Music

Volume 4 Issue 001: His songs helped make sense of the humdrum of his hometown. Then his self-recorded album racked up half-a-million streams.

Unsigned and unheard of musicians are signing record deals off the back of perplexing 15-second clips gone viral. TikTok Europe’s head of music partnerships lifts the lid.

On the agenda: his spacey new direction, the need for a live scissors player, the importance of Vossi Bop, milking dry the Oasis cash cow and no questions about Liam (but we asked anyway).

Make room on your playlist for Squid and their punk-funk Krautrock pile-up.

More and more artists are talking about climate change, but are they the right people to do so? Journalist and climate change expert Adam Corner tackles some tricky questions.