“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...
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....
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...
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...
Ashnikko never misses. From the moment she released her debut single 'Krokodil' in 2016 it quickly became apparent that the music industry was not ready for what she would go onto unleash. Since then, the artist has laid down...
HotWax – 'Drop'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6AKmDNgxpY
The explosive new single ‘Drop’ marks HotWax’s first new music since the release of their acclaimed debut EP ‘A Thousand Times’. With the fuzziest bass lines and brooding vocals which erupt into piercing screams without warning,...
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘bad idea right?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj9qJsJTsjQ
We’ve all been there – acting like we’re over an ex only to be falling back under their spell after one too many drinks and a few “U up?” texts. Olivia Rodrigo knows this will end...
Ever since Margot Robbie removed her high heel to reveal a perfectly-sculpted permanent doll arch in a truly iconic early trailer, the pink glitter road to the Barbie movie has been a series of publicity home runs: Robbie’s red...