That’s Rita Ora, of course. A string of hits, kinky feature films, judging Masked Singers, walking in Miu Miu’s AW20 show – and now, partnering with the UN and bringing us the perfect pop song for now. Is there nothing she can’t do?
With a Glastonbury-shaped hole in our summer, The Face team reminisce on the best sets from the last 50 years.
Plus, a list of new ones to look forward to in 2020.
Fun, feminist and disco-flavoured, Future Nostalgia might be the biggest pop album of the self-isolation era.
The London-via-Merseyside duo have created a network of free-spirited collaborators.
1997: They’re Number One pop stars and the architects of Amyl House. They’re Dr. Ed and Mr. Tom, and they’re ready to unleash more weird science on you. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Belt the latest synth pop banger from The Weeknd, a blissful new track from Shura and soulful sounds from Childish Gambino.
The NTS breakfast show host on an online radio station that until recently broadcast out of a shabby and sticker-strewn hut in Dalston might be a slightly left-field pick for a potential saviour during a global pandemic… but unlikely times call for unlikely heroes.
Need some diversionary listening? Try out these internet radio stations from across the globe.
For those who didn’t spend all weekend listening to The Weeknd, get started with this definitive listening order.
The coronavirus pandemic is devastating for smaller artists. But last week proved that fans are willing to reach into their pockets to help.
Among the rap collective’s rugged, macho street raps, Plum has delivered prose with the precision of a silent assassin. Now, she’s ready to step out front with her solo material.
Volume 4 Issue 3: Westside Gunn, Conway the Machine and Benny the Butcher formed more than 15 years ago, developing a gnarly sound inspired by the slimy criminal underbelly of Buffalo, New York. In a landscape of youthful, Auto-Tuned rap stars, they stand out like ugly ducklings.
Maine has excavated personal trauma and heartbreak for his latest album, Ricky Music, which he made over the course of two years from his Manhattan apartment.
Quarantine culture arrives this week, featuring: Christine and the Queens, Diplo, Rita Ora, Clairo and Kim Petras.
There are a bunch of coronavirus-themed tracks doing the rounds – and it’s not the first time health officials have had help from musicians.
Get your ears around Yaeji’s silky new single, sultry synths from Girlpool and bask in the glory of hip-hop’s great enigma, Jay Electronica.
Sitting down with Niall “album guy” Horan as he releases his second solo record, Heartbreak Weather.
Fans of the mythologised rapper waited 13 year for A New Testimony. There’s a lot to process.
Sitting down and opening up with Haim ahead of the release of their revelational new album. “We didn’t mean it to be this way,” they say, “but it ended up being our most personal record.”
Tributes from those who knew him, loved him, raved with him and played with him.
After turning heads at fashion month in Paris, The Face speaks to the breakthrough rapper with entrepreneurial flair.
The Louisiana native makes pitch-bent pop that bangs on his recent album Cardboard City.
