“The precocious 20-year-old singer fuses R&B, soul, and trip-hop on a debut album that documents her ongoing quest to discover who she is and how she fits into a troubled world.”
“School coursework has little to no bearing to where most of us are right now. For Jorja Smith, however, it proved to be everything. Influenced by research she was doing in school about racial discrimination towards fellow students, she dropped a Dizzee Rascal-sampling number on Soundcloud in early 2016. It was picked up by Stormzy and Skrillex upon release (she attracts fans in high places, and in”
“Few UK names have made a more instant splash in recent years than Walsall’s Jorja Smith. The 20-year-old has three sold-out US tours under her belt, guest spots with Drake and Stormzy in the bag, a co-write with Kendrick Lamar and a Brits Critics’ Choice award. The latter has proven to be no guarantee of quality, but on this debut album, Smith shows she has more to offer than the Rag’n’Bone Mans a”
