Hinds – ‘En Forma’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsdQ-286r4Q
Being a woman in modern society can often feel overwhelming. There’s constant discourse about our bodies and behaviour, while we have to balance our personal responsibilities with caring about the world around us (even when it...
Taylor Swift doesn’t want to perform. It’s night two at Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium, and two of her dancers are propping her body back onto her feet. In response, she limply flops back down onto a red couch, face twisted...
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 descend on Worthy farm, a combination of meticulous weather watching, canned cocktail purchasing and dedicated...
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 the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the Lupus Research Alliance. In ‘The End’, she opens...
In the months leading up to Charli XCX’s sixth album, ‘Brat’, things seemed like business as usual for the British pop star. She previewed the record with a series of singles that, while far from predictable, felt like natural...
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 the summer. We hardly need to mention its title, because everyone from your next-door neighbour...
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. With a keen eye on AI, superheroism and the perfectionist imagery that both harms and...
Billie Eilish – 'CHIHIRO'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_AZJzYe7CU&t=303s
Whilst it may be one of her most subdued songs, ‘CHIHIRO’ – which is inspired by Hayao Miyazaki’s film ‘Spirited Away’ – is one of the greatest examples of Billie Eilish’s vocal control even though she’s...
There’s a section of Billie Eilish’s third album, ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’, that feels like we’ve followed the pop star on a night out. It’s not just that this suite of songs pulls from a sonic palette that’s...
For nearly two decades, The Great Escape Festival has been a beacon of the British music industry, the event that signals that festival season has well and truly begun. With roughly 500 bands coming through its doors every May,...