Olivia Dean’s definition of love
Dean’s wholesome audience knows every word of her songs
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The myth of Michael Jackson
A new film celebrates the singer while avoiding his abuse allegations
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Mitski’s music is only getting darker
Nothing’s About to Happen to Me doesn’t sound much like the “sad girl” singer
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Gorillaz’s strange, hybrid formula is still where Damon Albarn feels at home
It takes balls to start your record with a five-minute instrumental played on a bamboo flute
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Charli XCX’s soundtrack is the only good thing about Wuthering Heights
Stream it today, and don’t see the film
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How Nicki Minaj became Maga’s queen
Finely manicured talons reached out, clasping Trump’s bruised right hand in affectionate solidarity
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Why Kemi Badenoch flopped on Desert Island Discs
The Leader of the Opposition chose songs of simple ambition
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Madison Beer is a copy-paste pop star
Her new album, Locket, is perfect pop music – which is part of the problem
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Robbie Williams didn’t need Britpop
The singer’s new album is a tribute to the “golden era of music” – in which he never really belonged
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Stop over-intellectualising pop
An anxiety underlies efforts by critics such as Maggie Nelson to justify liking Taylor Swift and Charli XCX
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Tom Fletcher: I hope my Paddington songs are bigger than McFly
The former Noughties boyband star has joined the musical world he always loved
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Taylor Swift is bad at this
The latest cinematic offering from the global superstar is slow, shallow and dull
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Florence and the Machine’s season of the witch
Her new album Everybody Scream is shaped by the occult but portrays profoundly human experiences
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Does Taylor Swift really shine on The Life of a Showgirl?
The new album trades her heart-thumping highs for soft-rock meanderings
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Coldplay are finally cool
Chris Martin and his band have at last been vindicated
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The dark heart of KPop Demon Hunters
Netflix’s most popular film conceals an unnerving, dark reality.
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Madonna’s film could kill the celebrity biopic
The pop star will write and direct; Julia Garner will star. It won’t work
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Addison Rae at the end of pop history
Britney, Kylie and Madonna are grist to the new star’s mill.
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Sabrina Carpenter shows us a good time
Her new studio album, Man’s Best Friend, may be muted. But she remains the only popstar with comic talent.
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Dua Lipa, the people’s critic
The popstar is championing literary culture to a generation for whom reading has become passé.
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