page_title: Tara McDonald
section_title: Ambassador of Paris Pride and "Vay-K" (2014)
hierarchical_section_title: Tara McDonald / Biography / Ambassador of Paris Pride and "Vay-K" (2014)
caption_attribution_description: English: Ambassador of Paris Pride (2014) Photo credit: Jerome Brebion / We Are Family Tara McDonald headlining Paris Pride 2014, Place de la Republique.
context_page_description: Tara Jane McDonald is a British singer-songwriter. She is signed to Play Two/Warner Records.
  McDonald achieved success working and co-writing with Armand van Helden and Axwell on the chart hits "My My My" and "Feel the Vibe". Both these projects debuted at number 1 in the club charts before peaking in the UK sales charts at No. 12 and No. 16, respectively. She has also collaborated with Todd Terry, co-writing the song "Get Down", and with David Guetta, co-writing "Delirious" and "You Are Not Alone" on his album Pop Life.
  McDonald hosted her own one-hour dance music radio show called I Like This Beat. The program was syndicated on over 50 stations in 40 countries and released as a free podcast through iTunes.
  At the start of 2012, McDonald worked as an assistant vocal coach on the first series of the TV show The Voice in Belgium alongside the French pop star Quentin Mosimann. The winner of this series, and member of Mosimann's team, Roberto Bellarosa, went on to sign a recording contract with Sony Music.
  McDonald signed a three-album deal with Mercury/Universal in 2012 and her debut album is set to be released in 2017.
context_section_description: McDonald was chosen to be the host, a.k.a. La Marraine (the sponsor), of LGBT Paris Pride. Her duties included a presentation for a press conference, delivering a speech to open the march in front of 500,000 people, performing on the main stage and delivering a speech to close the year's event. She performed an electric set at Ultra Music Festival in South Korea alongside M.I.A. and Far East Movement. McDonald's performance at the Exit Festival sister festival Sea Dance received positive reviews, performing on the main stage.
  Her third single "Vay-K" was released in October 2014, and featured Snoop Dogg.
caption: Tara McDonald headlining Paris Pride 2014, Place de la Republique
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