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Becky Hill review – ultimate slow-burn pop star has the crowd on her side


Former vocalist-for-hire gets her own set on the big stage and is at her best when she channels the fun that the audience are having

The crowd of mainly young women are with her from the very start, but Hill takes longer to get into the swing: she’s visibly a little nervous, and suffers through a few wardrobe issues that will ring true to anyone who has spent a night out attending to misbehaving dress straps. Photograph: Calum Buchan PhotographyHill can seem awkward in the middle of the vast stage, doing the self-conscious shuffle of someone being stared at while dancing – which makes sense when she’s performing songs designed for dancefloor abandon like early hit Afterglow or recent single Lonely Again. During False Alarm and Darkest Hour she loosens up and jumps around, and is noticeably more relaxed during Lost the Plot, an unreleased track about music industry struggles that channels the confessional, knowing lyrics of Brat-era Charli xcx.

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