What’s the most uncool thing about you? Can you recite every line of The Notebook, or do you wear the merch of a uni you never went to? Are you still mourning the loss of Carpool Karaoke? Do you have a weakness for halloumi or flash mobs, and caption Instagram posts: ‘My partner in crime’?
The embodiment of cool herself, Devon Ross’s self-confessed ‘uncool habits’ will make the rest of us hang our heads in shame. ‘I’m obsessed with jazz,’ she admits, ‘and I’m really obsessed with this guitar player, Charlie Christian. He played the first electric guitar that Gibson put out and invented a style of playing that Chuck Berry took from. He kind of invented rock ’n’ roll.’ Somehow, fan-girling over the forefathers of rock ’n’ roll feels different from knowing the fictional birthdays of Twilight characters.
