The xx - Oliver Sim, Romy Madley Croft, Jamie Smith Two of them met because their parents were friends. They were only two years old at the time. Maybe three. At that age, your parents choose your friends for you. The boy and girl went to nursery school together, then primary school, then college. When they were 15, they formed a band.
Oliver Sim Six years later, their band was nominated for the 2010 Mercury Prize. They were up against Paul Weller, Dizzee Rascal, Mumford & Sons and Laura Marling. They won. That was surreal. One of their songs, Intro, was sampled by Rihanna for Drunk on Love. That was even more surreal. The same song was used by the BBC during coverage of the British general election.
They found that to be the most surreal of all. Throughout all this, they toured the world together, living in each other's pockets, but their friendship remained strong.
''I don't remember life before her,'' the boy says, uttering a line that could be a lyric from one of their songs.
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