Music Features
Free spirit: FKA twigs on the lifesaving ‘EUSEXUA’
Our Album Award winner discusses navigating the Madonna-whore complex, and how signing to a major label has given her control of her masters – and her future
Hannah Ewens
Music Features
JADE: pop star of her dreams
From the safe confines of the second biggest-selling UK girl group of all time with Little Mix to stepping boldly into the spotlight on her own terms with a jagged, leftfield take on pop, Jade Thirlwall — aka JADE — is ready to embrace the thrill of flying solo
Music Features
Halsey: no boundaries
After two years of battling life-changing illnesses, Ashley Frangipane emerged from the other side with an album she thought could be her last: ‘The Great Impersonator’. The 30-year-old singer tells the whole story of motherhood, separations, treatments, recovery, and meeting their new partner. What happens when an artist who made their name through oversharing online decides to stop talking? Halsey isn’t sure yet
Music Features
The reinvention of Bring Me The Horizon
After the shock departure of Jordan Fish from Bring Me The Horizon, their frontman explains how resentments built within the band, details his path of self-improvement and reveals how their latest EP NeX GEn holds his secrets to addiction recovery
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Charli XCX: The Anatomy Of A (3-D) Female Pop Star
Female pop stars have been lying to us about how they feel, and Charli is here to tell the truth. The insecurity, competitiveness, ambition, pride and intelligence necessary to be a relevant celebrity are plainly on display in her new club album, brat — and it’s addictive listening
Culture Features
Tom Stoppard on reviving Rock ‘n’ Roll and his future: ‘It feels like I haven’t stopped yet’
One of Britain's greatest living playwrights is back with a revival of 'Rock 'n' Roll', which sees classic songs being contrasted against the realities of life in the Eastern Bloc. He tells Rolling Stone UK about its return and why, at the age of 86, he isn't finished yet.
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Lola Young: ‘I had to train massively, I didn’t pop out the womb like Beyoncé’
Refreshingly modest about her talent, Brit School alumnus Lola Young prefers to call new release 'My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely' a project rather than a debut album. But there’s no denying that her soul-searching songs are hitting all the right notes
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Lana Del Rey: she does it for the girls
After a decade of feeling unexcited after the critical response to her debut album Born to Die, the greatest American songwriter of the 21st century is finally inspired about her career and life again. Rolling Stone UK meets her in LA to discuss the “overculture”, romance and her new album, Did You know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd
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Snubbing the King: why don’t big stars want to perform at Charles’ coronation?
A number of artists have turned down offers to perform at King Charles' coronation in May. Some theorise that the royal family's recent 'PR disasters' are partly to blame
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Glüme: former child star is making music about her own painful upbringing
After a painful upbringing working as a child actor from the age of six to provide for her family, Glüme Harlow is making music about reconnecting with that little girl and conquering Hollywood on her own terms
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slowthai: finding beauty in the ugly
What do you do when you find out therapy is not for you? If you’re this new dad, you return to your friends and to rock music – the genre Tyron Kaymone Frampton always wanted to make – instead for curative release
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Maisie Peters: ‘My universe is something for me to destroy and build up again’
Ed Sheeran’s 22-year-old protégé is writing music in the vein of her idol Taylor Swift. Maisie Peters describes her work as existing for dreamers with imaginary boyfriends, the people who live in a fantasy, the ones who don’t quite get what they want. As she gears up to release 'The Good Witch', Peters explains it’s music for overly invested romantic girls like her
Culture Features
Welcome to Rolling Stone UK’s 2022 year in review
The deranged mood of the country is potent — so let’s attempt to review our year in UK society and culture
The deranged mood of the country is potent — so let’s attempt to review our year in UK society and culture
Music Features
Yungblud: how to win fans and influence people
Love him or hate him, Yungblud exemplifies what it means to be a Gen Z rock star. Dominic Harrison harnessed an influencer model to rise to fame but in 2022 proved he’s well on the way to becoming a British pop culture icon. Rolling Stone UK goes on the road with our Artist of the Year to find out how he intends to use more than his high-energy persona to be taken seriously
On the road with Rolling Stone UK’s latest cover star
TV Lists
‘The Real Housewives’: the most iconic housewives of Bravo’s hit franchise
These larger-than-life women have kept us glued to our screens by orchestrating drama, tossing down drinks and breaking the hearts of their fellow wives
TV Features
Why young British women love ‘The Real Housewives’
Since 2020, ‘The Real Housewives’ franchise has gone from being a US TV phenomenon to an obsession for women in the UK. Why would we fall in love so fast and hard with dramatic, sneaky and narcissistic wives and mothers living in luxury overseas?
Falling in love with dramatic, sneaky, and narcissistic wives living in luxury overseas
Music Features
Shygirl is hungry for everything
The rising UK star talks being censored for radio, women’s fear of their own genitalia, and the influences of nature and short stories on her debut album ‘Nymph’
The rising UK star talks her debut album ‘Nympth’
TV Features
Diane Morgan: funny girl
Comedian Diane Morgan has made a lasting impression on British TV. From her characters Philomena Cunk to Mandy, she’s one of the leading ladies bringing laughter to the small screen. In this interview, she discusses Charlie Brooker, her miserable stand-up, and why there are far too many police dramas
We meet one of the UK’s most recognisable comic voices
Music Live Reviews
Lady Gaga’s Chromatica Ball live in Stockholm: the party we waited for
After the tour was originally hampered by the pandemic, Lady Gaga’s ‘Chromatica’ album spectacularly comes to life in the live arena – another reminder that she’s one of the greatest living musical performers
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The British are coming: do UK rock bands still need to ‘break America’?
The mythology of ‘breaking America’ exists today in the hearts and minds of UK rock bands, but the reality of years in tour vans often leads to empty pockets. Rolling Stone UK joins Manchester pop rock band Hot Milk in Los Angeles on their journey to grow a fanbase in the States to see how it’s done