Flo are dominating the girl group game, but where’s their competition? (Picture: Tom Emmerson)
In the age of solo pop megastars like Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift, girl groups appear to have fallen by the wayside.
There’s a shocking lack of female trios in the charts at the moment, despite having defined much of the 90s and 00s music industry.
While Flo—made up of Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma, and Renée Downer — might be here to save us from this, they confessed to Metro they have’absolutely no clue’ why groups aren’t making waves like they used to.
Jorja mused that the drought could be due to the fact it’s ‘not easy’ being in a group, calling themselves ‘very fortunate and blessed’ to have found each other.
The London-born singers have just released their debut album, Access All Areas, which has been charting well so far with a mini-deluxe ‘Unlocked’ version also proving popular.
Stella Quaresma, Jorja Douglas, and Renee Downer have been compared to Destiny’s Child (Photo by Max Cisotti/Dave Benett/WireImage)
They’ve toured with Kehlani but now it’s their turn to take centre stage (Picture: Kaitlyn Morris/Getty Images)
Jorja continued: ‘This industry is very … it’s just difficult. This day and age is difficult.
‘The things that new generation artists have to deal with, social media and all of the negativity that’s out there in the world at the moment, it’s just very difficult for any artist.
‘So I think there being more than one artist [in a group] to some people it might be a scary thought. And even with labels, thinking there’s this new breed of children and they’re like, “Oh my God, I don’t know if we can deal with more than one of them”.’
Stella believes being in a group is actually what has enabled them to keep going in the face of a tough, unforgiving industry.
‘The thing that’s kept us going the most is each other,’ she shared. ‘I think that if we didn’t have each other, we probably would not be here with you right now.’
Jorja joked: ‘Or on this earth to be honest.’
Flo formed in 2019 and has had huge success with their single Cardboard Box and EP, even landing a Rising Star Brit Award.
This ‘proved’ they had staying power after having the ‘odds stacked against them’, rising to fame after Covid in an oversaturated industry that simply ‘doesn’t know what to do’ with a girl group.
Flo has made no secret that they’re heavily influenced by the girl groups that have gone before them but they’re not here to be carbon copies.
Comparisons to Destiny’s Child and the Sugababes have been flying but the trio from London aren’t intimidated by such high praise.
Renée said the comparisons ‘mean so much’ because it proves people are seeing the ‘hard work’ the trio have been putting in.
She continued: ‘We don’t ever want to sound like we think we’re better than people that have had much more success than we have had. We love drawing inspiration …read more
Source:: Metro