Music
Vinyl records are bad for the environment – it’s time for that to change
In light of the recent IPCC climate report, it’s high time the music industry reconsiders its approach. Now, a label has figured out how to produce 100 per cent recyclable records.
Lizzo’s comeback single Rumours features Cardi B
Two of music’s biggest, loudest personalities have joined forces. Brace yourself for an absolute banger.
Love climbing? Get your ears around this
Inside Ariana Grande’s Fortnite virtual concert
The pop sensation broke records this weekend after headlining the game’s interactive Rift Tour, which featured some fan-favourite songs and a touching tribute to Mac Miller.
It turns out The Weeknd is a big fan of Arca
Could there be a collab on the horizon? We sure hope so.
Does music taste matter in a relationship?
THE FACE speaks to five loved-up couples about bonding and bickering over the Bluetooth speaker.
Kanye West taps Demna Gvasalia for DONDA’s second release party
It’s been an eventful two weeks since Ye’s phantom album release party at Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium. Now, he’s got fashion’s most subversive name by his side.
Is Skepta working on an all-female album?
Some Insta sleuthing suggests that the UK’s biggest grime MC could be planning a project that champions female talent.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Skepta gets suited and booted, Potter Payper polishes his sound and Ayra Starr unleashes her star potential.
It’s official: even London estate agents couldn’t flog Kanye West’s stadium bedroom
As he finishes his new album, DONDA, Kanye West holes up in a prison cell-like bedroom with no windows and a very basic bed. We ask three estate agents how they would sell it.
100% Deto Black: the Lagos scene’s rising alt-rap star
She’s best mates with Mowalola, pens sharp sex-positive lyrics about gender equality and has rapped alongside Skepta and Unknown T.
Monthly mix roundup: dark garage, acid punk and thunderous Afrodance
Chal Ravens’ column collects the best DJ mixes and sets that have dropped in recent weeks.
Lizzo reveals she’s working on a new album with Mark Ronson
The musical mastermind behind 2019’s Cuz I Love You hints at a new album in collaboration with the super producer and squashes that bizarre rumour, all in a day’s work.
Dua Lipa distances herself from DaBaby following his homophobic rants
Fans are calling for a new version of the Levitating remix without the controversial rapper.
Watch Young Thug go punk in a performance with Travis Barker
In the lead up to his upcoming LP, PUNK, the rapper debuts a new rock-influenced aesthetic and sound in his Tiny Desk concert.
Best new African music: July’s roundup
Every month, Wale Oloworekende covers the continent's most exciting releases and music news stories for THE FACE.
Britney Spears requests accountant replaces father in conservatorship
It comes following months of back and forth and just weeks after an explosive firsthand testimony, during which Spears spoke of the "embarrassing and humiliating" arrangement put in place in 2008.
Bobby Shmurda’s first post-prison music is dropping tomorrow
The NYC rapper has joined reggaeton legend Daddy Yankee on a remix of Eldio Carrion and Jay Balvin’s drill-leaning track, TaTa.
Rated by The Face: a weekly playlist
Featuring Kamo Mphela’s hip-shaking amapiano, Dave’s heavyweight UK rap possee cut and Lorde’s soothing stoner ballad.
Has Kanye moved into Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium?
It appears the rapper has temporarily taken over the 71,000 capacity stadium to put the finishing touches on his 10th studio album, DONDA.
Stormzy is joining the waxy ranks of Madame Tussauds
To mark his 28th birthday, the star will stand wax-shoulder to wax-shoulder with Adele, Ariana Grande and, um, Napoleon Bonaparte. Just another one to add to the growing CV, eh?
What happened when Kanye West debuted his new album DONDA in Atlanta
His 10th studio album, currently titled after his late mother, Donda, is rumoured to still be in the process of completion. But that didn’t stop patrons flooding into Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium last night.
Check out Emma-Jean Thackray’s jazz-not-jazz Face Mix
Yorkshire’s brass, beats and grooves polymath brings us 11 tracks for a long (sensibly) hot summer, blending Thundercat, Roy Ayers and Madlib.