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HOLLY HUMBERSTONE – ‘INTO YOUR ROOM’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hwQzhETOZU Marking an exciting sonic expansion for the Grantham-born singer-songwriter, and taken from her forthcoming debut album ‘Paint My Bedroom Black’, Holly Humberstone’s newest track explores feelings of guilt from not being present in a...
“Bitch I/ Said What I Said”. So goes the opening hook of Doja Cat’s fourth album, setting the tone for what might be her overall mantra for the year. Doused in a sticking red hue of knowing controversy, Doja...
On their third album ‘WINK’, released in 2021, Japan’s CHAI took a more global outlook, expanding their creative circle to work with LA producer Mndsgn and Chicago hip-hop star Ric Wilson. Two years later, on their self-titled follow-up, the...
Sugababes – 'When The Rain Comes' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHLZhRoWAg Almost ten years after their single ‘Flatline’, one of the most iconic groups of the early 00s have returned, and it feels like they’ve never left. A simplistic drumbeat allows their silky vocals and...
Since her arrival on the global music scene in 2012 with her debut single ‘Video Games’, Lana Del Rey has carved out her own space as an artist carrying on the elegance and glamour of Old Hollywood – but updating it...
Olivia Rodrigo is out for revenge – or does she just want to reunite with her ex? “I wanna get him back,” she chants on ‘Get Him Back!’, simultaneously plotting his downfall and pining for him in five sing-songy words....
When Ezra Collective were promoting their second album, ‘Where I’m Meant To Be’, they described it as “a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes”, testament to the hope and creativity that allows us all to rise and meet...
Griff – 'Vertigo' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNBzgENcBI8 As many women can attest, a chronic ailment of the female condition is often the belief that you can change a man simply by loving them hard enough. On comeback single ‘Vertigo’, this is exactly the concern...
When somebody utters the word festival, there are a few classic images that spring to mind. Crowdsurfers and mates on shoulders? Most likely. Portaloos and wellies? Definitely. A sad slice of plasticky-cheese sitting on a slice of even sadder...
LAUFEY – ‘CALIFORNIA AND ME’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3sJ001W4OM The latest single from the Icelandic-Chinese jazz extraordinaire’s new album ‘Bewitched’ is quite possibly her most heart achingly beautiful yet. Opening with a melancholic piano melody and layers of classical fairytale instrumentals from London’s Philharmonia...