The duo of Elijah Woods and Jamie Fine was formed sometime in early 2014 when the two met at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. After Woods, who was enrolled at the time in the college's music program, heard a recording of Fine's voice on a friend's smartphone singing an original song titled "Falling Down", he was inspired to reach out to the singer to collaborate on music. They worked together for two or three years before releasing a string of digital singles in 2017, including "Serenade", which charted at number 48 on the national Canada CHR/Top 40 airplay chart.
2017-present: ''The Launch'' and ''8:47''
In September 2017, the duo competed on the first season of Canadian reality music competition, The Launch. The series' second episode, which aired in January 2018, featured a handful of unsigned musical acts including Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine competing to have their version of the Ryan Tedder and Camila Cabello-written song, "Ain't Easy", released nationwide through Big Machine Records. After being selected as the winner, the duo's rendition of the song was released January 17, 2018. The song is the only coronation single from the series to reach the Canadian Hot 100, where "Ain't Easy" peaked at number 38. Music Canada certified the single Platinum in May 2018. The success of the song contributed to the duo winning the iHeartRadio MMVA for Best New Canadian Artist or Group in August 2018. It is the lead single from their debut EP 8:47. Since partnering with Big Machine on the show, Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine has continued working on new music. In June 2018, the duo told iHeartRadio that they had produced over two album's worth of music and that the release of their debut album was likely " too far off." The duo released their second major-label single, "Better Off", on August 24, 2018, the second single from the 8:47 EP. It has since become their second consecutive charting single on the Canadian Hot 100. The EP's third single, "You", was released on February 14, 2019, the same day the EP went out for pre-order. The EP was released on March 8, 2019.
Members
Elijah Woods
Elijah was born and raised outside of Perth, Ontario. His mother owned the town's Sunflower Bakery and his father taught him to play guitar. Woods began producing music at the age of 15. He attended the music industryarts program at Algonquin College until his graduation in 2014.
Jamie Fine
Jamie was born and raised in the Centrepointe area of Ottawa. She was introduced to jazz and classical music by her parents, but did not begin singing until the age of 11, and only began performing in high school. Fine has graduated from the culinary arts program at Algonquin and has put her culinary career on hold to pursue music.
