FLO Say They 'Want It All' — and They're Betting on Themselves to Get It
The British girl group open up about the 'crash course' behind their second album, Therapy at the Club
By Roxanne "Flashbulb" Starr
They've already been tipped as Britain's brightest pop export in years. Now FLO say their second album proved they can survive the hard parts of stardom, too.
The trio told the BBC that making the record, titled Therapy at the Club, was a "crash course" in the music business — the kind of schooling that comes after the honeymoon of a debut, when a group has to prove the first hit wasn't a fluke.
Details of exactly what that crash course involved weren't spelled out in the BBC's report, and this desk isn't going to guess. What is clear is the group's confidence: FLO say they want it all, and they believe they'll get it.
That swagger tracks with a rapid rise. The London three-piece broke through with a sound that leaned hard into 2000s R&B nostalgia — Aaliyah harmonies, Destiny's Child polish — and picked up serious industry attention fast for a debut act. A sophomore album is always the harder test: can a group that arrived fully formed keep growing in public?
Therapy at the Club is their answer, with the group promising it shows real growth. We'll let the record speak when it lands. For now, FLO are staking their claim as one of Britain's most confident young acts — and daring listeners to doubt them.
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— Compiled from reporting by BBC Entertainment & Arts.
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