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What makes a pop song sound British?
From Becky Hill’s belters to Jess Glynne’s jams, chart dance music has long had a distinctive quality. Think: pitch-shifted vocals, catchy hooks and house beats. Welcome, dear listener, to Happy Huncore.
From Becky Hill’s belters to Jess Glynne’s jams, chart dance music has long had a distinctive quality. Think: pitch-shifted vocals, catchy hooks and house beats. Welcome, dear listener, to Happy Huncore.
Recent data suggests the city’s drugs are getting lower in quality and purity. We spoke to a dealer, a raver and a researcher to get to the bottom of the baggy.
100%: The Denver-born selector’s distinctive style landed her a residency at the respected Nowadays club. She talks to us about her West African roots, sentimental records and New Zealand’s sheep population.
Where once there was a hulking great IKEA in North London, now there’s a cutting-edge palace for electronic music with bars as far as the eye can see. But before the hard seltzer, here’s a hard hat tour…
A week abroad with your mates means more than just fish bowls for breakfast, mum. But has the cost-of-living crisis become a cost-of-partying crisis for young Brits? Or does the package holiday still provide the ultimate escape from the nine-to-five?