Florence Welch, lead singer and head songwriter for Florence and The Machine, debuted her first album ten years ago this year. Since then, Florence has been a ubiquitous choice for radio stations everywhere, playing concerts for thousands, and one of the faces of indie rock.
Florence is an artist at heart. She lives in a home filled with paintings, postcards, plants, and trinkets that serve no other purpose than to comfort her and enrich her creativity. She's written poems and preformed songs for her family since she was a child, even dancing around with a wineglass when she was in elementary school, serenading her mother. She attended art school before dropping out and pursuing her music career, but still loves art and is heavily influenced in her style by many eras of it. Florence is without pretentiousness, an artist only in search of herself and higher understanding. She is genuine in a magnetic way. She comes across as soft and loving, incredibly honest in her interviews and lyrics.
Even being shy in her personal life, Florence comes alive during her live shows. She twirls around in her flowy, bohemian dresses, barefoot. She tells the crowd to turn to one another and tell a stranger you love them. She runs through the front rows of the venue, still singing and interacting with her fans.
Florence Welch, despite having one of the best voices in the industry and being wildly successful, is humble. She never loses her gentle personality, full of candor and a whimsical magic that's hard to pin down. She has long been one of my biggest inspirations creatively and personally, and I can't wait to see what she creates in the years to come.
