‘like you, music was a coping mechanism for my past traumas’

As a teenager my life was pretty tumultuous. At 16, I had fallen madly in love with a boy my parents deeply disapproved of, and it was a real tussle for freedom and control. I’d started being naughty

Pop stardom at 18 led to a battle with addiction for the singer

Music cannot work a magic spell. It can, however, do wonderful things. In recent issues of BBC Music Magazine, we have explored the benefits to mental health of listening and playing music, not least

22 / UNDENIABLE BY DAKOTA JOHNSON When I first started to teach Tate McRae how to dance, I thought to myself, “Gosh—this girl really has potential. If only she could be as flexible as me.” In sincerit

of a Berlin hotel room, Henry Moodie is buzzing. Fresh from a performance in Hamburg and gearing up for tomorrow night’s show in the German capital, the 21-year-old singer-songwriter is riding the hig

Rebecca Lucy Taylor talks choirs, cricket, Sparks, Freddie Mercury and indie sleaze