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With a flurry of hits and a flair for tapping into the cultural zeitgeist, the globetrotting singer has achieved the status of international icon. In-between stops on her whirlwind tour, she reflects on literature, letting love in and the transformative power of live performance

THANKS TO HER ANTHEMIC AND VIRAL HIT ‘MESSY’, THE MUSICIAN IS ONE OF THE MOST DOWNLOADED WOMEN ON THE PLANET TODAY. SHE TELLS NICOLA FAHEY WHY SHE’LL ALWAYS FIND JOY – AND VULNERABILITY – THROUGH MUSIC

‘Magnifique’, B-side A B-side cut from the first Scissor Sisters album, this track is a manifesto for the band’s approach to pop music. A high-camp and flirtatious description of a handsome piece of t

The grand parade of lifeless packaging? Far from it, as this much-delayed blockbuster reissue of one of prog’s most fascinating and frustrating albums finally proves.

‘I kind of love that, ’cos everybody always calls me a villain,” Willam says at the beginning of our call when I tell her I want this interview to frame her as drag’s anti-hero. “I wasn’t even a villa

Gen Z’s favorite Grammy-winning jazz-pop singer returns with her A Matter of Time