The ceremony for this yr’s Mercury Prize was postponed on the final minute after Queen Elizabeth II died just a few hours earlier than it was set to happen. It was rescheduled for tonight, and the winner of the award — which is given out to the perfect British or Irish album of the yr — was introduced: Little Simz’ 2021 standout Generally I Would possibly Be Introvert.
Little Simz beat out a shortlist area of 11 different nominees that included Fergus McCreadie’s Forest Flooring, Gwenno’s Tresor, Harry Types’ Harry’s Home, Jessie Buckley & Bernard Butler’s For All Our Days That Tear The Coronary heart, Pleasure Crookes’ Pores and skin, Kojey Radical’s Cause To Smile, Nova Twins’ Supernova, Sam Fender’s Seventeen Going Below, Self Esteem’s Prioritise Pleasure, Moist Leg’s self-titled debut, and Yard Act’s The Overlord.
Final yr’s winner was Arlo Parks.