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Rhian Daly

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Rhian Daly is a freelance music journalist with over ten years experience interviewing some of the world's most famous pop stars. As well as writing for The Forty-Five since launch, she's contributed work to NME, DIY, Time Out and Rolling Stone UK. Between 2013 and 2016, she was also the assistant reviews editor at NME. She likes K-pop and indie discos in equal measure and is proudly ARMY.
BTS

BTS’ ARMY are flipping conversations about stan culture, one good deed at a time

If you’ve spent any length of time on Twitter, you’ve probably seen examples of the toxic side of stan culture – the side that...
Phoebe Bridgers Punisher review

Phoebe Bridgers – ‘Punisher’ review: a poignant, poetic tribute to life’s twists and turns

To be human is to be complicated – a fact that, despite all of us being intrinsically aware of it, can get overlooked when we’re...
Lady Gaga Chromatica review

Lady Gaga – ‘Chromatica’ review: partying through the pain on a pink dance-pop rocketship

When Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket took off from Earth for its first flight into space at the beginning of June, it was hard not...
Dua Saleh

45s of the week: Run The Jewels, Jungkook, Dua Saleh and more

Run The Jewels – ‘A Few Words For The Firing Squad (Radiation)’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dgH1mlXDhA By the time you get to the final track on Killer Mike and El-P’s...
Heartbreak

The most devastating break-up songs of all time

Chances are, at some point in your life, you’ve made a playlist designed with a broken heart in mind. One of the very staples...