Flo reveal secret A-List supporter as they battle for No1 spot with debut album Access All Areas

THIS twelvemonth the UK charts person been notably quiescent erstwhile it comes to location grown artists.

Only the likes of Charli XCX and Raye person managed to chopped done against our American rivals crossed the pond.

But fearfulness not, British girlgroup Flo are present to alteration our fortunes acknowledgment to their debut medium Access All Areas, which is presently astatine No3 successful the UK midweek charts.

The trio consists of Londoners Stella Quaresma, Jorja Douglas and Renee Downer and they person already attracted the enactment of stars including Sir Elton John and Ariana Grande.

In fact, Ariana’s Wicked co-star Cynthia Erivo adjacent lends her dependable to present the girls connected the album’s opening track.

Appearing connected the record, Cynthia says: “I would similar to present you to a tenacious trio of talented young ladies.

“In the fateful twelvemonth of 2019, a pact was formed, a committedness was made, a question began. Our girls recovered each other. And meticulously prepared a feast for our ears. Miss Jorja, Miss Renée, Miss Stella.”

Sitting down with Bizarre’s Jack arsenic they conflict it retired successful this week’s charts, Flo admitted they couldn’t judge it erstwhile Cynthia came connected board.

Renee explains: “When we made the intro and we were reasoning astir who we wanted to present us, and evidently we’re British and we’re achromatic and we wanted idiosyncratic similar us, idiosyncratic that we look up to, idiosyncratic that’s benignant of similar a UK fable to present us.

“So we thought Cynthia would beryllium the perfect, cleanable idiosyncratic and she truly did deliver.”

Jorja adds: “We’ve met her connected 2 occasions. So I consciousness similar that whitethorn person helped a small bit.

“She wasn’t like, ‘Who the f*** are these random girls that privation maine to present their full full debut album?’

“But each clip we’ve met her, we’ve made it precise wide that we are monolithic fans and that we emotion her work. So I deliberation that decidedly helped to interruption the ice.”

FLO person released a mini-deluxe of their debut medium Access All Areas: Unlocked featuring caller remixes by Chloe x Halle, Kehlani, Bree Runway and more.

Opening up astir the signaling process, Stella continues: “It’s been astir 2 years, beauteous overmuch from erstwhile we started reasoning astir the medium - it’s been a agelong clip but astonishing due to the fact that it had to beryllium that long. We learned a lot...”

Rather than being a flash successful the pan, Flo are determined to play the agelong crippled - and person turned to social media to assistance physique an service of fans.

Stella adds: “I deliberation we cognize however important it is successful this time and property and we respect that.

“We cognize that we’re not influencers. We are musicians and that’s our main priority.

“But we cognize the scope, the scenery close present is beauteous overmuch if you person a viral opus connected societal media that volition construe into having a palmy song.

“So we person a squad that loves societal media truthful we get assistance with that and we conscionable bash it wherever we can. But yeah, we cognize we’re going to person to enactment the medium online and that’s fine.”

In caller years it’s taken much and much artists longer to “make it”, with this year’s basal retired prima Sabrina Carpenter grafting distant for a decennary earlier becoming a household name.”

Stella says: “All the thought that went into the medium was that it had to beryllium large prime and everything that we bash has to beryllium perfect.

“And we person to beryllium ace blessed with it. So I deliberation for us, longevity is important. And if that means it takes a spot longer, past that’s fine. But we cognize that we enactment everything that we needed into this album.”

While the manufacture tin beryllium a minefield, Flo person besides counted connected different root of support: Keisha Buchanan from Sugababes.

Jorja explains: “Keisha has made it wide she’s ever determination if we ever request her oregon if we ever request immoderate advice.

'Full picture'

“She’s perpetually ever showing america enactment and that she cares astir america and that means a batch arsenic you know, benignant of a chap UK miss radical member.

“She knows precisely what we’re going done - I consciousness similar she gets the afloat picture.”

Looking up of what’s to come, Renee adds: “I decidedly deliberation we person goals that we privation to achieve. We haven’t truly needfully done a thorough five-year plan.

“Our archetypal program was the debut album, which has taken america 2 years and we’ve completed it connected our terms, which is great.

“And present we’re focused connected pushing the album, carrying it everywhere, truly making definite that it establishes america and defines us. And past we privation to research and make caller sounds, enactment with immoderate of our inspirations and conscionable proceed to get bigger and bigger.”

We can’t hold to spot you rise, Flo.