Within the first hour of Leeds Festival, it is clear that we are in the midst of a very 2022 kind of youthquake. Girls in neon mesh daub messages across each other’s chests while topless boys puff elf bars,...
For even the biggest of operations, the course of festival planning rarely runs smooth. Throw in a global pandemic and you’re dealing not only with the lingering effects of health-based chaos, but also the bottleneck of artists rushing to...
If her 2019 rise to prominence was a Hot Girl Summer, the last two years of Megan Thee Stallion’s life has been an unapologetic hustle. Capitalising on her stardom with real grit and resilience, the 27-year-old has racked up...
Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Gift & A Curse’
Megan Thee Stallion might have only given us less than a day’s notice that her new album ‘Traumazine’ was dropping, but regardless of how long we had to prepare, it likely would have...
When you think of significant pop icons of the new millennium, it’s difficult not to think of Katy Perry. Main pop girl without a question, she ran into a little commercial trouble after 2013’s 'Prism' but has remained an...
Listening to Pale Waves’ third album, ‘Unwanted’ feels like being back in 2002: like dancing around your childhood bedroom using a hairbrush as a microphone spending weekends buying CDs in shopping centres. It continues in the punchy pop-punk vein...
LOLA - 'Back'
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If Flo haven’t quite yet convinced you that UK R&B is about to enter an exciting new age, look no further than Londoner LOLA, making squelchy, futuristic R&B that still knows how to pay homage to those...
Something magical happens on Los Angeles' fault lines. A creative hub for movies, tech and music, some of the world's best artists have chosen LA as their home. The city itself has been an inspiration to many of these...
It’s a strong start when the first song you hear in a new teen drama is New Order’s ‘Age of Consent’. But if there’s anything Stranger Things has taught us, a nostalgic music moment does wonders to promote both...
How lucky are we to live in a time where Beyoncé exists? One of the few artists for whom releasing an album can genuinely be described as a cultural event, the announcement of 'RENAISSANCE' seemingly came at exactly the...