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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

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

When Lola Young belted out her chart-topping anthem Messy at Glastonbury this summer, the crowd roared back every single word. It was quite a moment for the 24-year-old from south London, who releases

‘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

I hope it’s not too sad,” ventures Tanita Tikaram as she mulls over Classic Pop’s praise for her first album in a decade. After a moment, though, she concedes. “It is quite sad, isn’t it? We’re in a s

QUEEN I know this is it,” Sophie Ellis-Bextor told The Guardian newspaper in September 2023. “There’s no next rung coming.” As an artist who’d experienced both the dizzy highs and crushing lows of lif