Arlo Parks delivered an emotive performance at last night’s BRIT Awards.

Parks, who won the first award of the night for Breakthrough Artist, later delivered a stunning performance of ‘Hope’ on a stage surrounded by sunflowers. Parks was also accompanied by a brass band.  Parks added a special spoken word section towards the end of the song, which touched on themes of the coronavirus pandemic, loneliness and hope.

Parks said: “We have been so quietly strong for so long, watch the white of the walls you stare at the phone on zoom or on calls although we’re apart, although we’ve felt small, we burn bright with light, we’ve learned how to talk, we’ve all thought to bloom together and tall.

“There’s dark in the world but love makes us grow…you’re not alone.”

Other notable wins in the evening came for Little Mix, wh