Hollie Geraghty
Hollie Geraghty is an NCTJ qualified freelance music and culture journalist with bylines in NME, Rolling Stone UK, The Guardian, Dance Magazine and more. She loves to shout about the pop girlies and has interviewed the likes of Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding, Gracie Abrams, Beabadoobee and Maggie Rogers. She’s also a big fan of alt R&B, 80s film soundtracks, and funky soul playlists for roller skating sessions.
45s of the week: Rosalía, Samia, Zara Larsson and more!
DAISY JONES & THE SIX – ‘REGRET ME’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0ywkDC9rEo
Not only is ‘Regret Me’ an exciting debut single, but it arrives from a totally new band...
45s of the week: Ava Max, Coi Leray, Twice Tzuyu and more!
AVA MAX – ‘DANCING’S DONE’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-z7y6nabho&feature=emb_title
“I wanna give in to your dark temptation,” Ava Max teases on her menacing new single, the latest preview of...
SZA – ‘SOS’ review: R&B star’s glistening return is a sprawling fusion of old...
Few sophomore albums are preceded by the kind of devoted anticipation that surrounded SZA’s ‘SOS’. Since the release of her now-seminal debut ‘Ctrl’ in...
45s of the week ft. Daine, Linn, Emma Bradley and more!
DAINE – ‘SHAPELESS’
The title track from the Australian emo-pop artist’s forthcoming mixtape is a propulsive, dead-behind-the-eyes dissection of identity. “Lips fake eyes fake /...
45s of the week: Rihanna, SZA, La Roux and more!
RIHANNA – ‘LIFT ME UP’
It’s no surprise that Rihanna’s first song in six years is loaded with meaning. Released as the lead single from the...
Witch Fever: “It’s important for yourself to get rid of the rage”
On the opening track of Witch Fever’s debut album ‘Congregation’, singer Amy Walpole furiously wails the pious mantra ‘Blessed Be Thy’ – the song’s...
45s of the week: Big Joanie, FLO, Alice Glass and more!
BIG JOANIE – ‘CONFIDENT MAN’
If you can’t beat the system, join it, right? The third single from the feminist rockers’ forthcoming second album ‘Back...
MUNA: “We made decisions when we were first starting as a band that changed...
“We’re surviving,” MUNA’s Josette Maskin says optimistically, speaking to The Forty-Five on Zoom just over a week away from the release of the band's...
Sigrid – ‘How To Let Go’: fiery pop precision with extra bite
Within minutes of ‘How To Let Go’, it’s clear that Sigrid's second album is a different kind of beast. An artist who spent the...
Revisiting the iconic Bend It Like Beckham soundtrack, 20 years later
When I first joined Spotify back in 2014, my playlist organisation was non-existent. Feeling spoiled by the prospect of any ad-free music I could...