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Doja Cat – 'Attention' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agXQQDasq0U The queen of trolling has finally returned with new music after months of teasing her fans. ‘Attention’ is her first official solo release since the 2021 album ‘Planet Her’, taken from her upcoming album 'Scarlet'. Imbued...
BLACKPINK have been in your area since 2016 and, over the last seven years, they’ve built up a strong catalogue of world-beating bangers and gentle moments of poignancy – tracks that saw them headline Coachella in 2023. Among them...
Gloucestershire's Barn on the Farm festival is fast approaching. Taking place at Over Farm just outside Gloucester, the festival – built on the spirit of community and collaboration – will gather together some of indie's most exciting names from...
You’ve heard her commanding voice everywhere. She’s implored you to release the wiggle, to come to slay bitch, to work your back off, to ask who is motherfuckin’ representing in here tonight. She’s worked with Beyoncé, Drake, Diplo, Lizzo,...
Wallice – ‘disappear’  https://youtu.be/iV8eHVNdo8Y Wallice’s new single ‘disappear’ begins as a whisper, the California singer-songwriter lamenting all the things she tried hard to achieve but didn’t get in an almost-mumble. When the chorus hits, though, her frustration erupts, exploding the song...
CMAT – 'Have Fun!' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux_RYOHc4oM Having made her name as “everyone’s favourite global pop star™”, Irish sensation CMAT is back with a fresh slice of gleeful alt-pop, careening her way around funky fiddles on the streets of gay Paree. There’s a...
A trail of rhinestone cowboy hats leads the way from Seven Sisters station to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, corner shops are pumping Beyoncé's back catalogue and a stampede of fans adorned with tassels and sequins march towards the show of...
ARLO PARKS – ‘DEVOTION’ The final single from her second album ‘My Soft Machine’ (out today) and one of Arlo Parks’ favourite songs she’s ever made, ‘Devotion’ is about “feeling so in love it’s almost like being ripped apart, there’s...
Glastonbury, as you’ll already know, is unlike any other festival in the world. Sprawling over 900 acres, with umpteen stages and literally hundreds of things going on at any one time, it’s a hedonistic, soul-nourishing ecosystem in and of...
The Great Escape is a multi-venue Brighton festival which acts as a showcase for some of Europe's most exciting new acts. Each May, the music industry descends on the south-coast city for panels, conferences, live gigs and after-parties all...