Frank Ocean
Billie, Lorde, Lizzo: has being a female pop star in 2021 become unbearable?
New releases by three pop icons reveal their extreme attempts to protect themselves from the damage caused by fame. Pop stardom has never seemed less aspirational
Laura Snapes
20, Aug, 2021 @3:20 PM
‘My hope is to make things that last’ – Frank Ocean announces fashion range
The collection will feature 25 pieces of high-end jewellery including silk scarves
Priya Elan
09, Aug, 2021 @4:11 PM
Boris Johnson stopped me getting fit – but he couldn’t come between me and my guitar
I’m still no Jimi Hendrix, but after a year’s solid practice I have just about mastered one R&B track
Nish Kumar
30, Dec, 2020 @2:00 PM
Drake calls for Grammys to be replaced after snubbing Black artists
Singer’s demand follows absence of the Weeknd in all categories of the 2021 awards despite huge success this year and dismay at exclusion of Lil Uzi Vert
Laura Snapes
26, Nov, 2020 @1:19 PM
Musical notes: how is pop music changing during the pandemic?
In our monthly column, our critics ponder how are listening tastes are changing – and how pop might adapt to a strange new world
Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Alexis Petridis and Laura Snapes
14, Apr, 2020 @4:25 PM
You'll Never Walk Alone and Locked Up top chart of popular quarantine music
Listeners are flocking to hear tracks such as Don’t Stand So Close to Me and Everybody Hurts as the coronavirus crisis deepens
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
27, Mar, 2020 @2:36 PM
Leave Rihanna alone! A manifesto for healthier pop fandom in the 2020s
Fans play the music industry’s tune by demanding stars release new product on schedule. Instead, we should love what we have and give artists creative headroom
Aimee Cliff
15, Jan, 2020 @11:48 AM
Coachella 2020 announced with headliners Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean
Lana Del Rey, Calvin Harris and 21 Savage to also appear at California event that kicks off festival season
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
03, Jan, 2020 @10:06 AM
Heartache in golf shoes: how Odd Future brought fresh energy to rap
By embracing vulnerability at a time when all the old rules about the genre were breaking down, the LA collective broadened what it could be
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
28, Nov, 2019 @9:30 AM
Work, work, work: Beyoncé's labour of liberation
Leading a creative revolution whose ripples were seen from Kanye to Donald Glover to Little Simz, Beyoncé consigned the idea of performers ‘sticking to the music’ to history
Tshepo Mokoena
19, Nov, 2019 @10:01 AM
One to watch: Vegyn
The self-taught producer’s debut album confirms his star status
Tara Joshi
09, Nov, 2019 @2:00 PM
The 100 best albums of the 21st century
We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree
Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1-50); Laura Snapes and April Curtin (51-100)
13, Sep, 2019 @8:00 AM
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