After writing and producing music for the likes of Griff, Ed Sheeran and Finn Askew, the Londoner’s impressive first EP, Kwong, is a poignant love letter to his family.
The actor, model and only celebrity who’s currently celebrity-ing properly discusses outer space, inner thoughts and how she’ll be remembered in the history books.
By the age of 21, the producer had gone from making beats in his bedroom in Guernsey to winning a Grammy and performing with A$AP Rocky at Coachella. After a few left turns and lockdown lethargy, he's stopped overthinking things and embraced mischief for his new album, demon time.
When her debut album, Fake It Flowers, was released just before the UK went into lockdown, Beabadoobee became a bedroom indie star who would have to remain in the bedroom. Now, with a fanatical following and an expansive second album dropping in July, the musician is at the top of her game – and out in the world.
Tems has already conquered the global charts with Wizkid and Drake, found fans in the highest possible places (hello, President Obama) and carved out a new space in Afrobeats. Next up: a debut album that will see Nigerian music’s biggest new star go supermassive.
As Manchester City win a fourth Premier League title in five years, we meet the talismanic midfielder with the world at his feet, a Gucci ambassadorship and the kind of megawatt charm that’ll burn through English football for the next decade.
