There were fewer than a dozen people out in east London on a Saturday night in Paper Dress Vintage when Arlo Parks arrived on stage. He had high expectations for Parks – her manager was a friend – and he had already hyped up the teenager to his colleagues. Less than three years later and Parks has released a debut album – Collapsed in Sunbeams – to a near-perfect run of reviews. She has been hailed by the music and style press as a Gen Z icon. In March last year, the two rented an Airbnb flat in Hoxton and locked down together to write Sunbeams.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2021 15:56 UTC