Hilary Lacey Roberts is an American singer, songwriter and philanthropist. She was born inDenver,Colorado and currently resides inDallas,Texas. Her single "There for You" (2018) proved a success and became her first top-ten single on theBillboardDance Club Songs chart.^[1] The following year, her recording of theSoul II Soul song,Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) peaked at number one on the Dance Club Songs chart.^[2]

As a young girl, after watching a performance of the broadway show "Annie," she decided early on that she would try to develop her talent as a singer. She began singing in dinner theaters in her area and continued on to regional talent shows and singing competitions. She has appeared in commercials for the Ronald McDonald house and diabetes awareness.

After having suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction at an early age, Roberts has been sober since May 1997. She also suffered from a rare congenital heart condition that almost proved fatal.^[3][4]

Hilary is signed to her own label Red Songbird, and through it released her single "There for You". She collaborates closely with producers and songwritersDamon Sharpe andEric Sanicola, who have worked on a number of her tracks. Roberts returned for a second run on Dance Club Songs, debuting at No. 47 with "Back to Life", a cover of Soul II Soul's 30-year-old pop/R&B smash "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)," featuring Caron Wheeler, which spent three weeks at No. 1 in August–September 1989. Her rendition was remixed by Andrew Wilson and Richard Cutmore,the Perry Twins (duo) andWideboys, among others. Roberts told Billboard, "I was at dinner withDauman Music label owner Jason Dauman,...my producer Damon Sharpe and we were talking about old-school songs that had a huge impact. I started singing 'Back to Life' and Jason said, 'You sound great singing that song. You should really consider redoing it.' I hadn't thought about singing it before because Soul II Soul's performance with Caron Wheeler's incredible vocals was extremely powerful. It was a bit intimidating to tackle this incredible song, but my team said, 'Let's do this!'"^[5] Her third single, "Fight to the Other Side" was released in May 2019 in honor of her friend, who suffers from a rare form ofmuscular dystrophy known as FSHD. An accompanying music video was directed byLiz Imperio and shot with critically acclaimed dancersMichael Dameski andCharity Anderson.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2019, Hilary launched the Red Songbird Foundation at theBeverly Hilton Hotel.^[6] The Red Songbird Foundation, which began its work in 2009, celebrated its public launch in 2019 and aims to help survivors of trauma caused by sexual, physical and verbal abuse.^[7]Terry Crews hosted the event and other stars, such asJermaine Dupri,James Maslow,Chloe Lukasiak,Clinton Sparks,Pixie Lott,Austin Mahone, andMario Lopez were also in attendance.Gabriel Iglesias was the celebrity guest comedian for the evening with a special performance byCharlie Wilson.^[8]

Singles

• "There for You" (2018)
• "Back to Life" (2019)^[9]
• "Fight to the Other Side" (2019)

• Official website