Jenessa Williams
Jenessa is a freelance music journalist, fandom academic and the writer of Subtweets, our weekly column that dissects the trending topics setting Music Twitter alight. She likes millennial hip-hop, noughties emo and advocating for a new era of diversity and representation in both.
45s of the week: 5 tracks you need to hear now
Soccer Mommy - 'M'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbS2shn50MY
You can always rely on Soccer Mommy to craft songs of understated beauty, but with the first slice of her forthcoming...
Get to know your 2024 Mercury nominees
The news is out! Chosen by a team of esteemed judges (including one-time Forty-Five legend Sophie Williams), the Mercury Music Prize shortlist for 2024...
Love Tinashe’s ‘Nasty’? There’s more where that came from
Have you been a nasty girl this summer? You might not have had much chance yet, but if you have been stuck indoors and...
Charli XCX knows what your thirties feel like
Your thirties are a complicated age - especially on the internet. On one hand, we’re bombarded by images of trad wives who are swapping...
12 underrated gems on the Glastonbury 2024 lineup
Break in those walking boots, the full Glastonbury 2024 lineup is out! With just under three weeks to go before over 200,000 music lovers...
45s of the week: 5 songs to hear now
Halsey - 'The End'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSfk1VFkl9g
After a year of relative quiet, Halsey returned this week with an Instagram post, exploring her health struggles and tagging both...
That’s That Me Espresso! How Sabrina Carpenter brought nonsense back to pop
Whether you’re tuned into daytime radio, scrolling YouTube or apparently, listening to literally anything on Spotify, there’s been an early contender for song of...
aespa – ‘Armaggedon’ review: long-awaited debut from K-Pop Titans
When aespa burst onto the scene with ‘Next Level’ way back in 2021, it was clear that K-Pop had just met its future leaders....
The Great Escape boycott: why bands are pulling out of the Brighton new music...
For nearly two decades, The Great Escape Festival has been a beacon of the British music industry, the event that signals that festival season...
‘The Idea Of You’ celebrates the escapism of fangirl fantasy
As long as pop fandom has been around, there have been crushes. Whether you’re hot for Harry, randy about Robbie or amenable to the...