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AIDAN ALEXANDER ARCHANGELA CHELSEA // LORCAN LONDON // BARS & MELODY

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FANCIFUL MAGAZINE Fanciful magazine is an online and print based magazine. I always wanted to have my own blog or magazine, and put out there all my creativity. I am strongly passionated about writing and design, so what a better idea than finally sarting it? To be honest, it was an ‘accident’ the creation of this magazine.

When I first started writing, it was just a small, very badly designed blog where I posted a couple a of news stories to help me improve my skills as a writer, turns out people liked it and started reading more and more. The blog grew to a magazine and others joined in, all passionated about the same as me. Entertainment, creaitivity and design is what we best do. I am very proud of how far we have come.

Bianca Bars Editor & Funder

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NOVEMBER

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Online YouTube, film and music magazine.

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THE TEAM editor Bianca Bars

CONTENTS 7. November’s Playlist 8. News 10. Album Review Pentatonix Model 86 12. Movie Review Pan Shelby 14. Popcorn Eaters Corner

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Contributors Elizabeth Alvarado Loz Emereole Paloma Fenty Rhiannon Maeve Rosie Mcquire Remina Nair Patricia Nevado Clara Reig Ludovica Tronci Katie Tulip

November 2015

16. Fact-File: Ingrid Nilsen 18. Top 5 YouTube videos 20. Lorcan London 24. Aidan Alexander 32. Archangela Chelsea 36. Bars and Melody

Photographers Victoria Wu Laura Riba

SPECIAL THANKS Substance Global ThinkJam Warner Bros Feref Freuds BFI FOX Persona PR

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november’s playlist 1.Tori Kelly feat. Jerem ih- Should’ve Been Us 2.Justin Bieber- Sorry 3.5 Seconds of Summ er-Hey Everybody!

4.Years & Years- Eye ’s Shut 5.Adele- Hello 6.Foxes- Better Love 7.Jam ie Lawson Wasn ’t Expecting That 8.Selena Gomez- Sam e Old Love 9.Ariana Grande - Focu s 10.Jason Derulo- Cheye n ne 11.Diplo & Sleepy TomBe Right There 12.Chris Brown- Zero 13.Flo Rida- My Hous e 14.Miguel- Waves 15.Kwabs - Cheating O n Me 16.Kiko Bun- Sometim es 17.Jam ie xx -I Know T here’s Gonna Be (Goo d Times) (feat. Popcaan & Youn g Thug) 18.Maverick Sabre- C ome Fly Away 19.Skepta- Top Boy 20.Lethal Bizzle x Sto rmzy- Dude

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NEWS SIA’S NEW ALBUM “THIS IS ACTING” WILL BE OUT SOON Who doesn’t know which song is Chandelier, Elastic Heart or Fire Meet Gasoline? Sia brings a new single, Alive, included in her upcoming album, This Is Acting. This song was written by Adele, but she rejected the song, so Sia decided to take it ‘This is a song about Adele’s life, so I sing a song from the perspective of Adele’, Said Sia to NME.

This is a song about Adele’s life, so I sing a song from the perspective of Adele’

BY PATRICIA NEVADO The new Sia’s project is called This Is Acting because it is the continuation of her last album, 1000 Forms of Fear, and it was build up by songs written for other people. ‘It is not something I would say, it is more such as an action game, it is funny’, said Sia about about the title of her new album.

Probably This is acting comes out at the end of 2015. If not, it will see the light at the beginning of 2016.

“I WANTED A BOY’S BODY” TYLER FORD FOR STYLELIKEU TROYE SIVAN: NEW ALBUM & WORLD TOUR DATES

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Tyler Ford, a model, writer and speaker is a 24 year old non gender binary (Tyler identifies as Agender and uses they/them/their pronouns) person based in New York City.

