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Charli xcx quips 'I am hardly Bob Dylan' as she's crowned Songwriter of the Year at The Ivor Novello Awards

Charli xcx, U2, Robbie Williams and more were honored at this year's Ivor Novello Awards.

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The people trying to help cocaine users give up in a new way

IN FOCUS: A new generation is challenging the methods of traditional 12-step programmes, with their old-fashioned emphasis on shame and self-flagellation, and younger drug users are listening. Oliver Keens talks to some emerging online personalities to find out why they wanted to do things differently

The Independent UK

Charli XCX named songwriter of the year at The Ivors awards ceremony

Lola Young won the rising star award while Berwyn took home the best album gong for Who Am I.

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Charli xcx named songwriter of the year at Ivor Novello awards

Pop star recognised for sharp yet candid songcraft on Brat, but loses best album category to Berwyn at awards honouring songwriting excellence

The Guardian - UK

Society summer: your guide to London's hottest parties and events

From secret literary salons to the Serpentine’s celebrity-studded lawns, we bring you the inside track on the most exclusive parties of the season — and the ones you can actually get into

Evening Standard

Charli xcx predicts Brat follow-up will 'flop'

Charli xcx has admitted she doesn't expect her next album to do as well as 'BRat'.

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Carey Mulligan joins cast of Greta Gerwig’s Narnia adaptation

Daniel Craig, Charli XCX and Meryl Streep are rumoured to be joining the project

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The Biggest Fashion Disasters Of Cannes Film Festival 2025, Including Nicole Kidman’s Wig Fail

These 15 stars raised eyebrows by pushing the limits of the dress code or simply missing the mark with their looks.

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Richard E. Grant, Jourdan Dunn and Charli XCX dazzle at a week of celeb parties from London to Cannes

It’s been a star-studded week on both sides of the Channel, with A-listers lighting up London and Cannes

Evening Standard

“Getting kinda saucy already”: Watch Lindsey Buckingham react as he checks out Charli XCX’s Von Dutch video for the first time... alongside his daughter

Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and singer confirms that he had “the Brattiest” of summers

MusicRadar

Olivia Rodrigo hails Lorde the 'voice of a generation'

Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams and Dev Hynes all believe Lorde has had a huge impact on music today.

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"Getting kinda saucy already. Jeez!" Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham analysing a Charli XCX video with his daughter is the joyous, uplifting online content that the world needs right now

"She's saying, Screw you!" Watch Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham rewind to Brat Summer

Louder

Glastonbury: How to watch on TV if you didn't secure tickets

The annual event will take place this week but if you’re not there to watch it live, we can help

Evening Standard

Clairo pulls out of Primavera Sound 2025

Clairo has pulled out of Primavera Sound 2025 due to “logistical issues” with getting her show to and from Barcelona.

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The Independent UK

From the Montreux Jazz Festival to Primavera: the 12 best music festivals in Europe for 2025

SUMMER GUIDE 2025: From a former military airfield to a stage suspended over a lake, many of Europe’s best festivals offer spectacular scenery along with the biggest and best lineups. The Independent’s culture team share their favourites

The Guardian - UK

‘Rethink it all!’ Why is one Danish school producing nearly every cool alt-pop star?

Copenhagen’s Rhythmic Music Conservatory finds common ground between Ella Fitzgerald and Charli xcx – and its free-thinking alumni are thriving. We go on a tour to see what’s in the water there (aside from shipwrecks)

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Lorde's 'Ultrasound World Tour' will be her 'masterpiece'

Lorde has announced she's heading out on tour this year and she believes her 'Ultrasound' shows could be a "masterpiece".

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Met Gala 2025’s Most Uncomfortable Moments That Had Everyone Cringing

From ex-couple Sabrina Carpenter and Barry Keoghan’s awkward red carpet run-in to Kim Kardashian’s tense moment with her security guard, here are the most cringeworthy moments of the night.

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The Independent UK

Rihanna debuts baby bump on star-studded Met Gala blue carpet

The biggest names in music, film, TV and fashion ascended the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

The Independent UK

The 14 best UK music festivals, from Glastonbury to Mighty Hoopla

SUMMER GUIDE 2025: Whether you’re seeking new music meccas to a pop paradise in London or tranquil retreats in the wilderness, The Independent’s culture team have you covered this summer

MusicRadar

“I pulled this Moog bass forward… we were like, ‘OK, that feels kind of trashy’”: Lorde says that she needed to find “just the right amount of dirt” to finish her new single, What Was That

She was working on it with producer Jim-E Stack for almost a year

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“PC Music was just two guys in a room making stuff and uploading it to the internet - that’s where it starts”: Danny L Harle on self-discovery, success and helping unsigned artists find their sound

One of pop's most visionary producers, Harle has worked with Dua Lipa, Charli XCX and Caroline Polachek. Now he's passing on his wisdom to six aspiring music-makers as part of the Amex Unsigned initiative

Evening Standard

Overcompensating: what we know about Amazon's college show with Charli XCX and Megan Fox

The two stars have cameos in the trailer for Overcompensating and Prime Video’s college drama could make a star of creator Benito Skinner

MusicRadar

“I knew since I first listened to the music that it was gonna be big - because the music was incredible”: Charli XCX's Brat mastering engineer Idania Valencia on finalising a modern classic

The Mexican mastering engineer on working on Charli XCX's Grammy-winning behemoth and why she works entirely with software

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Lorde says Charli xcx's Brat gave her the courage to be vulnerable on her new album

Lorde says she was able to get vulnerable on her upcoming LP 'Virgin' thanks to Charli xcx's 'Brat'.

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