Interviews

Multi-media artist El Hardwick’s latest project was prompted by the constant stream of disastrous news. “I felt like I was in this state of apathy,” they explain. “Every time I read the news it was like oh, this again....
In a year where in-person fan interactions have been severely limited, only the artists with a strong social media game have truly thrived. Step forward Saweetie: currently boasting 8.1 million Instagram followers, with a wildly successful TikTok challenge to...
Claudia Valentina is the 19-year-old pop RnB star with big dreams. From a young age, Claudia moved from her home of Guernsey to the bright lights of LA, where she found herself auditioning for parts in kids' TV shows....
Quite suddenly, in the middle of her conversation with The Forty-Five, Jordana is quite literally enveloped by a brigade of tiny creatures.  “You’re my baby!” the musician yells in muffled tones, straining to peer around from behind a greyhound wearing...
We had a quick Stop & Chat with Ray BLK about new single 'Lovesick' and what's come from the award-winning artist.
Ashnikko doesn’t just subvert feminine stereotypes: she flips them, kicks them to the ground, and dances on them in glass platform boots until they’re dust. Daisy – the protagonist of her latest single - is no innocent flower, but...
As the lead-singer and sole-songwriter in Boy Pablo, Nicolas Muñoz makes the sort of sunny slacker-pop that seems totally at odds with his upbringing in one of Europe’s rainiest cities. “I think it's a way to escape the mood...
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Camden’s Nubya Garcia weaves a tapestry of identity on her debut album, ‘Source’, her most confident outing to date. After collaborations with collectives such as Steam Down, and exploring her approach to music through her membership of bands, including...
“You have to choose a step-dad, and your choices are Jack Black, Will Smith and Guy Fieri. Who do you choose?” Welcome to the surreal mind of Fenne Lily, the Bristol-based, indie-folk singer-songwriter who has spent much of lockdown...