BECKY HILL NOT MISSING A BEAT

This chart-topping, two-time BRIT Award-winner has fought hard to get to where she is. As she releases her deeply personal second album Believe Me Now?, she’s determined to make an impact on a global scale

- BEN JOLLEY

BECKY HILL ALWAYS knew she wanted to be a performer. She first set her sights on music as a toddler watching Sonique’s Top of the Pops performance in 2000. “I remember grabbing the telly as a two-year-old and going ‘I wanna do that!’” she says.

Regardless of who or what would get in her way, the Worcestershire-born artist was determined to make her dream a reality. Fast forward to 2024 and the dance-pop vocalist and songwriter is widely regarded as one of the biggest names in British pop music. She may make it look effortless, but the chart-topping star’s journey to the top has been long and hard-fought. But the two-time BRIT Award winner — whose dazzling dance-anthem-filled second album Believe Me Now? is out on 31 May — wouldn’t have it any other way. 

“I really feel like the universe has always looked after me, and given me a massive direction,” reflects Hill when Rolling Stone UK meets her at swanky Camden rehearsal studio FOMO.

It’s clear that her passion for music has never wavered. Spending time in Hill’s company, as she speaks openly about her career to date and the unpredictable challenges she has faced, before hearing her sing a capella during tour rehearsals alongside an incredible brass band — which would join her on her recent European tour — proves just how far she has come.