Music

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.”

Lauv

Lauv: "Even though I'm making my music out of my life experiences, I felt like I built up this whole outward persona that constantly needed more from me."

Alec Benjamin

Alec Benjamin: "I think I’m still not comfortable being vulnerable, but I’m more uncomfortable, not being myself. "

Rhys Lewis

Rhys Lewis: "For me, when you say a problem out loud, it suddenly becomes a lot more manageable."

Jungle

Jungle: "There’s been no going are you sure about this. Ultimately, in this world, you’ve got to trust your tastes, your instinct, and your plan."

Chase and Status

Chase and Status: "Now, when I think of what we do I think we have always been very fortunate to make a living doing what we love so much."

The Amazons

The Amazons: "A lot of my mental health came down to not knowing what I was doing in my life and just kind of letting things build up. So, when it then resurfaced in Mexico I don’t think I was expecting it."

Sigrid

Sigrid: “Sucker Punch focused a lot on my relation to and relationships with other people and the wider world that I had just walked into. But How To Let Go is about the aftermath of those experiences.”

Tom Odell

Tom Odell: “I’ve always been relatively cavalier and honest about it in public. When I started writing songs at 19, 20 years old, I was never afraid to be vulnerable and sensitive. My songs have always been very, very candid.”

Calum Scott

Calum Scott: "I think every album I’ve done has been a snapshot in time. I want to tell stories; I want to take people on a journey through my mental health and how I’ve gone from moments where I didn’t know if I could carry on."