Holly Humberstone
(Picture: Justin Ng / Avalon)Though still yet to release anything lengthier than an EP, Holly Humberstone has already reached bootleg-merch-outside-the-venue levels of stardom.
That’s not to say the Grantham-born star doesn’t have the credentials for such tributes, being a BRIT winner and near-permanent fixture of the Radio 1 playlist, with upwards of 260 million streams globally and co-signs from The 1975 and Olivia Rodrigo. But watching the 22-year-old play her biggest headline show to date – with a Brixton Academy show just announced for December – it was difficult not to marvel that a singer-songwriter this unassuming could be commanding the attention of tens of thousands of listeners worldwide.
