See Griff Put a Dreamy Spin on Charli XCX’s ‘Apple’

Griff — the British singer-songwriter who has spent the past few years opening for the likes of Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, and soon Sabrina Carpenter — has put her own spin on Charli XCX’s Brat breakout “Apple.

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Speaking to Triple J’s Like a Version, where she delivered her dream-pop cover, Griff said, “I just think that what Charli’s done with this album and with Brat has been so inspiring.”

“It’s been such a cultural movement, and as a fellow female pop girl, I love it. I’m a big fan of it. I think pop can be so saturated with the usual, same-old lyrics but when you listen to ‘Apple’ you’re a bit like ‘hang on a second’, and then you listen to it again and you realise there’s more layers to it,” she added.

“I just think [Charli] knows how to be an artist. She doesn’t seem like she cares about what people think really in a sense that she just does what she wants to do. There’s such a style and a uniqueness to Charli’s writing and attitude that I love.”

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Rolling Stone recently profiled Griff, along with Rachel Chinouriri and Raye , as part of the new wave of British women of color who are breaking the pop mold.

“I always saw myself and my career as being more of a songwriter,” the Jamaican-Chinese and British musician told Rolling Stone. “I don’t know if it was a conscious thing, but I didn’t ever see myself as someone that would be sellable or desirable in this space, because it’s just nothing I’ve ever seen.”

Griff grew up in a largely white, middle-class English suburbia, but her parents fostered children from every background. “I’ve just existed in many different pockets of culture, and I think that maybe I ran to music to give me confidence in the midst of me trying to understand where I fit in the world,” Griff added. “I knew that when I would sit at the piano and write songs, I felt at peace, and I felt good. I think often I didn’t quite know if I felt that in other social contexts.”

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