内容摘要："These places are important, I think they really are," he added.

"These places are important, I think they really are," he added.

"To be here now is such an honor, and such a gives me such a warm feeling."Young also revealed she'd recently finished her next album, and "shot 12 music videos in one day" to accompany her new songs.

Myles Smith's Stargazing was named the most-played song on UK radio last year."The first time I heard it on the radio was actually in New York," he said. "I remember it so specifically. I was in an Uber and the song came on, and I told the driver, 'This is me' and he could not care less."It was the best way to be humbled, and it really kept me grounded from year one."

Charli XCX was recognised for her ground-breaking Brat album, which she described as "chaos and emotional turmoil set to a club soundtrack".But it's a carefully crafted and nuanced record, where hedonism gives way to vulnerability, as she describes the doubts she has over friendships, motherhood and commercial success.

Marketed with laser-focused zeal, the album became the soundtrack to summer 2024, with its in-your-face "Brat green" cover art quickly becoming a meme.

On stage, Charli explained that the music could only ever be a starting point.There is also strong state support for the defence tech scene. Last year Business Finland, a government agency that promotes investment and innovation, launched a new defence and digital resilience programme which is directing €120m towards supporting research and development initiatives from small businesses and startups.

"Our current government… they are really enforcing this kind of public-private collaboration," says the programme's director Kirsi Kokko. "I think they understand the urgency."Despite the rapid growth of defence tech in Finland, the sector is facing a range of local and European-wide challenges.

Mr Hietala, the founder of airship technology platform Kelluu, describes something of a "culture clash" between agile start-ups and large defence companies and governments that have typically required years of experimentation and prototyping before acquiring new technologies."That's really on the opposite side of the spectrum for start-ups, in which the DNA is that we will fail fast and rapidly, and you don't have every start-up succeed."