When Griff was eight years old, she was “completely in love with” , the second album from a precocious young country singer called . “After school we weren’t really allowed to watch TV,” she remembers. “It was more like, entertain yourself.
My version of that was covering Taylor songs at the piano. For hours.” Some 14 years on, Griff is an artist in her own right, and her childhood idol is the biggest pop superstar on the planet – but she didn’t join the rush to get tickets for Eras at Wembley.
Why? Griff had an inkling that she might be invited to open for Taylor when her blockbuster tour finally rolled into London. “I met her at a Kendrick Lamar concert last year, and she kind of mentioned it..
.” she says. “I had a feeling, so I didn’t get tickets.
I took the chance!” The risk paid off: the singer was asked to join Swift on the bill for night two of her first stint at Wembley this summer, which has seen alongside his girlfriend, Prince George and Princess Charlotte posing for a backstage with the star, and Hugh Grant inexplicably snacking on carrots while watching with his fellow celebrity Swifties from the VIP tent. “She’s been very, very generous over the years with supporting my music,” Griff says over a video call, a couple of days before her supporting slot. “It always stuns me a little bit.
” Once she knew for sure it was happening, Griff turned her attention to what to wear for the biggest gig of her career to date. And rather tha.
