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    Arlo Parks Wins 2021 Mercury Prize

    by Konstantinos Pappis
    Arlo Parks. Credit: Alex Kurunis

    Arlo Parks has won the 2021 Hyundai Mercury Prize. Her debut album Collapsed in Sunbeams was named the best British album of the year, winning over shortlisted records by Wolf Alice, SAULT, Nubya Garcia, Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders, Mogwai, and more.

    Accepting the award from Annie Mac, the London-based singer-songwriter – who became the first Mercury Prize winner to be born in the 21st century – said: “It took a lot of sacrifice and hard work to get here and there were moments where I wasn’t sure I would make it through, but I’m here. Thank you very much.”

    Last year’s winner was Michael Kiwanuka, who was also part of this year’s judging panel.

    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis
    Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.

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