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Griff, the British pop star praised by Taylor Swift and Dua Lipa<\/h2>

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If she were to produce her sound as one paints on a canvas, the 23-year-old singer would go for a deep, rich turquoise that matches the somehow dark and broken dimension of her music. For all that, Sarah Faith Griffiths, aka Griff<\/strong>, wants to compose luminous, \u201cinspiring songs filled with emotion that speak of the human heart and human condition<\/em>.\u201d Citing Whitney Houston<\/strong>, Tina Turner<\/strong>, Taylor Swift<\/strong> and Dua Lipa<\/strong> as her main inspirations, she could see herself starring in a colorful film by Wes Anderson<\/a> if she had the chance. After the release of her EP The Mirror Talk EP <\/em>in 2019 and her album One Foot In Front Of The Other <\/em>in 2021, the British singer has recently presented the second opus of her concept series Vertigo<\/em>, promoted by Taylor Swift on social media. It features tracks such as Miss Me Too <\/em>and Cycles<\/em>, co-produced with Mura Masa<\/strong>. Nume\u0301ro <\/em>met Griff, as she made a stop in Paris for a high profile concert at the Machine du Moulin Rouge.<\/p>

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Interview with singer Griff<\/h2>

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Nume\u0301ro: What did you see through your bedroom window as a child?<\/strong>
Griff: <\/strong>I used to live in the countryside, in a very green village of about 5,000 people. My family house was a former social home, not very spacious, but with access to a small patio. I could see an alleyway, then a pub, which was often overcrowded. Let\u2019s just say that I used to fall asleep to the sound of drunken Brits shouting…<\/p>

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Are you nostalgic when reminiscing of those times?<\/strong><\/p>

Yes, a little. What I remember most is that I was the only girl. Having my own bedroom was a very important step for me. But I eventually ended up missing my brothers shortly after I got my own space…<\/p>

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Was it difficult to grow up in a village like yours as a young, mixed-race girl?<\/strong><\/p>

Yes… It was really difficult. I used to live in a small village composed largely of older, middle-class people. That predominantly white population was all I knew growing up. Looking back, I realize it was pretty intense after all. But I always knew our family was different. Truth is, the mix of cultures was strange too. You rarely come across a Chinese woman and a Jamaican man together. I always felt a bit at odds with the rest of the world. It took me quite a few years to turn that difference into strength. Most mixed-race children will probably tell you the same thing. There\u2019s this discourse about richness, but at the end of the day, we don\u2019t feel like we belong to either of our parents\u2019 cultures – neither one, nor the other, nor both at the same time. I didn\u2019t feel Chinese enough to be Chinese, or black enough to be really black. And clearly, I wasn\u2019t white enough to fit in at all. So I floated in an in-between.<\/p>\n

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