Pop

Michael Cragg’s exhaustive new book celebrates the highlights and catfights of pop music between 1996 and 2006. Go on, stick on Girls Aloud.

100%: The London musician has been selling out venues across the UK and Europe, and is gearing up for the release of her debut album. We asked her all about it, and why cream in carbonara “is a crime”.

As she gears up to perform at the BRITs this weekend, where she’s nominated for three awards, the South London chart-topper chats about her massive breakthrough.

Featuring horny singles, vaporwave vixens, smutty, sordid house cuts and gay electro-punk with a cynical sneer.

The North Londoner is merging pop with the sounds of the underground. Her biggest influence? Nightlife. A woman after our own heart.

Sampled by Charli XCX and now referenced on Beyoncé’s comeback single, the rave classic is everywhere in 2022. But what does the originator think about its resurgence?