The Whitley Bay 21-year-old is at the forefront of pop’s new outspoken generation
Things could have been very different for 21-year-old L Devine, whose songs careen between Charli XCX’s exuberance and Sky Ferreira’s introspection. Born Olivia Devine in the north-east seaside town of Whitley Bay, Devine grew up surrounded by, as she described it to music website Noisey last year, “indie bands who play their guitars halfway up their necks!”. In fact, as a kid she briefly fell for the rock dream herself, forming a punk band called the Safety Pins, aged seven.
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