The rising star grew up feeling different. Now she makes gloriously melodramatic, Taylor Swift-approved electropop
In her final few weeks at school, 19-year-old Sarah Griffiths – who makes emotional electropop as Griff – got very good at lying. Despite having recently signed a major-label record deal, she told teachers chasing university applications that she was taking a gap year. “I just didn’t like the idea of talking about [being an artist],” she says. “I didn’t want people to think it was a hobby – I was serious about it.”
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