FKA twigs – ‘Eusexua’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcW9s7CuhJ0&pp=ygURZmthIHR3aWdzIGV1c2V4dWE%3D
“What is eusexua to you?” FKA twigs asked her fans ahead of her highly-anticipated comeback. To the star, the term refers to a feeling of “momentary transcendence” and the title track from her upcoming third album...
From mediaeval garb to angelic lingerie, onstage scissoring to impromptu flamenco, 2024’s VMAs ceremony was a long and celebratory affair. But whilst men tried their best to create some big talking moments — a strong vocal performance from Shawn...
Explaining the title of her latest album, Charli XCX defined ‘Brat’ as “that girl who is a little messy and likes to party and maybe says some dumb things sometimes." "A little bit volatile… but it’s brat. You’re brat....
Megan Thee Stallion and RM - 'Neva Play'
https://youtu.be/TpYTyAaTRts?si=TqeijmZm3iR4FRZi
After her ‘Butter’ remix caused such a storm in 2021, it was only a matter of time before Megan Thee Stallion teamed up with BTS for another heater. This time she’s only...
The sentiments on Sabrina Carpenter’s sixth album are 'Short n’ Sweet' like the title, this flirtatious play on the singer’s height setting the tone for a record that refuses to sink into earnestness. With old-style glamour and an uncannily...
At San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival last week, executives estimated that 50,000 of the festival’s 75,000 attendees showed up to watch the same artist. A few weeks previously, that performer also drew the ‘largest ever’ audience for a Lollapalooza...
The Blessed Madonna x Kylie – ‘Edge of Saturday Night’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTp23KDSBBI
Encapsulating the ethos of stories you’ve been told about people having a wild week in Ibiza; Kylie sounds like she’s having her BRAT summer as she sings of a night...
It is a cliché to say that bedroom pop artists must entirely mature out of this phase, lighten their touch and step into somewhere more muted and adult beyond their four walls. Since her homemade 2017 hit ‘Pretty Girl’,...
Soccer Mommy - 'M'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbS2shn50MY
You can always rely on Soccer Mommy to craft songs of understated beauty, but with the first slice of her forthcoming album ‘Evergreen’, she breaks new emotional ground, paying tribute to her belated mother and the...
The news is out! Chosen by a team of esteemed judges (including one-time Forty-Five legend Sophie Williams), the Mercury Music Prize shortlist for 2024 has been confirmed, announced live on BBC 6Music this morning. As usual, it’s an eclectic...