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Griff has debuted her upcoming single ‘Astronaut’ which she collaborated with Coldplay‘s Chris Martin on.The singer played the song at her first sold-out headline show at EartH in London following a run of festival appearances and stadium shows as opening support for Coldplay and Ed Sheeran. She used the intimate gig to showcase her upcoming project.Per The Line of Best Fit, Griff played ‘Astronaut’, a track that will be released early next year.

Griff has announced the details of her debut album ‘Vertigo’ and has shared that this LP is “the full story”.The Brits Rising star winner announced that ‘Vertigo’ is set for release on July 19 via Warner (pre-order / pre-save the album here). The LP will consist of 19 tracks including her recently released single ‘Miss Me Too’. To tease the tracklist, Griff shared a photo of herself in a massive white dress on her Instagram, with the song titles printed on the train of the garment.

Griff has teamed up with Coldplay’s Chris Martin’s for her emotive new song, ‘Astronaut’ – check it out below.Griff supported Coldplay on their European stadium tour this year and in a statement, the musician explained how Martin asked her to play him some music she was in the process of writing while on tour. After hearing ‘Astronaut’, he offered to help her with the song.“I’d produced ‘Astronaut’ and written it 100% by myself,” Griff said in a statement.

Griff has announced details of a new tour, set to take place across the UK and Europe next year. Find ticket information below.The new tour dates arrive on the heels of the singer’s newly released EP, ‘vert1go vol.1’, which arrived last Friday (October 20) via Warner.It also comes after the 22-year-old completed her recent intimate shows to celebrate the new release, which took place in London, Berlin and Paris earlier this month.Set to kick off next spring, the dates will start at the Debaser Strand venue in Stockholm on March 10, before continuing the following day with a show at the Parkteateret in Oslo.

Avicii tribute concert is set to take place in Stockholm later this year – find all the details below.The Grammy-nominated DJ and producer – real name Tim Bergling – died by suicide back in 2018. He was 28 years old.Avicii’s parents subsequently set up The Tim Bergling Foundation in his memory.

Griff has announced details of an intimate show in London, set to take place next month. Find ticket details below.Set for October 18, the one-off intimate show will take place at the EartH venue in Hackney, and will celebrate the launch of her latest hit single ‘Vertigo’.It will also mark her first headline show since March last year when the singer performed at the O2 Academy in Brixton.

Taylor Swift has taken to social media to share her love for Griff’s new song, ‘Vertigo’.The multi-Grammy Award-winning pop star took to her Instagram page yesterday afternoon (September 4) to share a screenshot of the single cover for Griff’s new track, and encourage her 271million followers to check it out.“damn griff i love this one,” she wrote above the artwork, linking to the new, reflective track by the 22-year-old English singer-songwriter.Unsurprisingly, the musician was quick to notice the mention on Swift’s Stories, and also took to her Instagram page to share a screengrab of the post, writing the caption: “What!! Is!! Happening!! I have no words.”In a follow-up post, she also posted a selfie of her celebrating the moment, urging all her followers to “go do what the queen says and stream ‘Vertigo’”.According to a press release, the new single by Griff is “a suitably dizzying and completely undeniable return from a young woman only just coming into her power”, and looks to capture the lack of clarity that comes from being in your early 20s.“[The song] refers to an emotional state – always feeling upside down. Experiencing love and growing up, it always feels like the world and my emotions are spinning faster than I can keep up with,” Griff said of the inspiration behind the new track.

Coldplay have announced the support acts for their upcoming 2023 UK and European ‘Music Of The Spheres’ tour dates.The band have been on tour across the planet since last spring, and played a host of UK stadium gigs last summer including six sold-out Wembley Stadium gigs.This summer, the band will return to the UK and Europe for further stadium dates following gigs in South America. Across May, June and July, the band will play Portugal, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and more, with two new UK dates in Manchester and Cardiff.The new dates will kick off in Coimbra, Portugal on May 17, before the band will play two shows at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium on May 31 and June 1.Leading the list of support names for the stadium shows are Griff and Chvrches, the latter of whom supported the band in South America, with vocalist Lauren Mayberry joining them on stage in São Paulo.Other bands set to support Coldplay include Hinds and Porij.

Griff and Sigrid have spoken to NME about their award-winning collaborative single and the “genuine” friendship that has blossomed because of it.The pair chatted to NME on the red carpet at the start of last night’s (March 2) BandLab NME Awards 2022, where they went on to win Best Collaboration for their song ‘Head On Fire’ and then serve up its electrifying live debut.After telling NME at the exact same time that they were “excited” for the night to follow, Griff laughed to Sigrid: “We’re just going to start saying things together, aren’t we?”“We’re literally the same,” Sigrid responded, with Griff adding that the pair were sharing a dressing room at the O2 Brixton Academy, commenting: “We can’t get away from each other!”“It’s the two of us now,” Sigrid smiled in response.Asked why they think their collaboration ‘Head On Fire’ has been such a success, Griff reasoned: “I think we’re genuinely friends.

