent growth in engagement — top 7% for trajectory. A singer-songwriter act in the sonic world of Ari Abdul and Claire Rosinkranz.
Sounds Like
Ari Abdul · Claire Rosinkranz · Miranda Lambert · Dove Cameron · Keith Urban
Discography
Super Elastic(2026) · single
Super Elastic
2:18Mean To Me(2025) · single
Mean To Me
2:04K.I.T.(2025) · single
Gelato(2024) · single
It's Giving...(2024) · ep
It's Giving...
3:09Saturday(2023) · single
Tongue Tied(2023) · single
2 Cool 2 Be Somebody(2022) · single
2 Cool 2 Be Somebody
3:07Time Goes By(2022) · single
plastic knife (Remix)(2020) · single
changes(2019) · ep
plastic knife(2019) · single
changes(2019) · single
a little bit(2019) · single