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...
Beabadoobee – ‘Take A Bite’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DmixSHLIn0&pp=ygUXYmVhYmFkb29iZWUgdGFrZSBhIGJpdGU%3D
On her upcoming third album, ‘This Is How Tomorrow Moves’, Beabadoobee is reckoning with herself. Lead single ‘Take A Bite’ starts off the story, dissecting her habit of “finding comfort in chaos” and the impact that...
Gracie Abrams – 'Risk'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiMuT2BhwO0
Ever gotten carried away with a crush? On ‘Risk’, Gracie Abrams is in restless mode, ready to chance it all and leap into a relationship so new that the object of her affections doesn’t actually seem...
When Dua Lipa released 'Future Nostalgia’, it came at a time when people needed an escape. 2020’s disco indebted record became the soundtrack to countless kitchen discos during the unsettling Covid-19 lockdown, and then, once restrictions eased, it became...
LIANA FLORES – ‘I WISH FOR FOR THE RAIN’
Do you ever feel like you just need a big old cry in the rain? British-Brazilian newcomer Liana Flores follows the runaway success of the dreamy ‘rises the moon’ with an...
Rachel Chinouriri – 'It Is What It Is'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEWI5dKWwoU
Indie darling Rachel Chinouriri is back with a kick in the teeth to all fuckboys. Spliced in-between a whistle refrain reminiscent of ‘Pumped Up Kicks’, she nonchalantly lists all of the bad...
The last few years have been nothing short of prolific for Taylor Swift. As well as re-recording four of her first six albums, she’s also put out ‘Midnights’ and embarked on a headline-dominating, globe-straddling mega tour with ‘The Eras’....
There’s a long-held myth in the creative world that anything good needs to be laboured over, your blood, sweat, and tears poured relentlessly into your craft. Maggie Rogers’ third album, ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ is the latest reminder that’s not...