Rolling Stone UK - October/November 2023

In this issue

This issue: KYLIE on protecting her privacy and Tension. Plus: Sigur Rós, Leigh-Anne, Holly Humberstone, Troye Sivan, Fredo, Karol G, Priya Ragu, Eve Hewson, Ethel Cain, Tyla and more.

Priya Ragu – 'It feels like a mission for me, this whole music thing'

Priya Ragu's vivid debut album, Santhosam, has been a lifetime in the making. Here, the Tamil Swiss artist tells Rolling Stone UK how creating music that resonates has become her life's work

6 mins

Danny Brown comes clean

Fresh out of rehab, he's rapping better than ever and trying to stay away from drugs and alcohol

6 mins

The Beating Heart of Pop

Kylie’s UK stats speak for themselves: seven number-one singles, eight number-one albums and 35 top-10 hits over five decades. As new album Tension drops, the pop icon is basking in the success of ‘Padam Padam’ and starting her first-ever residency in Las Vegas. Here she reflects on her creative process and 35-year career, as her star continues to rise

10+ mins

Just Getting Started

Not content with releasing fourth album Unfinished Business, west London rapper Fredo also has a clothing line and his own record label. Here, he discusses how fatherhood ignited his ambition, and announces the imminent arrival of new music from his long-awaited collaboration with Nines

8 mins

Leigh Anne Pinnock – 'I wanted to explore black music in a way I've never been able to before'

From the age of II, Leigh-Anne Pinnock was telling her schoolmates she was going to be a pop star. Two decades on, you'd be forgiven for thinking she'd long since fulfilled that dream. But, as she tells Rolling Stone UK, she feels she owes it to her younger self to try to live out her 'destiny' as a solo artist

10+ mins

TROYE SIVAN one of one

A STAR WAS BORN, AND A SUPERSTAR EMERGED

10+ mins

Reinventing the wheel

As Bombay Bicycle Club gear up to release their sixth album My Big Day, the 00s indie heroes look back on their career, collaborating with Damon Albarn and inspiring a new generation of artists

7 mins

Holly Humberstone's Honest Truth

After opening for Olivia Rodrigo on tour, the singer-songwriter is ready to make her big debut - all while staying grounded in the strength of sisterhood

6 mins

The new sonic adventures of Sigur Rós

Jónsi Birgisson and Georg Hólm from Sigur Rós talk about their first new album for 10 years, the return of keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson, and vegetarian hot dogs...

9 mins

ΟΝ THE FRONT LINE

As the founder and face of news outlet Popular Front, Jake Hanrahan is bringing unfiltered world events to the masses through a social media platform that he believes is challenging established and antiquated media brands. Miles Ellingham joined Hanrahan and his team at the Paris riots to see him at work

10+ mins

INTO the ABYSS with ETHEL CAIN

One of the most intriguing rising artists in pop found her freedom by inventing dark, twisted stories - and she's got lots more to come

10+ mins

Karol G Bet on Herself and Won

On the last day of June, about 15,000 fans have braved dense New York City smog to worship at the altar of Karol G. At Rockefeller Center, a massive crowd assembles for the superstar's debut on the Today show, dressed in Colombian levanta-cola (butt-lifting) jeans and the lemon-yellow jerseys of Los Cafeteros, the country's national soccer team. There's even a little girl sporting a black crop top emblazoned with Karol's moniker, "Bichota".

10+ mins

Rap's Next 50 Years

These are the artists who will help define hip-hop's next half-century

10+ mins

RIFF'N'ROLL

As guitar brand Epiphone celebrates its 150th anniversary, we speak to some of the artists who have fallen in love with some of its finest instruments

4 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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