We meet late morning on the day after Boxing Day. Though we’re both south Londoners, Dìrísù has made a cryptic request to meet north of the river; the text message says he “needs” to be in Highbury in the early afternoon. It’s when he arrives wearing a vintage Arsenal shirt from their 1990-1992 era that it all makes sense. He hasn’t been able to use his season ticket recently because he has temporarily relocated to the US east coast to shoot All the Sinners Bleed, a forthcoming Netflix series from showrunner Joe Robert Cole. But now, he’s in London and Arsenal are playing at home, so that’s where he needs to be.