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‘I hate the idea of playing music to people’: Griff on shyness, stardom and supporting Taylor Swift
The singer-songwriter has taken three years to make an album, with most of the work done on the quiet. But now, having broken cover to play Wembley with Taylor Swift and made a social media star of her mum, there’s no turning back
“I hate the idea of playing music to people,” says the 23-year-old, curled up in pink patterned socks on a banquette in a west London members club, diamante-festooned crocs abandoned under the table. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world, which is why one Saturday in June, Griff – AKA the Hertfordshire-born Sarah Griffiths – found herself supporting Taylor Swift at Wembley stadium, playing to a crowd of 89,000. Just as Griff’s aversion to performing live somehow resulted in her playing the biggest tour in musical history, her entirely private approach to songwriting ended up landing her a record deal during her A-levels.
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