The best new artists we covered in 2023
Each week, we interview a rising musician who’s caught our eye. From UK rap wunderkinds to trance aficionados and jersey club experimentalists, here are some of our favourites from the past year.
Each week, we interview a rising musician who’s caught our eye. From UK rap wunderkinds to trance aficionados and jersey club experimentalists, here are some of our favourites from the past year.
100%: The British-Nigerian artist talks Beyoncé, apple crumble and her eclectic sound.
Sack off strawberry make-up – go big, glamorous, dramatic instead.
We all have that one mate who likes things that look cool – and make them look cool at the same time.
100%: The Luton musician has set herself apart with commanding freestyles, as part of London radio station Victory Lap. And with plenty more new music on the way, this is just the beginning.
The Swedish-born designer has collaborated with Spanish brand Armand Basi on a unisex capsule collection that merges sensuality, romance and utility.
She's the best pop star on the planet: a rage-soundtracking, youth-code cracking, confidence-power packing backdrop to a million teenage lives. And jaw-droppingly, brilliantly, excitingly, the 20-year-old is just getting started.
Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Frost Children, André 3000, Drake and BXKS.
Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Dua Lipa, PinkPantheress, Vegyn and Jelani Blackman.
Mattia Guarnera-MacCarthy’s uncanny airbrushed paintings of muscular bodies and sweaty sportsmen have made him one of London’s most exciting up and comers. Now, he’s looking further afield.
Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Yaeji, Megan Thee Stallion, Strandz and Bored Lord.
100%: The Berlin duo (yep, there's two of them) are bringing bittersweet euphoria to the dancefloor.
Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Yunè Pinku, P-rallel, Brent Faiyaz and Rema.
If you’re after bender-proof lipstick, blindingly bright highlighter and the ultimate winter bronzer, you've come to the right place.
100%: With over one million TikTok followers and a debut single out today, the 20-year-old from North Wales has everything it takes to become the Next Big Thing.
Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Bktherula, Kevin Abstract, Frost Children and Charli XCX & Sam Smith.
Rated by THE FACE: A playlist featuring George Riley, Casisdead, Veeze, Ice Spice & Rema.
In their new book Magnetite, photographer Charlie Kwai and creative director Marco Minzoni hit a little-known corner of the Italian riviera. It’s a bit like Skegness, they insist…
100%: On her second album Perfect Picture, the PC Music poster girl emerges from her screen to contend with reality.
Fishbowls, blowjobs and cheesy Euro-bangers: the powerful and provocative Cannes prize-winner is the holiday film to end them all. We asked its cast and crew all about it.
Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring Tems, Drake, Jeshi, Rainy Miller & Space Afrika.