Every month, Wale Oloworekende covers the continent’s most exciting releases and music news stories for THE FACE.
Five Things: The artist, writer and podcast host talks us through her most prized possessions, all of which are far too precious to ever end up at the local flea market.
The inventor of TikTok’s viral “Renegade” dance Jalaiah Harmon, rapper Sage Elsesser, social media star Parker Kit Hill and other creatives discuss how Black art gets cribbed in this powerful short film.
The internet is once again debating whether Styles is “queerbaiting”, but the polarised discourse is full of contradictions. Is it holding back progress?
Denmark was the first European country to reopen schools. And downtown Copenhagen is full of people once again allowed to go to the pubs (remember those?). But was the success of Danish social isolation partly achieved by a troubling form of national isolation?
“Covid secure” viewing pens, plastic bubbles and sit down raves. Desperate times call for desperate measures. THE FACE speaks to DJs and musicians who’ve had the strange pleasure of performing to masked punters this year.
The legal battle between bad WAG Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney has gripped the nation. But in reality, this saga should have played out in DMs.
The Face speaks to the trusted in-house shooters for Cardi B, Dua Lipa, The 1975, Björk and Post Malone.
2020 in review: While you were scrolling on your phone in lockdown, it looked like half the music scene was popping bottles at the Burj Al Arab.
In our fourth episode the pop star sensation dreams about living in a non-digital world and gives advice to her younger self...
As people trade booze-filled nights for earlier bedtimes and “alcohol free” spirits, we question this sobering exchange of intoxication for wellness.
The star of the first Muslim superhero comic in the Marvel Cinematic Universe shares what she’s been reading, watching, memeing and more.
Founders Emmanuel Balogun and KK Obi are back after the success of their debut publication last year. Read an extract from a story, On Privilege & Protest, here.
Kratom was legalised in Thailand in 2021, and the TikToker Tom Birchy is selling "potions" containing the drug. But is it dangerous?
In the early-’00s, the designer introduced a romantic, vulnerable man to the runway. Now, in his new book 55 Collections, he’s taking some time to look back.
Yesterday, protestors gathered in London and Abjua, Nigeria, including Wizkid, Burna Boy and Davido, to call for the abolishment of SARS – a corrupt unit of the Nigerian police force. Here's what went down in the capital.
