Music
Harmer signed a record deal with record label Universal/Decca worth £3 million, under the management of Daniel Glatman, some time before beginning work on her debut album. The album was recorded and written in 2008 with the help of producer and songwriter Tom Nichols, and entitled Superheroes. The album's lead and only single, Free, was released on 25 May 2009, after becoming the theme song of the TV show Dani's House, in which Harmer plays the lead role. Despite excessive promotion, the song was a commercial failure, entering iTunes at #117 and then taking the same position on the official chart. "Free" was also featured on the compilation album Pop Princesses 2009.
The album's scheduled release date was September 2009, which then got pushed back to early 2010. Rumours circulated that the album had been cancelled by Harmer's record company due to poor sales of the lead single, she responded that "they are just waiting for the right time to release it". No further comment was made until mid-2012, when Harmer stated via Twitter that she had given up music because she wanted to focus on her acting career. The album artwork and 30-second previews of each track were released in early 2010, along with the tracklist:
| "Superheroes" tracklist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
| 1. | "Superheroes" | Harmer, Tom Nichols | ||
| 2. | "Free" | Klaus Derendorf, Amy Pearson, Nichols | 3:35 | |
| 3. | "X-Boyfriend" (featuring McFly) | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 4. | "Fall at the Feet of Love" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 5. | "Stranded" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 6. | "New Kid in Town" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 7. | "Ghosts" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 8. | "It's Over Now" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 9. | "Hold My Breath" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 10. | "You Are" | Harmer, Nichols | ||
| 11. | "Replaced" | Harmer, Nichols |
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