An artist who began her career singing backup vocals for Rudimental as a teenager, Olivia Dean landed exactly where she’s supposed to be last night: front and centre, and headlining the first of three sold-out nights at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo.
The 25-year-old north Londoner opened her set as a mere silhouette, hidden by a flower-painted canvas, to the sound of UFO, the first single from her debut album Messy.
