Music
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Q&A: Beyond the headlines, what drill really reflects
Drill gets blamed for a lot of knife crime and youth violence. But those narratives rarely include the people living it. Loquil, 19, from Peckham, isn’t speaking from headlines, he’s speaking from experience. Alongside him is Certi, who offers a slightly different perspective acknowledging that while music can shape emotion, its influence has limits. What…
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Glastonbury is cancelled! Here’s what we think is replacing it this year.
For over five decades, Glastonbury festival has stood the test of time as a defining pillar of British music culture. Described as an annual pilgrimage where music, culture, politics and art converge in the fields of Somerset, its cancellation leaves a huge void in this year’s festival line up, so, what’s taking its place this…
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The music school built from grief
In April 2003, Nicole Yap lost her sister. Within five months, she opened a music school – one that, over two decades later, still carries her sister’s presence within it There is a photograph that Nicole Yap keeps in her mind, though not one you’d find in an album. It is April 2003, and her…
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Beyond the bass: inside London’s rave culture
For London’s young ravers, the dancefloor is more than a night out, offering a space to connect and step outside the pressures of everyday life. The bass arrives before the music fully takes shape, travelling through the concrete floor of an underground warehouse, rising through the soles of your shoes before the melody properly lands.…
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Zara Larsson’s top nine most-streamed songs
Ten years on from her global breakthrough, the Swedish pop star is back where she belongs – at the top of the charts. Zara Larsson is one of pop’s most consistent hitmakers of the past decade. Breaking through globally with Lush Life in 2015, the Swedish singer built a catalogue of sleek, high-impact pop that…
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Artist Profile: Pink Pantheress
Pop success is one thing; Pink Pantheress is quite another. The one who sneaks in through our playlists, TikTok feeds, and late-night playlists. Born on April 19, 2001, Victoria Beverley Walker is a British singer-songwriter and producer whose rise is vital to discovering a secret discussed online before it becomes everyone’s favourite fixation. Her early…
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Sasha Keable ACT II EP review: from heartbreak to healing
The South London singer’s extended EP brings added flavour with five new tracks, rounding off her turbulent tale of love. Sasha Keable has returned to continue where she left off on last year’s EP Act Right. Her latest release, Act II, contains themes of healing, growth and reflection. Themes that strengthen the project’s emotional journey.…
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Slave to the rhythm: How social media and streaming has rewired the music industry
The rise of social media has created a new way for music to be marketed. As long as a song has a short catchy snippet, it has the ability to form an unshakable ear worm that you can’t get rid of if you tried. You may have never listened to the song in its entirety…