FLO Talks Coachella Performance and Upcoming Debut Album: ‘We Want to Be the Face of the Resurgence of Girl Groups’
variety.comSelena Kuznikov Over the past few years, FLO has done what many assumed was undoable in today’s music climate: revived the concept of the R&B girl group by updating the sound of its ’90s heyday, all with a contemporary twist.
So far, it’s worked – as their fan base has exploded beyond their native London and brought them to viral new heights. “We definitely want to be the face of the resurgence of girl groups,” says Jorja Douglas, who makes up the trio alongside Stella Quaresma and Renée Downer. “We love a couple of girl groups around now like Citizen Queen and Boys World.
It’s all healthy competition, we want there to be girl groups that can exist in the same space. For now, at least.” FLO is already well on its way to coming out ahead of the pack.
Just last year, they won the Brits’ Rising Star Award and topped the BBC’s Sound of 2023 poll, an annual survey of music critics and industry insiders.
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