Girli might play it off, but she’s fast becoming the kind of icon 2017 will need.
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Girli had almost everything on point well before now. Personality, sass, an aura of someone going places fast - her output marked her out as one to watch. Eyes peeled, then, because this is where that potential starts to be fulfilled with interest.
‘Girl I Met On The Internet’ is such a leap it happily shoulders comparisons to when Lily Allen felt like she might just be the most important pop star on the planet. Sharp, cutting and smart, often within the same sentence, it’s got more than attitude in its corner.
A legitimate earworm chorus smashes up against instantly quotable verses perfectly. Girli might play it off, but she’s fast becoming the kind of icon 2017 will need.
Sam Fender is a man on a mission. Already beating current ‘biggest noise on the block’ Lewis Capaldi to a Brit Award, as his debut album nears its much-anticipated arrival, the sky really is the limit for an artist not short of stuff to say.
