Sigrid, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London

It’s only March, but across the start of 2018 - from being crowned the BBC’s Sound Of winner and finding her way onto every Ones To Watch list going - Sigrid has gained a frightening amount of momentum. The early buzz around her ‘Don’t Kill My Vibe’ EP was blown out of the water by the fizzy smash ‘Strangers’, and it feels like she’s on an inevitable path to superstardom.

The feeling carries tonight’s show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the Norwegian’s biggest to date. Opening with ‘Go To War’ - her long-time set opener and a track it’s almost criminal she hasn’t released yet - and following it with breezy, sunny newie ‘Schedule’, the venue is hanging on her every move before she’s even played a note of music that’s actually out in the world. When it does happen, on third track ‘Plot Twist’, the reaction is, naturally, huge.

New single ‘Raw’ is given an outing only minutes after it’s shared online, at Sigrid’s stage time of 9pm, and it widens her palette significantly, a radio-ready cut helmed by earthy synths. “No apologies for being me,” she quips, and there’s a refreshing disregard for pretence about the whole show, and Sigrid in general.