Griff and Sigrid have won Best Collaboration at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 this evening (March 2) for their song ‘Head On Fire’.They beat out collabs from Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar (‘Family Ties’), Coldplay and BTS (‘My Universe’), FKA twigs and The Weeknd (‘Tears In The Club’), and Rina Sawayama and Elton John (‘Chosen Family’).“Thank you so, much this is an incredible honour,” Sigrid said on the podium while collecting the award from presenters Jessie and Lennie Ware.“I really love this collaboration because nowadays there’s a lot of competition and comparison especially in pop music and for girls in music,” added Griff.“I love that we could get together and do this, so this is to all my girls out there.”Griff and Sigrid also performed ‘Head On Fire’ live at the BandLab NME Awards 2022, which is ongoing at O2 Academy Brixton.Last year, before they released the single, Sigrid opened up about her admiration for Griff in an interview with NME.“I definitely see parts of myself in Griff a bit, it’s really nice to know there are other girls doing the same thing and we can talk about stuff whenever – it’s a supportive gang,” she said.She added: “Griff and I decided to meet up and write a little bit together recently, which was fun. Of course we wanted to be in the studio and see what happened there, but it was also really nice to hang out and chat about how things are going and how we’re feeling.”Griff also received this year’s NME Radar Award, an honour reserved for emerging acts making waves in music today.“NME have been there from day one supporting what I do and what I have to say and that’s always meant so so much,” Griff said of the honour.

Griff has picked up the NME Radar Award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022.The award was presented by Griff’s ‘Head On Fire’ collaborator Sigrid, who said “I’ve got one more thing for you” before running to retrieve the trophy after the pair’s performance.“I count it as a privilege that every day I get to do this,” Griff said upon receiving the award.Griff was presented her trophy just after she and Sigrid performed their collaborative single ‘Head On Fire’ at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. The song is also nominated for Best Collaboration alongside Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar, Coldplay and BTS, FKA Twigs and The Weeknd, and Rina Sawayama and Elton John. NME 100 alumnus Griff joins the likes of Beabadoobee, Pale Waves and Fat White Family as an NME Radar Award winner.Other winners at the ongoing BandLab NME Awards 2022 so far include Lorde (Best Song In The World for ‘Solar Power’) and CHVRCHES and Robert Smith (Best Song By A UK Artist for ‘How Now To Drown’).

Griff will be the recipient of this year’s Radar Award at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 – where she’ll also be joined live on stage by Sigrid to perform their huge joint single ‘Head On Fire’.The wildest night in music will return to London’s O2 Academy Brixton on Wednesday, March 2 to celebrate the best in music and entertainment from around the globe. Tickets to the event are on sale now and available here.Following in the footsteps of the likes of Beabadoobee, Pale Waves, Fat White Family and many more, Griff will be honoured with this year’s Radar Award – which recognises emerging acts who are destined to become legends for the next generation of musician.As one of the UK’s youngest and brightest pop stars, Griff was aged just 11 when she taught herself to record and produce her own songs.

NME at the BRIT Awards 2022, Griff revealed that she’s progressing well with her debut album – as well as discussing what it was like to collaborate with Sigrid on recent single ‘Head On Fire’. Check out our video interview with Griff above.Having won the BRITs Rising Star Award last year, Griff was down at the London ceremony this week where she was nominated for Best New Act and Best Pop/R&B Act.Up against the likes of Adele, Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, Joy Crookes, Central Cee, Little Simz and Self Esteem across her categories, Griff said that “you can’t really look at it as competition”.“First of all, the Pop and R&B category is Dua, Ed, Joy, they’re all such incredible artists and I feel very grateful to be in and amongst the nominations,” she told NME.Looking to the future, Griff told us about progress on the follow-up up to her acclaimed ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ mixtape and what to expect from her long-awaited debut album.“I’m always trying to write, but it’s quite funny because it feels like we’re kind of coming out of the pandemic and I feel like it was a blessing to write in such a space where I was left alone,” she told NME.

Griff has announced that she is supporting Ed Sheeran on a number of his European tour dates this September.The singer-songwriter, who has been nominated in the Best Collaboration category at the BandLab NME Awards 2022 where she is also performing, shared the news earlier today via her Twitter (February 2).“Ed asked if I could join him on some of his European tour dates. I said I’d check my schedule.

Griff and Sigrid have released a brand new single together called ‘Head On Fire’ – you can check it out below.The two pop stars began teasing the joint project recently in a series of cryptic videos posted on their social media accounts.The collaboration came about after the pair connected online during the pandemic and then later met in person – something that led to a blossoming friendship and creative partnership between the two.Their new song, which is described as an “empowering new anthem”, was BBC Radio One’s Hottest New Record tonight (January 19) and you can watch the song’s striking new video below. Describing how the pair first connected, Sigrid said: “Griff and I met sharing a pizza at the Rueben Selby show at Fashion Week in London…We went to the studio a while later and just had a day of talking about life, before writing ‘Head On Fire’.”Of the song, Sigrid added: “It’s about that feeling when you meet someone who just flips everything upside down and you can’t focus on anything else but that person. [Griff’s] just lovely, and it’s been so much fun working with her.”Griff added: “I’ve looked up to Sigrid so much, especially as a young girl who broke through making powerful, credible pop music.

