Interviews

Since 2013, Dawn Richard has been making music nonstop. It hasn't exactly been intentional, but for her, it's been necessary. "That's my therapy," she says of her constant output. "It's like regurgitation." Just as integral has been having complete autonomy...
Julia Michaels is the music industry’s worst kept secret – and she would quickly tell you the same. “I didn’t ever plan on being an artist,” she says over Zoom from LA, the Cali sun illuminating her easy, infectious...
When Birdy began work on her fourth album ‘Young Heart’, she envisaged things being fairly straightforward. She met up in the studio with renowned producer Ethan Johns (Kings Of Leon, Laura Marling) with a vision of making the whole...
“Is it OK if I just take a second to pick up my dog’s poop?”, Girl In Red abruptly enquires minutes into our interview.  Erm, yeah… go ahead?  “I’m so sorry about this,” she repeats three times over, before bursting into...
Nick Waterhouse is a man of many magnetisms, and the California native’s fifth studio album ‘Promenade Blue’ (released via Innovative Leisure), beautifully captures the art of letting-go or “moving-on”, in a way that marks a renewed sense of freedom.  As...
Unlike most of us, I. Jordan had a whirlwind 2020. Tipped as one of the most exciting dance music producers of the moment, they’ve received glowing press reviews, as well as winning DJ Mag’s ‘Best Breakthrough Producer’ award and...
Bebe Rexha With close to 11 million Instagram followers and songwriting credits on some of the biggest pop hits in recent history, Jacqui Swift meets bonafide megastar Bebe Rexha to talk about new beginnings, managing her mental health and the...
For Georgia Twinn, the past few months have been more surreal than most. “It’s been really overwhelming”, she says over Zoom from her family home in Essex. She pauses for a moment, before offering a comfortable nod: “But now...
Sophie Williams chats stanning Coldplay, overcoming trauma and mesmeric new music with the genre-defying, Rachel Chinouriri.
“Making music for moderately melancholic people” is how Natia Chichinadze bills her purpose as CREAMS, over on Instagram. As snappy, six-word bios go, it serves as a particularly decent introduction to the oeuvre of the Tbilisi-based artist, which has...