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Jungle have never been a band content to make the same record twice. Across four albums, their project has moved through moods and eras like a mixtape assembled with intention: brash on Volcano, meditative on Loving in Stereo, and now, on Sunshine, something looser. Warmer.  The title track began life years ago, reworked into something […]

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There’s a word Tove Lo keeps circling back to: contradiction. It’s in the album title, in the press notes, in the way she talks about her own life. Estrus, named for an animal being in heat, is framed as primal contradiction and emotional chaos. It’s also, more simply, an honest document of not knowing. “I […]

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There’s a moment, Holly Humberstone tells me, when everything clicked. Not a dramatic revelation, more like a switch flipping quietly in the middle of the night. She’d been sitting with a pile of songs she loved but couldn’t quite connect, searching for the invisible thread that made them one thing. Then she wrote “Cruel World,” […]

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Sienna Spiro doesn’t believe any of this is real. Not the global charts, not the sold-out shows, not the late-night TV stages that once lived on the other side of a screen. “None of it actually feels real,” she says, laughing. “I know that’s such an obvious answer, but it actually doesn’t. Before anything, I’m […]

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When I first speak to Freya over the phone, her voice is calm but full of energy, like she’s smiling even without being seen. There’s a thoughtful pause in her words, a rhythm that makes the conversation feel effortless. The past year has been a whirlwind, but Freya’s rise hasn’t felt like an explosion so […]

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Arkells have always been a band built around togetherness; between bandmates, between crowds, between past and present. For frontman Max Kerman, that sense of connection isn’t a concept, it’s a practice. It shows up in how he writes, how the band performs, and how they continue to move forward without leaving their roots behind. The […]

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Sofia Camara doesn’t romanticize the climb, but she doesn’t downplay it either. She talks about growth the way someone does when they’ve lived every inch of it; slowly, privately, sometimes painfully. “I’ve cried more this year than I ever have,” she admits, half-laughing, half-owning it. “But it’s healing. You don’t realize how much you need […]

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Cameron Whitcomb doesn’t glorify his past, but he doesn’t hide from it either. “If it wasn’t for music,” he says, “I’d probably still be messed up, or dead.” He says it lightly, like he’s just relaying the weather, but the honesty of his words sit heavy in the air. His debut album, The Hard Way, […]

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Louis Tomlinson is calm; centered, some may say. He sounds both relaxed and ready, like someone who’s done the work to get here, wherever here is. The air around him feels lighter than it did a few years ago. Maybe that’s because his new album, How Did I Get Here, is the one he calls […]

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There’s a kind of quiet joy that follows Olivia Dean into a room. Before the cameras even roll, she’s giggling about the frothy coffee I’ve given her and helping me check if the mics are on. “Am I wearing headphones?” she asks with a half smile, before I reassure her, “No, no, we’re not gonna […]