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The story of Michael Jackson’s rise to fame has been one of the most successful films of the year, surpassing $1billion (£731million) to become the highest-grossing biopic of all time . The film’s timeline begins with…
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And, if the sun-bleached cool of Jawdropped's music is anything to go by, starting a powerpop project in your 30s will light up this pleasure centre like a dive bar pinball machine. The US quartet are all on their…
The rightwing British tabloid quietly removed the article and photographs, first published on 6 August, from its website last week. The Mail did not issue a correction or editor's note explaining the removal. Hailed for…
Did you want the album to feel like you were taking people on a journey in that way, or is it just a coincidence? It wasn’t deliberate, but that has also been my own journey for these past five or six years of making the…
The London-based artist described “Memories” as “one of the happiest songs on the album,” but said it comes from “clinging onto ideas that should make me happy but actually make me feel sad, because I wish they were just…
“satisfied” employs a fuller band sound, exploring the pull between restlessness and wanting to feel settled. de clair said: “For a long time, my mind was too focused on the future. I wrote 'satisfied' out of pure…
The remix edition brings in contributions from Malibu, Lust for Youth, Quiet Light, Cult Member, and others. Araabmuzik’s take on “Joker” is the first preview from the collection. Ms* Gloom recorded new vocals for the…
“Time is the ultimate musical durability test,” Crooks said. “If I keep coming back to an idea over the years, there’s probably something there. I can’t trust an idea I made last night with the same certainty as a demo…
The Killers themselves have flirted with country imagery and aesthetics ever since their inception. From the cowboy attire of the ‘All These Things That I’ve Done’ music video to the wistful heartland rock that…