Rolling Stone UK - June/July 2023

In this issue

On the cover: Cillian Murphy on Oppenheimer. Plus: Jessie Ware, Loyle Carner, Lovejoy, Olivia Dean, NCT Dream, Lola Young, Debbie, Alison Goldfrapp and more!

Straight from the heart

East London soul singer Debbie talks collaborating with Wretch 32 and Stormzy and how music is her mouthpiece

5 mins

Preaching to the converted

Since acquiring an online following during the first Covid lockdown, indie-rock newcomers Lovejoy reflect on the challenge they were faced with: to win over their fan base IRL

5 mins

Way of the Gunn: Inside Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

The Marvel franchise's writer-director final chapter- and whether it's really the end and stars on its

9 mins

Making up her own rules

Londoner Olivia Dean has called her debut album Messy, a title which reflects her eclectic, authentic approach to music as well as her status as a young adult forging her way in the world

6 mins

On the record: in partnership with pioneer DJ

Before he founded Leftfield, Neil Barnes was making music as a DJ. Alongside performing with his relaunched band, it remains his first love, as he tells Rolling Stone UK

5 mins

The quiet passion of Cillian Murphy

More than 25 years after his debut, the Peaky star remains driven by his craft, bringing an intensity to every part, including his latest as J Robert Oppenheimer, inventor of the atomic bomb. Here, he discusses starring in and producing a ­ film depicting the dark story of Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, as well as reprising his role as Tommy Shelby on the big screen.

10+ mins

The end of the beginning

Loyle Carner talks to Rolling Stone UK about his third album, hugo, which sees the 28-year-old rap star deliver his opinion on the urgent issues facing the UK, while reflecting on how fatherhood and maturity signal the start of a new phase in his life

10+ mins

This! Feels Good!

After diving into the seductive late-night sounds of What's Your Pleasure?, Jessie Ware is embracing her Age of Aquarius era with a refreshed outlook on life and through the soulinfused disco of new album That! Feels Good!

10+ mins

Going for Gold

After a stunning run of albums as one half of electro-folk chameleons Goldfrapp, ethereally voiced frontwoman Alison Goldfrapp is going it alone and bringing her prerequisite polish to a fresh, fabulous new era -

10 mins

Living the DREAM

During their seven years on the music scene, K-pop phenomenon NCT DREAM have sold albums in their multi-millions. As they tour the world, they reflect on cementing the band's original seven-member line-up and how this has made them look to the future with a new sense of purpose

8 mins

The rebirth of Ronson

Songwriter, DJ and record producer Mark Ronson has been through a period of renewal. Following divorce, he's now happily remarried and has become a dad for the first time in mid-life. Not only that but he is turning his attentions to a new skill: composing a film score, as he tells Rolling Stone UK

9 mins

Lola Young – "I had to train massively - I didn't pop out the womb like Beyoncé"

Refreshingly modest about her talent, Brit School alumnus Lola Young prefers to call new release My Mind Wanders and Sometimes Leaves Completely a project rather than a debut album. But there's no denying that her soul-searching songs are hitting all the right notes

8 mins

Emma Chamberlain

Doesn't have it all figured out

10+ mins

HOUSE MUSIC'S CIVIL WAR

DECADES AFTER CHICAGO'S TRAX RECORDS CHANGED DANCE MUSIC FOREVER, FORMER FRIENDS ARE LOCKED IN AN INTENSE BATTLE OVER THE LABEL

10+ mins

Minister of War

For 25 years, ex-Special Forces officer Dave Eubank has been dodging bullets to bring humanitarian aid to rebels in Burma's ongoing civil war. Critics say he blurs the line between combat and relief work while proselytising the Gospel. Rolling Stone spent three weeks in the jungle with him to try to learn the truth

10+ mins

Of Gods and Teenagers

Disney’s American Born Chinese mixes supernatural action-adventure with a tender coming-of-age story

3 mins

RS ROAD TEST

When it comes to a once-in-a-lifetime adventure, driving a 203mph McLaren GT across a frozen lake in Lapland takes some beating…

3 mins

Mick Hucknall

As he releases new album, Time, Simply Red's lead singer looks back on nearly four decades in music

3 mins

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