Two years ago, she was delivering parcels - now KWN is an R&B star

Two years ago, she was delivering parcels - now KWN is an R&B starImage source, Michelle Helena JanssenImage caption, KWN, pronounced K-One, was born and raised in Walthamstow, East LondonByMark SavageMusic correspondentPublished1 hour ago"You can fake a lot of things in this industry," says East London R&B singer KWN."You can fake streams, followers, likes... all of that stuff. But selling out a venue and having real people come to see you is different."She should know. Ever since breaking out with her Worst Behaviour last year, the 26-year-old has been packing fans into concert halls worldwide.Last month, she steamed up the windows of the Sydney Opera House, with a sultry, sensual set of bedroom jams like Touch Myself, Do What I Say, and a cover of Ginuwine's Pony."That was just a crazy moment for me," she says. "I don't think the Sydney Opera House has ever had anybody come in there singing a bunch of sex songs before."Everyone was standing up and dancing after 30 seconds, and afterwards, the people at the venue were just like, 'We've never seen it like that before'. It was insane."Image source, Jess GleesonImage caption, More than 2,500 people came to see KWN's show at the Sydney Opera House last monthReactions like that show how far KWN (pronounced K-One, her real name is Khyra Wilson) has come in a short time.Two years ago, she was delivering packages for Amazon after being dropped by her first record label. When that wasn't enough to pay the bills, she sold her car and took a part-time job working alongside her dad in a restaurant.The 26-year-old was determined to keep making music, but the odds were against her."Me and my manager [Carlyn Calder] were just like, 'We're so broke, we don't know how we're gonna do this'," she recalls."We were trying to get either a publishing deal or a distribution deal, but no one was offering the mone...