Music

Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Shygirl, Central Cee, Tems and Felix Lee.

100%: We quizzed the fast-rising soul musician about D’Angelo, choccy Digestives and the beauty of perusing a really good menu.

From neo-ghettotech to bilingual future-funk, here are THE FACE’s recommendations for refreshing your playlist.

Our Music Director picks some of this year's highlights, including reports on Berlin club culture and British-Somali rap, as well as exclusive interviews with Casisdead and Jack Antonoff.

The enigmatic musician shares their story in a rare interview.

The Rome-born artist has exhibited work across the world and crafted an alluring, lo-fi sound – all while experimenting with fitness and nutrition. Now, she’s balancing it with her increasingly busy day job: being one third of Bar Italia, the UK's most exciting new guitar band.

Wrap your ears around a playlist featuring Sexyy Red, PinkPantheress, Potter Payper and more.

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.

THE FACE team discusses the song of the summer, club anthems and this year's biggest disappointments.

100%: The British-Nigerian artist talks Beyoncé, apple crumble and her eclectic sound.

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.

She is one of the most exhilarating artists in rap. She’s also a quantum physics student who operates in a place she calls Level 5. The 21-year-old beams us up to the surreal philosophy behind her psychedelic, genre-hopping sound.

Rated by THE FACE: a playlist featuring Miso Extra, Unknown T, Eyedress and Ryder & Skepta.

The OutKast legend has introduced a lot of people to the joys of woodwind. These presents will help guide them on their sonic journey.

Between a Satanic panic and an exodus of Instagram followers, the last few months have been testing for the Kittenz (don’t let Doja see us calling her fans that). But outside the Los Angeles stop of her Scarlet Tour, these followers are still lapping it up.

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.

THE FACE meets New York's most divisive musician.

Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Dua Lipa, PinkPantheress, Vegyn and Jelani Blackman.

And we've got loads of photos of the action.

The superstar’s second album has been the defining pop record of the 2020s. On her new single Houdini, Dua has teamed up with Tame Impala to take a different musical direction.

Podcast: Two UK rap experts join us to discuss the new movement of open-minded artists.

Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Yaeji, Megan Thee Stallion, Strandz and Bored Lord.

THE FACE speaks to the DJ/producer about his Movement mixtape and dance music’s multicultural legacy.