I have known of Tyler for months know and I’ve always found them quite the inspiration for anyone struggling with their gender identity or sexuality. They recently came to my attention, again, when a video was being shared around my Twitter timeline of them talking to StyleLikeU entitled “Move over, Gender Binary!: Tyler Ford”.

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The video shows Tyler talking about their experience of gender expectations and roles in society and their own personal transition from being assigned female at birth, to male, to a non binary person. During the video Tyler also strips down to their boxers showing their own personal style and how they rock it.

I love Tyler and hope they continue with all the cool work that they’re doing so they can continue to inspire people every day , whilst rocking various different looks doing it.

Youtube star Troye Sivan and his blue neighbourhood trilogy have had their fair bit of fame in the youtube world in the past couple of weeks, and now as well as announcing that the third and final part of the trilogy will be a song called “Talk Me Down” Troye has announced his full length album entitled ‘blue neighbourhood’ is set for release on December 4th.

As if that wasn’t enough Troye has ofcially kicked off the North American half of a tour in seattle which he’ll be performing new and old songs throughout. This week it came to no surprise to fans that he’s also announced a few international dates for the tour. Tickets are available at troyesivan.com/tour

FOALS REVEAL THEIR TOUR DATES

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TYLER OAKLEY DOCUMENTARY TO HIT THEATRES

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Queen of YouTube, Tyler Oakley, hit fans earlier today with the news that he is set to release a documentary entitled “Snervous” (the title being a mixture of the words scared and nervous) in theatres this December.

There will also be a wide digital release too!

“i guess it’s time to tell the truth. kinda #SNERVOUS about it. get ready.” He posted on

Good news for the English indie rock band fans: Foals have just confirmed the dates of their first arena tour. Following a #3 chart position thanks to their acclaimed album “What Went Down”, the five-piece band has now released the most important dates of their musical career. Starting from February 10th, the band will be around the UK for ten days and perform at the famous Wembley Arena on Tuesday 16th for a night to remember.

The UK tour comes as the cherry on top of a year that saw the indie rock band dropping their fourth album that commanded a top 20 chart position for four weeks. Their last album also features the homonym single “What Went Down” that earned an incredible Radio 1 support and past 2.4 million views on YouTube.

Tickets will go on sale from Friday October 9th.

February Dates

Wednesday 10th ‘ Dublin, 3Arena Friday 12th ‘ Glasgow, The SSE Hydro Saturday 13th ‘ Manchester, Arena Tuesday 16th ‘ London, The SSE Arena, Wembley The album was launched at The Village Under- Friday 19th ‘ Birmingham, Barclaycard Areground this year with a quite intimate show na but Foals surprised everyone at the Reading Saturday 20th ‘ Leeds, First Direct Arena

ADELE’S NEW ALBUM WILL COME IN NOVEMBER

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We don’t know much about the documentary yet but according to variety.com (the article Tyler used to announce the documentary) “The documentary follows the life and career of the 26-year-old digital icon through his sold-out Slumber Party tour across the US, UK and Ireland”.

I attended the London Slumber Party tour date and it was pretty incredible! So I have hopes for the documentary to be the exact same and am excited for the release!

and Leeds festival where they literally stole the show. The dates of the tour have been confirmed following the recent announcement of a ten-date November tour that went almost sold-out.

It is been four years since Adele released her last album, 21. Now, we could now that her new album will be named 25, because of her age nowadays. The album will feature tracks produced by the successful Swedish artist Max Martin, who has also produced tracks for Britney Spears and Taylor Swift.

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During the four years that have elapsed since the release of 21, Adele has not stopped working. In 2012 she recorded a theme for the James Bond’s movie Skyfall for which she won an Academy Award and in October of the same year she had her first son, Angel had, with her partner Simon Konecki.

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ALBUM REVIEW

PTX

Last night 5 piece a cappella band Pentatonix released their self entitled debut album for worldwide released, heres what I think

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home tour documentary I was very excited to see how rose gold turned out and was not disappointed.

