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Believe it or not, pop and rock stars sometimes do normal things, too. They get lost, go food shopping, and catch buses – all sorts. This month, we clocked a fair few of them roaming around… A steely-faced Paeris Giles storming towards Fleet Services. Perhaps the rest of The Magic Gang sent him on a cheeseburger run? Dan Bastille and Chilli Jesson at The Vaccines’ gig at the House of Vans. Maccabees man turned YALA! head honcho Felix White watching Whenyoung at The Lexington.
Position of the Month: Lorde’s position on the Grammys
On These days, even yer gran is posting selfies on Instagram. Instagran, more like. Everyone has it now, including all our fave bands. Here’s a brief catch-up on music’s finest phototaking action as of late.
First Executed By: Our Lorde and saviour
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his year’s GRAMMYs have been largely overshadowed by mounting criticisms of its continued failure to represent women. Lorde - the lone female nominee in key category ‘Album of the Year’ - was bizarrely the only shortlister who didn’t get to perform at the ceremony. And equally strange was the male-dominated awards as a whole - over 90% of those nominated this year were men. Recording Academy president Neil Portnow didn’t exactly improve matters when he was asked about the lack of gender equality at the yearly gong. According to him, women need to “step up”. Cue the biggest eye roll of 2018 thus far. Lorde - who would’ve likely put on a far better show than *snigger* Sting and Shaggy - responded in super-cutting fashion, taking out a one page newspaper advert that thanked her fans “for believing in female musicians. You set a beautiful precedent!” On the night of the GRAMMYs themselves, meanwhile, she shared a quote from artist Jenny Holzer, calling for “the overthrow of the oppressors”. An absolutely first class takedown from a first class artist. Bravo, Lorde.
WHAT A LEDGE
Yes, this is Paeris from The Magic Gang weeping in the changing rooms because the swimming pool we used on our cover shoot was so bloody cold. (@themagicgang)
‘Plot Twist’ - Sigrid accidentally killed her Sim ten minutes after this photo was taken. (@thisissigrid)
Tyler, The Creator
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ot content with releasing the excellent ‘Flower Boy’ last summer, Tyler, The Creator upped his legendary status even further by rocking up at the GRAMMYs in this categorically legendary ensemble. A surreal blend of Blu Cantrell’s pastel colour palette in the video for ‘Breathe’ meets, erm, Louis Vuitton, he naturally topped the whole thing off with a retina-burningly clean white ushanka (a traditional Russian hat). We can only guess how much Daz is needed to maintain that bad-boy’s gleaming white sheen. Truly iconic styling, Tyler.
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Is that a Colin the Caterpillar cake we spy? Stellar choice, Angel! (@angelolsenmusic)