Londoner’s Diary
Speeches at awards ceremonies are usually a tiresome list of thank yous and I’m so honoureds. But at the Elle Style Awards on Tuesday, refreshing honesty abounded. Lola Young was shaking so much when she accepted her award for Best New Sound that she had to hand the glass trophy straight back to presenter Kai Isaiah-Jamal. The Messy singer was fresh off a plane from New York and explained that she had just drunk two coffees, “because I’m trying to get off cocaine”.
Young has been candid about her struggles with addiction but was in good spirits on the evening. “I don’t know how I’ve bullshitted my way into rooms like this but I have. I met Stormzy outside, that was f***ing mad,” she gushed.
