Arlo Parks‘ victory at the 2021 Hyundai Mercury Prize.Parks was declared the overall winner of the prestigious award earlier tonight (September 9) for her debut album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’.In her winner’s speech, Parks said: “It took a lot of sacrifice and hard work to get here and there were moments where I wasn’t sure whether I would make it through, but I’m here today.”Earlier in the night, she shared that she used to cycle past the Hammersmith Apollo – where the ceremony took place – on her way to school as a child.a joy to be burning up the red carpet in @Prada for the Hyundai @MercuryPrize Awards – feel surrounded by so much talent n genuine love for music – this is the venue I used to cycle by on the way to school as a kid….
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