NEW NOISE
HARPER
The 10-year-old from Somerset has gone from wowing America’s Got Talent to leading the charge for the next generation
WORDS: HANNAH MAY KILROY
Young lungs: Harper’s screams blew the judges’ minds on America’s Got Talent
PRESS
HARPER IS REMEMBERING
when she appeared on
America’s
Got
Talent
in June. The 10-year-old from Somerset arrived on stage in a flowery black dress, only to shock the judges and audience by launching into a full-on rendition – complete with screams – of Spiritbox’s
Holy
Roller.
“Simon [Cowell, one of the judges] asked if I had ever seen The Exorcist!” Harper says with a laugh, speaking to Hammer today via Zoom from her home, with her stepdad Ben Lumber by her side. “I was like… ‘What’s that?’ So now I want to watch it!”