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    THE SOUND OF NOW

    Aug 11, 2019 5 minutes
    COMPILED BY ELLE McCLURE

    JORJA

    RISING

    WITH HER MESMERIC VOICE, PURPOSEFUL POISE AND A SMILE THAT BRINGS ALL THE JOY, JORJA SMITH IS SOARING HIGHIN JANUARY 2016 – without being signed to a label – Jorja Smith released her first single “Blue Lights”. Dropping on SoundCloud, it had more than 400,000 listens within the month – Smith had gone viral. In the years since, the UK singer has worked with Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Stormzy. Her debut album Lost & Found scored her a Grammy nomination. In February this year, she won a Brit Award for Best Female Solo Artist (the award now sits in her living room). Add to this, in April she was announced as the new Dior makeup ambassador, following Bella Hadid and Natalie Portman. It’s fair to say Smith has had a spectacular rise. She sits down with her friend, model Adwoa Aboah,

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