Griff has shared a video of her mashing up her song ‘Heart Of Gold’ with Lorde‘s 2013 hit ‘Royals’ – watch the performance below.The footage comes from the singer’s recent headline show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in late October.To open the set, Griff played ‘Heart Of Gold’, from her recent debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, before playing the first verse and chorus of ‘Royals’ and then returning to finish her own song.Watch pro-shot footage of the performance, shared online

Holly Humberstone has teamed up with Griff for a live “Emotional Grim Reaper” rendition of ‘Friendly Fire’ – watch the performance below.The performance was recorded at London’s Session Arts Club earlier this week and will be followed up with a collaboration between Humberstone and Bombay Bicycle Club’s Jack Steadman in the coming weeks.“Was so lovely to have Griff create a version of ‘Friendly Fire’ with me at Session Arts Club,” said Humberstone about the collaboration.

Griff has announced details of a UK headline tour for March 2022, which will follow on from a US and European run – check out the dates below.READ MORE: Griff live in London: a slick operation ready for bigger roomsTaking place in March, the seven-date UK run will include a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. It kicks off at Brighton’s Chalk before moving through Bristol, Manchester and Leeds.

Griff has shared a cover of ABBA‘s classic track ‘Take A Chance On Me’ – you can watch the video below.The BRITs Rising Star winner took on the 1978 single as part of Swedish station Sveriges Radio‘s ‘P3 Session’. She also performed a stripped-back version of her track ‘One Night’, which came out back in August.For her ABBA cover, Griff began singing a capella before plucking on an acoustic guitar.

Griff has covered Lorde‘s ‘Solar Power’, turning the track into an electro-pop banger – listen to the version below.The track was recorded for Griff’s new Spotify Singles release, where she also presents an alternate version of her recent single ‘One Night’.“The recording process for Spotify Singles started with just me in my music room,” Griff explained in a statement. “I reproduced the Lorde song, changed up the chords, did new drums, just had fun playing around with it.

Griff has returned with a brand new single – listen to ‘One Night’ below.The track, which was announced last week, follows the singer and producer’s recent debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, which came out in June.“One Night’ is about feeling like you’re always carrying this darkness or burden,” Griff said of the new song, which premiered on Charli XCX‘s Radio 1 show this evening (August 26).

Griff has announced the release of a new single called ‘One Night’ which is set to be released next week.The BRITs Rising Star winner took to Instagram yesterday (August 17) to share the artwork for her first new material since June’s ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ mixtape.“There have been alot of nights in between going to bed and falling asleep where random anxieties come rushing back and every burden you’re carrying suddenly feel more heavy, and this song is about wanting at least one night

Griff has linked up with Bastille frontman and founder Dan Smith to cover Glass Animals‘ ‘Heat Waves’ for her YouTube series Against The Clock.Each instalment sees the singer create, reproduce and reinvent a new song in an hour, often joined by other musical guests. In this episode, she and Smith tackle the Glass Animals single from their latest LP ‘Dreamland’, each bringing a different flavour to the song.“We like doing covers,” Smith told Griff during their session.

Griff delivered her take on The Weeknd‘s ‘Save Your Tears’ during her appearance on BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge.The BRITs Rising Star winner took a soulful, stripped-back approach to the synth-driven original for her performance, which you can watch below.Elsewhere during her appearance, Griff performed live takes on her January hit ‘Black Hole’ as well as her latest single ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’.The mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ arrived last week.

Griff brought new single ‘Black Hole’ to late-night TV in the US this week – watch her Colbert performance below.The single is taken from the BRITs Rising Star winner‘s new mixtape ‘One Foot in Front of the Other’.The ‘Black Hole’ performance, which was aired on Friday’s (June 18) edition of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, saw Griff performing inside an abandoned building.Watch the performance below.NME gave Griff’s debut mixtape ‘One Foot in Front of the Other’ a five-star review upon its

Griff has released a new track called ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ – you can listen to it below.The singer-songwriter, who won this year’s BRITs Rising Star award, is set to release her debut mixtape on June 11 via Warner.Premiering as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1 this evening (May 27), the forthcoming collection’s title track was written and produced by Griff over the course of the coronavirus lockdown.The anthemic song finds the artist overcoming obstacles and beginning to

Griff has spoken to NME at today’s BRIT Awards about new music, her touring plans and wanting to collaborate with Taylor Swift. You can watch the full interview in the video above.Ahead of receiving her Rising Star award at this year’s BRIT’s, Griff said she was “really nervous” before reflecting on her achievements over the last year.“This is all a bit surreal.

Griff gave her debut US TV appearance this week with a dramatic performance of recent single ‘Black Hole’ on Late Night With Seth Meyers.You can watch the footage below, which saw the rising star perform with a live band on a stage covered in black water.The track, released in January, is the lead single from Griff’s newly announced debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’, which will be released on June 11.Griff described ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ as “a collection of songs I’ve