Griff: Championed by Taylor Swift and Chris Martin, meet pop's next big thing

Refracting old-school sensibilities with new-age authenticity, Griff, aka Sarah Griffiths, is the answer to the question: what’s next for pop? She chats to Kate Demolder 

Griff: 'I think it’s important, especially as a young girl coming up in music, to feel like I’ve got full agency of everything that I do'. Pictures: Rich Gilligan

What do Taylor Swift, Chris Martin and Annie Mac all have in common? They all vouch for Griff, the freshly minted 23-year-old otherwise known as Sarah Faith Griffiths. 

Raised in Hertfordshire, to a father whose Jamaican immigrant parents were part of the Windrush generation and to a mother whose family moved to England amid the Vietnam War, Griff, from a young age, understood the concept of her place in the world intensely.