The 18-year-old swaggered onstage at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, sporting a stripy waistcoat and blacked-out eyes - looking just like actor Michael Keaton's character in the Tim Burton-directed hit. Cher even copied Keaton's pose, stretching her arms out behind the mic. Swagger Jagger star Cher complemented her ghostly outfit with a pair of tight red shorts and a tiny top that showed off her tattoos and toned tum. And she flew the flag for her fans back home - tucking a Union Jack hanky in the back of her hotpants before she skipped out onstage. Grunge girl ... Cher rocked out during her US debut L.THOMSON / LIVEPIX Cher, 18, is following fast in the footsteps of One Direction and The Wanted, who are currently wowing across the pond. And she's set to be even bigger than the boybands once big shot record boss L.A. Reid is finished with her. Swagger Jagger ... showed off her tattoos onstage L.THOMSON / LIVEPIX Cher is scheduled to hit the studio with the X Factor USA ...

By Sarah Bull PUBLISHED: 09:26 EST, 12 March 2012 | UPDATED: 09:45 EST, 12 March 2012 She shot to fame as a bouncy, attention-seeking contestant on The X Factor in 2010. But judging by pictures of Cher Lloyd on the set of her new video in San Fernando over the weekend, the teenager is attempting to go for a more serious approach for her next song. The 18-year-old star failed to raise a smile on the Californian set of the video, going for a grungy new look in a cropped T-shirt and pleated leather miniskirt. What's up? Cher Lloyd couldn't raise a smile on the set of her new music video in San Fernando earlier this week Grungy new look: Cher wore a cropped T-shirt with a pleated leather miniskirt and ripped lace tights with boots Cher teamed the outfit with ripped lacy tights and a pair of heavy boots, topping the ensemble off with lots of rock chick-type jewellery. The teenager later tweeted a picture of herself and fianc Craig Monk with a canine friend on the set of the video...

The Swagger Jagger star donned a raunchy black outfit, teaming a short dark top with a thigh-skimming black leather mini-skirt. And she topped off the grungy get-up with black holed tights and a metallic belt, as well as a pair of boots. But she didn't go for a full blackout, adding a dash of colour with a collection of bracelets on her wrist. Cher is in California to shoot the video for her latest single, the follow up to her January hit, Want U Back. And now she's spending more time in London and the US, her parents have taken advantage of the extra space around the house. Within a week of moving out of the family pad in Malvern, Worcestershire, her mum and dad had transformed her old room into a fancy dining area. Rising star ... Cher Lloyd She explained: "I had to move to London for work reasons and like a week after I left my lovely bedroom had become a dining room. I was mortified. "They must have been measuring up and shopping for dining room furniture before I...

Cher Lloyd has been announced as one of the performers for this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) music and film festival at Austin, Texas. Lloyd, who came to prominence after taking fourth place in the seventh season of The X Factor , will make her US debut during three shows at SXSW - Idolator's party, the Nylon Magazine /Dub Frequency event and blogger Perez Hilton 's annual SXSW showcase. "I am so excited about coming over to the states and working with LA Reid ," Lloyd said. "LA is a musical genius and has been such a great supporter of me. Now I just cannot wait to get on that stage and for everyone to hear my music." Idolator's party will be held on March 15, while Nylon Magazine /Dub Frequency's party will be on March 16. Lloyd will also join other artists during blogger Hilton's annual SXSW showcase on March 17. The teenage singer will then release her new single 'Want U Back' in the US during April. Watch the music video of...

NEW YORK, March 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Dubbed "The Future" by The New York Times , Syco/Epic Records recording artist Cher Lloyd has lived up to the anticipation she garnered through her notorious reign on The X Factor (UK) and is now ready to take on America. The 18 year-old phenom co-wrote on her infectious UK debut garnering a #1 single with "Swagger Jagger" and a top five album for Sticks & Stones, which was released in November 2011. Cher is gearing up to take the US by storm, transporting her credible, yet fearless approach to pop music to the stages of Austin, TX , performing at Perez Hilton 's annual SXSW showcase , Nylon Magazine/Dub Frequency event as well as Idolator's party. The indomitable Cher Lloyd burst onto the scene little more than a year ago with her unforgettable vocals, rap skills and genre-bending X Factor performances garnering over 400 million You Tube views, racking up more than two million Facebook fans and over a million...

Cher Lloyd has apologised for suggesting Cheryl Cole cannot sing live. The 'Swagger Jagger' hitmaker insists she was just making a 'little joke' when she accused the 'Parachute' singer - who was her mentor on the 2010 series of 'The X Factor' - of miming and relying on computer auto-tuning to perfect her vocals and says she didn't mean to offend the star. Speaking on TV show 'Daybreak', she said: 'Basically, I said something on radio that I shouldn't have said and it wasn't intended to sound as bad as it did. 'All I was saying was that I would love to perform with her live and then I made a little joke. 'I want to say sorry to her if she found that offensive. At the end of the day, she was the person who got me where I am today. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be where I was. 'I'm in the public eye now so word vomit isn't good.' Cher's apology comes after Cheryl slammed her on twitter over her ...

Cher Lloyd was a "real bitch" during 'The X Factor'. The 'Swagger Jagger' hitmaker admits she was frustrated when she first came to fame on the UK reality show in 2010 because she felt like people were "taking" her life away from her. She said: "I was overwhelmed by the amount of interest in me. So I was a bitch, a real bitch. Knowing what I know now, I would've dealt with situations a lot more calmer. "I was just so angry and frustrated that people had taken my life off or me, even though I had gone on the show." The 18-year-old star - who was mentored by Cheryl Cole on the series - says her life has been "stressful" since the show ended and she launched her pop career and she has had to alter her own personality to deal with the new pressures in her life. She told heat magazine: "What did I go through? Absolute stress and mayhem. I couldn't go out, because people were constantly on my back all the time. I just ...