She was a teenager with a famous friend: the singer Dionne Bromfield found a godmother and mentor in Amy Winehouse. She was silent for a long time after her death, now a documentary about her time with Amy is published.
This week, it’s ten years since Amy Winehouse died, aged just 27. The singer was found dead in her apartment in London, she died of alcohol poisoning after long addiction problems. She had her last public appearance just three days earlier in a pub in the London borough of Camden – at the side of her goddaughter Dionne Bromfield. Bromfield was then 15 years old and had found a friend and mentor in Winehouse. She helped her to gain a foothold in the difficult music business and supported her with joint appearances such as the last one in July 2011. After Winehouse’s death, the singer was silent for a long time, and now a documentary about this unusual friendship and the grief that Bromfield couldn’t cope for a long time.
“Talking about it has felt almost impossible for the past nine and a half years. I didn’t want people to see me weak,” said Bromfield in advance in an interview. She was six years old when Winehouse, then unknown, befriended Bromfield’s mother and quickly took the girl under her wing. “If Amy really liked you, she stood up for you,” says Bromfield. When she became interested in music, Amy Winehouse became her mentor and even signed her to her own record label.
Amy Winehouse was a mentor to her godchild, Dionne Bromfield
“At first she gave me little tasks. She said something like, ‘Listen to this song and next time I want you to tell me three things from it that you have learned.’ It could be something about the lyrics, the melody or the artists, “recalls the singer. Winehouse showed her motherly side to Bromfield, caring and caring for her. “I’ve never seen her drunk. Never,” says Dionne Bromfield.
The documentary helped her to finally deal with the grief for Amy Winehouse. Today she fondly remembers the last joint appearance. “Everything felt very, very good,” she says. “I told her that evening that I was so grateful for everything she did for me. I had never told her that before, I just assumed she knew that. But this evening I just had to say. And I’m so glad I did. “
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