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Holly Humberstone

Holly Humberstone is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Del Water Gap, D4vd, Damien Rice and Ben Howard. Those roots explain a lot about how Holly Humberstone arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as MUNA, Gracie Abrams, Maggie Rogers, Griff and Suki Waterhouse, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gracie Abrams, Lewis Capaldi, Bombay Bicycle Club, girl in red and Olivia Rodrigo, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Holly Humberstone, reaching back through Benjamin Francis Leftwich and forward to Gracie Abrams. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Holly Ffion Humberstone is an English singer and songwriter. She released her debut EP Falling Asleep at the Wheel in 2020, before signing a recording contract with Interscope and Polydor Records. Her first EP following the signings, The Walls Are Way Too Thin, was released in November 2021; she subsequently won the Brit Award for Rising Star at the 2022 Brit Awards. She has since released two studio albums, Paint My Bedroom Black (2023) and Cruel World (2026), both of which received positive reviews.

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Holly HumberstoneBenjamin Francis Lef…Del Water GapD4vdDamien RiceBen HowardPhoebe BridgersHaimLordeGracie AbramsLewis CapaldiBombay Bicycle Clubgirl in redOlivia RodrigoTaylor SwiftSam FenderMUNAGracie AbramsMaggie RogersGriffSuki WaterhouseBaby QueenNaomi ScottRyan Beatty

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Holly Humberstone connections

Holly Humberstone grew out of Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Del Water Gap, D4vd and Damien Rice, shares an orbit with MUNA, Gracie Abrams, Maggie Rogers and Griff, went on to shape Gracie Abrams, Lewis Capaldi, Bombay Bicycle Club and girl in red. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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