With her debut album Vertigo, British pop star Griff is navigating intense new heights.
Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Last month, the rising UK pop musician Griff stood side of stage at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium for a stop on Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Unlike the rest of the crowd, the songwriter, singer, pianist and designer wasn’t there out of pure fandom. In a few days time she’d be opening for Swift at the 90,000 capacity Wembley Stadium, the biggest in the UK. Griff wanted to scope out the stage, but her analysis only lasted so long.
Griffiths delivers this last part with an almost comical nonchalance given the circumstances. She had a hit with her first release, and at 20 had won the Brit Awards’ Rising Star prize. She’d performed in church growing up but had headlined just one show as Griff at London’s 300-person capacity Hoxton Hall in December 2019. Her Brit Awards performance in May 2021 was just her second ever. Read that again.
The musician has continually wrangled control of her image in an industry riddled with exploitation and people who claim to know what’s best. “I’d been paired with a few stylists, put in clothes and just didn’t really feel like myself. I started to bring bits I’d made to photo shoots to see if they could slot in and make me feel like less of a doll,” says Griffiths. Her creativity often emerges when she squirrels herself away.
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