"Thank you to the fans" - Everything Sam Fender said during his two Brit Award acceptance speeches
The weekend was a successful one for Sam Fender has he picked up two Brit Awards.
Fender won the first award of the night alongside Olivia Dean in the Song Of The Year category for their track ‘Rein Me In’ while Fender was also named as the winner in the Best ALternative/Rock Act category.
He beat the likes of Wolf Alice, Wet Leg, Lola Young a d Blood Orange to the genre prize, while he and Dean won over the likes of Azizam by Ed Sheeran, Messy by Lola Young and Where Is My Husband by Raye for top song.
Speaking following the first award of the night as part of his acceptance speech, Fender said: “I said to Olivia ‘if we win this do you want to do the talking’ and she said ‘no’ and I was like great, I’m not very good at it!
“I love this song, I wrote it about four years ago and I loved it then and Olivia made it her own so I just want to say thank you to Olivia and thank you to the fans.”
Olivia Dean added: “Thank you to Sam, it’s a beautiful song and it’s been a pleasure to be part of it.”
His other award speech, much like the other genre-specific awards, was not broadcast live due to timing on the night. Instead the trophies were handed out earlier in the evening with speeches pre recorded.
Following his other win, Fender took the stage and said: “Thank you so much to the fans, it’s been a class year” before passing the microphone around his band.
Olivia Dean was the big winner of the night, winning Best Song alongside Fender. She also won Best Pop Act and Album Of The Year for her 2025 release ‘The Art Of Loving’, which beat Fender’s third album ‘People Watching’ to the prize.