Jorja Smith, Ezra Collective

Jorja Smith is undoubtedly UK R&B’s brightest star.

Brought up in the Midlands on a diet of Trojan Records boxsets, Curtis Mayfield and Damien Marley, Jorja was a prolific songwriter even before finishing school. Her first track Blue Lights lit up Soundcloud with a million plays, garnering praise from the likes of Skrillex and Stormzy, before leading to a collaboration with Drake on Get it Together.

Blessed with a remarkable downtempo soul voice, stellar charisma and a knack for crafting melodies that make you feel like you could be anywhere from a smoky Parisian jazz club to a North London warehouse party, Jorja won the 2018 Brits Critics Choice Award and is already gracing the covers of music and fashion magazines worldwide.

Not so very long ago Jorja would be on the bus at 5am each day for her morning shifts at Starbucks, crossing Waterloo Bridge and looking out at Somerset House and London in the hours before sunrise. Now with a highly anticipated debut album ready featuring tracks that are both tender and a rallying cry for young people everywhere, catch her while you can – this young woman is headed for the bright lights.