Lose yourself to dance: With the city’s clubbing scene back up and running, our hunger to party has never been greater
(Picture: ES composite)It was during either my third or fourth live-streamed DJ set, not long into the pandemic, when I broke down in tears. I wasn’t alone and in the months that followed, too many of my fellow DJs began to hang up their headphones. Many people in the scene retrained; it felt like the game was up. But fast forward to today and as people emerge from the cocoon of Covid restrictions, the rest of the year is somehow shaping up to be one of the most exciting, vibrant and even revolutionary times in London’s club scene for a generation.
The hunger to go out has never been greater and the desire for different experiences than what we had before is palpable. After years of stasis, a new generation of talent has finally broken through — plus everyone is looking kinda amazing out there at the moment, which I put down to the inordinate amount of naughty club wear bought during dull lockdown days. So take this VIP wristband and saunter through what’s new in ’22.
