Music

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.

As hand-selected by the co-founder of the UK’s ESEA Music community.

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.

Finn Foxell and BXKS are performing at our next free London show.

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.

Podcast: FACE Editor Matthew Whitehouse speaks to Eric Cantona (!): footballer, actor, and now musician, about his new EP, and finding transcendence through music.

Ahead of his long-awaited album Famous Last Words, the UK’s most mysterious rap star sits down with THE FACE to chat about death, drugs and being reduced to tears by the voice of Neil Tennant.

Rated by The Face: a playlist featuring Bktherula, Kevin Abstract, Frost Children and Charli XCX & Sam Smith.

100%: The British-Nigerian musician bagged herself hundreds of millions of streams with her debut EP. Three years later, she’s finally back with new music.