The singer on her sweet tooth – and why being a world karate champ isn’t helpful prep for being a pop star
Born in 1991 in East Tilbury, Essex, pop star Anne-Marie started writing songs in her teens. As a child, she appeared in West End productions of Les Misérables and Whistle Down the Wind, as well as becoming a triple world champion and black belt in Shotokan karate. Audiences first heard her in 2014, as a vocalist for drum’n’bass four-piece Rudimental, with whom she toured for two years before she launched a pop career, which included her 2016 Clean Bandit collaboration and Christmas No 1 Rockabye, and two successful solo albums. Her third, Unhealthy, is out now.
Aged six and covered in candyfloss, this is me in my element. My family would stay in Butlin’s, Clacton-on-Sea, when I was growing up. I’d go back now if I could – for the bingo and meals that were a bit like school dinners. Perfect.
