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Olivia Rodrigo is at her complicated best on her heartbreaking new album
The pop star chronicles the dawn and demise of her first “big girl relationship” with devastating insight (and Robert Smith).
- Annabel Ross
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Four star-frenzy: These new albums are so close to perfect
This week’s must-hear albums include a jazz master’s opus, a Danish delight and a Western Australian gem.
- John Shand, Annie Toller, Nick Buckley, Tom W Clarke and Robert Moran
He made the viral song of the year. Now comes the hard part
Meet Hudson Freeman, the indie-folk singer behind the breakout hit If You Know Me.
- Robert Moran
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The problem with K-pop? The songs are a minor cog in a monstrous machine
When the numbers overshadow the art, alarms start ringing for music fans.
- Michael Dwyer
Fakemink, British rap’s next big thing, unravels in real time
The viral rapper’s anticipated new album is an unrelenting journey through the lonely depths of online fame.
- Robert Moran
‘I’ve had label people tell me to pick a lane’: Ecca Vandal on the industry advice she had to ignore
The genre-defying Melbourne musician went her own way – now she counts Travis Barker and Tony Hawk among her fans.
- Jules LeFevre
Jack Antonoff on his biggest regret: ‘Most of them are based around food’
The Grammy winner cherishes advice from his friends – and not just the famous ones.
- Robert Moran
MUNA chase pop catharsis in Trump’s ‘fascist autocracy’
The pop band, beloved for their sticky songs about queer joy, dive into America’s rot on their new album.
- Jules LeFevre
Zane Lowe, ‘pop’s unofficial therapist’, is still just a muso at heart
The music guru has some thoughts on what might come after Spotify and Apple Music are gone.
- Robert Moran
After a ‘big old menty b’ the songs started to pour out of her
A divorce from Grammy-winner Tobias Jesso Jr and a retreat from LA led Emma Louise to her best music yet.
- Jules LeFevre