Stormzy comes across as lovely guy, without exception. He’s the kind of boy that would impress your parents on Sunday, then get back to taking over the world come Monday. He has got a captivating combination of humility and ambition, both in served in healthy doses. Back in August, Stormzy confessed he used to wanna be Prime Minister, “Just cos I thought I could. I think I’m intelligent enough. Whatever I was going to be, I wanted to be the top don of life, which in the UK is Prime Minister.”
It’s that same trademark self-assured charm that makes his interview with Mansel Fletcher for Mr. Porter such a pleasure to read. We’ve collected the South London boy’s best quips for your daily dose of Stormz.
On goals…
“We’re going for Beatles status, that was always the plan.”
On his sound inevitably evolving…
“I wouldn’t go poppy, because that’s something I don’t understand, but I’ve been listening to R&B and soul my whole life. It’s part of me.”
On keeping Grime British…
“I need to sound British, you never hear an American trying to sound English, so why am I going to try to sound American?”
On his personal style…
“I’m proper simple, I just wear whatever. When I was invited on Jools Holland, and that’s a prestigious TV show, I was thinking, ‘What do I wear?’ But I thought there’s no point thinking about it. If I have to think about it, then I’m not being myself. So I wore what I like, which is a tracksuit.”
Credits
Photography Olivia Rose
Styling Jack Borkett