lyricist

Now that she’s an accomplished lyricist, she pays more attention to the written word.

Payne, a gifted lyricist and voracious listener, had a steeper climb to find his own sound.

The lyricist renowned for his long partnership with Elton John admires the siblings’ “winning combination of originality and classic songwriting” and says they’ve left “undeniably unique fingerprints on their own generation.”

"Martin has never been the most poetically complex of lyricists," added The Telegraph's Neil McCormick, but "does the world really need" songs that sound "like Instagram self-help slogans?"

Kendrick is also known for being one of the most inventive lyricists hip-hop today.