Rolling Stone UK - February/March 2023

In this issue

Sam Smith on the glory of being free! PLUS: Raye, Joesef, Russ Millions, Jennifer Coolidge, PinkPantheress, DYLAN, Rosalía, Caroline Polachek and more.

Rites of passage

Indie folk singer Nell Mescal looks back on a landmark year that marked her first-ever tour as she takes her place as one of Ireland’s most unique voices

4 mins

Ice Spice: NYC Drill's New Queen of Pop

She took the world by storm with ‘Munch’ — a hit so catchy, it could be the genre’s future

3 mins

Lil Durk's Dizzying Ascent

The Chicago rapper faced unimaginable grief on his way to superstardom

6 mins

Caroline Polachek Wants You to Feel Something

Inside the globe-trotting, rave-going, expectation-defying sessions for the avant-pop star’s new LP

6 mins

[ Christine McVie, 1943-2022] Fleetwood Mac's Songbird

She was an oasis of sanity in pop’s most dysfunctional family and a universally beloved piano woman who wrote and sang decades of unquestionable classics

8 mins

10 Days in Hell: Our Russian Hostage Nightmare

Desperate to escape Ukraine, we were captured, questioned, and held in a bunker. Then our teenage son tried to save us

10+ mins

Can We Restore the UK's Faith In Politics?

Trust in politicians is at an all-time low as a result of lies, second jobs, obscene wealth, Conservatives doing favours for friends and the ever-revolving door of Tory PMs. Whether it's possible to turn this around is yet to be seen, as Rolling Stone UK reports

8 mins

"Self-love is not a destination it's a daily commitment to accept yourself"

Their mainstream appeal earned Sam Smith a slew of music awards, including an Oscar. Now, new album Gloria reveals a change in direction as they step into their queerness and care a lot less about what people think

10+ mins

RAYE: IN FULL CONTROL

Having shaken off the shackles of a seven-year contract without a debut record, Raye is savouring a number-one single and the freedom that comes with dropping her long-awaited first album, as she tells Rolling Stone UK

7 mins

THE PEOPLE ARE IN TROUBLE

Alex Lawther's writing and directing film debut is a fictional tale of love set in a time of climate collapse that is rooted in reality

10 mins

THE EARLY, OPEN ROAD

Pop star DYLAN has been co-signed by Ed Sheeran, Bastille and Yungblud. Now she's adored by an increasing number of teenage girls. We meet her before and after her biggest headline show yet at London's historic KOKO

6 mins

WELCOME TO THE LITTLE BROTHER HOUSE

We remember Teen Big Brother, Channel 4's controversial 00s 'experiment' as ITV2 brings the landmark original show back to our screens this spring

10+ mins

Kanye's dark, twisted reality

Former Yeezy team members claim the rapper turned designer used porn, bullying and "mind games" to control his staff and that Adidas execs "turned their moral compass off"

10+ mins

A Soul Stripped Bare – Joesef

Heartfelt lyrics, honey-soaked vocals and luxurious, spinetingling alt-pop are the order of the day for Joesef. Here, the stand-out Glaswegian singer-songwriter talks hurting, healing and his instinctive ability to smell bullshit from three towns over

9 mins

One in a MILLIONS

Russ Millions is commercial drill personified. As he releases new mixtape One of a Kind, the first artist from the genre to have a number-one hit contemplates his art and his ongoing desire to make fans want to move

6 mins

Rosalia is playing her own game

How pop's most unconventional superstar made a name for herself

10+ mins

Karen O & Michelle Zauner

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Japanese Breakfast frontwomen on the power of 'no', growing up Korean American, and the joys of smashing stuff

10+ mins

Trueno & Nicki Nicole

Argentina's favourite couple sit down in Buenos Aires and talk about everything that has connected them personally and artistically

7 mins

Latto & Flo Milli

Two of 2022's hottest MCs worked hard to prove themselves in the music industry and now, they want to share the love and support

8 mins

Yungblud & Roger Daltrey

On staying fashionable in music, how ego ruined social media, and saying no fucking way’ to The Voice

9 mins

PinkPantheress & Kaytranada

Two of dance music's best young artists on avoiding sunlight, weird and having the confidence to work with your heroes collaborations,

6 mins

Rina Sawayama & Shania Twain

On loving their queer fans, the challenges of autobiographical songwriting, and what they learned from difficult childhoods

8 mins

Chloe x Halle the Isley Brothers

Two of pop's great sibling acts on finding inspiration, and trying not to annoy each other

4 mins

To the beat of time

How Swiss watch brand Audemars Piguet played a crucial part in preserving 55 years of stand-out performances at the Montreux Jazz Festival

7 mins

Learning to love themself

New album Gloria finds Sam Smith testing new waters and exploring queer themes

4 mins

Genre TV Is Taking Over and Falling Short

From superhero shows to sci-fi and fantasy, today's hit series are built on IP. But do creators really know how to handle it?

6 mins

RSİ ROAD TEST

This SUV from a sports and supercar marque is, says its maker, \"a sabre in a sector of sledgehammers\". Which, however poetic, undersells it by quite some margin

3 mins

From the HEART

AS THOMAS SABO release the second wave of their new brand, Saboteur, the man behind the eponymous label reveals what inspires their designs

2 mins

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For decades, Rolling Stone magazine has shaped the way generations of readers in the United States and beyond engage with music, entertainment and current affairs. The cultural phenomenon, founded by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph Gleason in San Francisco in 1967, has – without fear or favour – included “all the news that fits” and in so doing, built a reputation unparalleled within its sphere.

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