Always On

Behind the scenes at Apple music’s game-changing Beats 1. Its London star, Julie Adenuga, is Leonie Cooper’s guide for the evening.

SINCE LAUNCHING ON JUNE 30 2015, BEATS 1 HAS exploded worldwide. The station has Elton John, Fatboy Slim, Major Lazer, Dr Dre, Drake and Travis Scott as guest hosts, and broadcasts in over 100 countries, 24 hours a day to over 17 million Apple Music subscribers. The station has three bases – Los Angeles, New York and London – and a main anchor in each city: Zane Lowe, Ebro Darden and former Rinse FM DJ Julie Adenuga respectively. Tonight, Julie is showing us round Beats 1 uK’s north London base…

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Beats 1 is situated in a large Gothic building called The Church in Crouch End, in the same studio complex Adele recorded ‘25’. Guest Benjamin Clementine fits the aesthetic perfectly, arriving in a floor-sweeping overcoat, even though it’s sweltering outside. Julie, dressed in her trademark black with flip-flops, is there to greet him.

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