Music

The Aces

“We’ve made this next album from really pure intentions, you know, every time commercialism or capitalism came knocking at the door, we told it to fuck off.”

Barns Courtney

Barns Courtney: “I sometimes
wonder when
people tell you that your music saved their life, if actually, when you feel powerless, perhaps it’s easier to put your power somewhere else.”

Itzy

ITZY: “We have a unique sisterhood among ourselves. We are very close to each other. We share everything, which is our biggest strength.”

Gabrielle Aplin

Gabrielle Aplin: “To me now, it's just something that’s there. I just navigate life and make decisions and put into place things that accommodate for the fact that I have a neurodivergent condition, and that’s fine. I’m really grateful for it”

Cavetown

Cavetown: "My most recent projects are always what I’m most proud of, so I’m eager to see whether they resonate with people similarly."

Easy Life

Easy Life: "If I’m experiencing something, chances are everyone else has, so I feel it’s essential to write about those things."

Tove Lo

Tove Lo: “I’ve worked so hard on getting to a healthy relationship with food and loving my body from my experiences with an eating disorder. I almost feel like if I hadn’t gone through with saying no to people (on shoots), I would be more messed up.”

Noah Cyrus

Noah Cyrus: “This time, I really wanted to do things the right way. I wanted to say my goodbyes and have that quality time I knew I’d never get back.”

Jacob Banks

Jacob Banks: "Mentally there was less noise in my head and around me. I was in a grateful space making the album."

Kodaline

Kodaline: I know, particularly among lads, there is still this attitude to just soak things up and it will be grand. Still, you end up sitting on your issues and never speaking about them.

The Vamps

The Vamps: "We’ve fallen in love with the constant reinvention, which is part of why we have got to 10 years.”

Russ

Russ: “I’ve been around long enough to know that you catch a big song, and then it dies off and you’re on cruise control in the in-between, just kind of waiting for the next big moment. So I’m just riding the wave, trying to be more present and soaking all it all up.”