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The only thing Ariana Grande owes us is good music

The singer’s new album, eternal sunshine, is good. This matters more than her personal life

Music

Mar 08, 2024

James Greig

Music

‘I want to go crazy’: Why Ten Lee is ready to be the villain

As he releases his first solo ‘mini album’, the K-pop star reflects on his time with supergroups WayV and NCT, as well as his inspirational love of A24 horror movies

Music

Feb 23, 2024

Lucy Ford

Music

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In 2023, pop music is in need of saving

Monopolised by a few select artists, and devoid of excitement and spectacle, pop music is at risk of becoming stagnant

Music

Nov 09, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Fashion

All-In’s ALLINA was the hottest pop girlie at Paris Fashion Week

Styled by Lotta Volkova and featuring a four-track EP by music duo Smerz, the Paris-based a label’s SS24 collection told the story of ALLINA – a fictitious plastic pop star experiencing 15 seconds of fame

Fashion

Oct 03, 2023

Hannah Bertolino

Music

Addison Rae and a history of plasticity in pop

The TikTok star is finally officially releasing songs from her ‘lost’ album, and in doing so has become the latest participant in pop music’s ongoing meta-narrative

Music

Aug 17, 2023

Alim Kheraj

Music

Brewdog-adjacent band Royal Blood scream at children about rock music

At BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, the frontman of Royal Blood Mike Kerr lambasted the ‘pathetic’ audience for not liking their little bops

Music

May 30, 2023

James Greig

Music

You need to hear Crosslegged, the artist making ‘uncomfortable’ DIY pop

Ahead of the release of her new album Another Blue, the musician explains why freedom comes from confronting what troubles us

Music

Jan 25, 2023

Benjamin Cook

Music

Isabella Lovestory is a certified fashion freak

The Honduras-born pop star speaks to Dazed ahead of the release of her debut album AMOR HARDCORE

Music

Sep 02, 2022

Günseli Yalcinkaya

Life & Culture

‘It’s all love’: Mutya, Keisha and Siobhán on 25 years of the Sugababes

Having set Glastonbury and Margate Pride alight, Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and Siobhán Donaghy are now preparing for their first UK headline tour in two decades – here, they discuss their journey and weigh in on the decline of the girlband

Life & Culture

Aug 24, 2022

Sean O'Neill

Music

You will soon be able to study Harry Styles at university

We speak to the Texas State course leader, Dr Louie Dean Valencia, to see what Harry stans can expect from the classes

Music

Jul 20, 2022

Serena Smith

Music

Where are all the fanboys?

Pop music has always been the domain of girls, gays, and theys. Why?

Music

Jun 21, 2022

Emmeline Banks

Music

ENHYPEN are the new powerhouses of K-pop

We catch up with the septet just days before their blockbuster performance at KPOP.FLEX, Europe’s first-ever mega K-Pop festival. ‘We climbed this ladder maybe a bit too far,’ they tell writer Sara Delgado. ‘So I hope we don’t fall’

Music

May 24, 2022

Sara Delgado

Music

So, so, so scandalous: the demise of the Great British Girlband

If it is true that in girlbands we can see our society reflected back at us, what does it say about our society that we are left without a girlband at all?

Music

Apr 05, 2022

Sean O'Neill

Life & Culture

Can pop culture actually help to end the Ukraine war?

When the people of Ukraine asked for solidarity, Sainsbury’s relabelling their Chicken Kiev to Chicken Kyiv probably wasn’t what they had in mind

Life & Culture

Mar 10, 2022

Emma Garland

Music

The conspiracy behind Britney Spears’ unreleased song ‘Rebellion’

Alim Kheraj tells the story of the track which has become the subject of many conspiracy theories and countless discussions among the singer’s devotees

Music

Mar 10, 2022

Alim Kheraj

pop

The only thing Ariana Grande owes us is good music