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‘One minute it’s “would you like to listen to Galaxie 500?”, the next humanity’s enslaved’: can anyone escape Spotify?

As a new book skewers Spotify’s effect on music, two Guardian music writers spent a week assessing the limits of living with and without it

The Guardian - UK

I’m ashamed of what I said about Blake Lively. Her allegations should shock us all

A complaint filed by the actor against her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni paints a disturbing picture, says Guardian deputy music editor Laura Snapes

The Guardian - UK

What do kittens and heated airers have in common? Our writer tells all …

In this week’s newsletter: the best gifts for Swifties, the intricacies of testing heated clothes airers and the non-Tesla electric cars to consider if you’re not wanting to line Elon Musk’s pockets

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Katy Perry’s New Song ‘Woman’s World’ Is Being Demolished By Critics: ‘AI-Generated Fever Dream’

Katy Perry seems to have brought the whole worth together in hatred of her new 'Woman's World' music video, that critics and fans roasted.

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I couldn’t imagine doing festivals without drinking. Pulling it off filled me with relief

Festivals and alcohol had always seemed synonymous to me. But a downward spiral prompted me to attempt one sober. It was a revelation, albeit not an easy one, writes Laura Snapes

The Guardian - UK

Tegan & Sara on their "insatiable" drive

The artists discuss Audible Original "Under My Control," rerecording songs & reevaluating how to approach music now

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‘Wild’ swimming is often seen as individualistic. But the sea has brought me real community

I joined my hometown group in Cornwall simply to have people to swim with. I found much more, says the Guardian’s deputy music editor, Laura Snapes

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‘The Spice Girls would go down a storm here’: Melanie C in conversation at Glastonbury festival

The Spice Girls star discusses mental health, the band’s LGBTQ+ legacy and her dream of playing the legends slot at Worthy Farm in the latest of the Guardian’s onstage talks with musicians at Glastonbury

The Guardian - UK

‘Amazing but absurd’: how worm-charming is drawing Cornish art back to its roots

Among artist Georgia Gendall’s projects is a riotous annual competition to lure these creatures from the soil – hopefully shifting some local cliches with them

The Guardian - UK

Shrinking rewards or not, the past 22 years have taught me I’m a Boots Advantage card person

The high street’s best-value loyalty card has been hit by the cost of living crisis, but that won’t diminish my attachment to it, says Laura Snapes, the Guardian’s deputy music editor

The Guardian - UK

‘I chatted about the weather with Janet Jackson’: the Glastonbury festival I’ll never forget

Broadcaster Lauren Laverne, singer Mahalia, Michael Cragg and Laura Snapes recall the magic, the weirdness and the sheer horror of their trips to Worthy Farm

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Brit awards 2022 – as it happened

Adele, Dave, Ed Sheeran, Little Simz, Sam Fender, Liam Gallagher and more performed at the 42nd annual pop bash

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