Image by: Miriam Dalsgaard
Enough with all the sensitive guys and their guitars. Let´s move on to a girl with guts.
British grime is not exactly my field, but I´m making an exception with the incredible Lucy Love. Behind the name is a 23-year old girl, who has already been named the grime queen of Denmark and she can easily challenge an artist like Lady Sovereign with her sharp cockney accent, which she may have from her English mother.
But Lucy Love is definitely no copycat and even though Danish grime artists are almost impossible to track down - especially female ones - she has somehow managed to add her own Scandinavian touch to her English-inspired music.
What also makes her stand out from the rest of the grime scene is her lyrics which don´t reflect tough ghetto life in the poor suburbs, since that´s not the reality of her life. Instead she criticize social issues in her daily life as her being fed up with everybody longing and acting to be VIP.
I think Lucy Love has the ability to reach far beyond the Danish borders because of her international sound which shines through on her debut album "Superbillion" that was released in the beginning of March. Her music also has the opportunity to appeal to an audience beyond the grime scene, which probably was one of the reasons why I was struck by it.
Lucy Love only discovered grime three years ago and before that she was dedicated to singing soul. After she decided to shift into rap she quickly got known in the underground club scene but it seems like she in no time has reached the more established level.
Have a look at the video to the track "No VIP".
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