CHRIS ANDOH
From becoming the talk of Glastonbury to yielding the highest-ever streams by a rapper in its first week on sale, few contemporary songs have captured the millennial energy of our times like Stormzy’s Vossi Bop. Its lyrical flurries feature incendiary digs at the government, nods to martial arts beefcake Chuck Norris and everything in between, and are supported by a mesmeric musical framework co-crafted and produced by Harrow-born Chris Andoh.
“I never saw music as a career when I started out,” he says. “My parents wanted me to become a doctor. I had my heart set on football.”
A loss for the worlds of sport and medicine, perhaps, but a huge gain for pop music. As the co-writer of Stormzy’s era-defining smash-hit, Andoh has not only clocked up a couple of weeks at the top of the charts but achieved platinum sales and a BRIT Award nomination to boot. In the wake of its success, Andoh signed a deal with Universal Music Publishing and has devoted himself to a full-time career in music, keeping busy with songwriting sessions and placating the long line of artists waiting to work with him. You might call this an overnight success story, then? He wouldn’t go quite that far. Andoh has been grafting for 10 years to get here.
“All I need to be creative is my laptop and headphones. I don’t need big speakers or overly complicated gear”
Andoh started making music in FL Studio