8.If I Ever Fall In Love(feat. Jason Derulo) JASON DERULO KILLS THESE VOCALS. I think his high note might have killed half of the people that have heard this song and the a cappella style of Pentatonix make it sound extremely well put together.

1. Na Na Na - A completely feel good song, with Mitch as the lead Na Na Na is a great song to dance to and use for 9.Cracked - The song with the best riffs and a cappella a little dance party. Na Na Na is a great opener to the album drops I’ve ever heard. Also previewed on the documentary setting an immediate happy and upbeat vibe. cracked wasn’t originally supposed to be on the album but the demand from fans made Pentatonix decide otherwise. Cracked 2.Cant Sleep Love - The first single from the album is definetely a party tune. featuring female rapper Tink. Cant Sleep Love is also an extremely feel good song which is great for a mini dance party. 10.Water - Kirstins lead and a song that reminds me a little bit of one of their previous songs ‘see through’. Kirstins 3.Sing - With the video just being released sing is a song lead vocals accompanied by backing manage to make this song about forgetting your problems through music and letting your- sound extremely complicated but in the best way possible. self let go for a while, a great song for if you’re feeling down and need to sing your problems away with.

11.Take Me Home - Another song with a slower tempo but very delightful atmosphere surrounding it. A very 90s 4. Misbehavin - The first song with a slightly slower esque vibe and killed with nice sounding harmonies I can’t get tempo, misbehavin is about the fact even though the band are enough of. constantly working and on tour away from their loved ones they’ll always stay true and faithful to their partners.

12. New Years Day - Although maybe considered as a seasonal song New Years Day gives off such a good message 5.Ref- Hardcore a capella critics and fans have had some about being happy and spending your life having a good time controversy over this song because of a whistle blown in part with the people you love, even if it means celebrating simple of the song, however one whistle doesn’t really affect the au- things. I love this song a lot because its a great reminder to thenticity of the band and the rest of the song is still entirely keep your friends close and be happy. a cappella and impressively so.

13.Light In The Hallway - The most sweet sound6.First Things First - The song about the band being ing lullaby I’ve ever heard with the best fitting lead vocals tired of the music industries obsession with luxury. The chorus from Avi. Light in the hallway was written by Scott and Mitch of this one is a cool vibed raspy whisper that makes you want for Scotts nephew Landon and was originally going to be called to sassily lip sync along to it.

Landons Song. I have to admit when I first heard this song I teared up more than a little bit and I can’t get enough of 7.Rose Gold - Originally previewed on the on my way listening to the lyrics and harmonies.

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SELF HELP DANCE MODEL 86

BY ELIZABETH ALVARADO What do you get when you mix electronic, 90s hip hop, and film score music? Enter London-based producer, MODEL 86, whose debut EP is sure to please at your next house party. Check out Fanciful Magazine’s track-by-track review below.

1. SITTING DOWN & LOOKING – Incorporating a unique blend of sounds (think wind chimes and jingling keys) this track is a great way to start off the EP by showing off MODEL 86’s wide range of musical styles in less than 4 minutes.

2. CTRL – A mellow track with perfectly placed breaths in the background, it mirrors the feeling you get when you finally get to lay in bed after a long day.

3. C.T.A.S – One of the more experimental tracks on the album, it offers listeners a woozy blend of ambient type music. There’s a killer unexpected laugh in the middle too.

4. FALLING FROM A BRIDGE – The film score influence shines in this 28 second gem giving off the feeling one might get from actually falling off a bridge.

5. FRIEND – As the cinematic glitches and punchy beats swirl around in an unexpected melody this becomes one of the album’s best dance tracks.

6. LA – A true patchwork of musical styles, this track keeps you guessing where it’s going while still maintaining an element of harmony. No easy feat.

7. SISTER – The perfect soundtrack for those sleepless nights, Sister calms you right down and relaxes the mind into a peaceful stream of ease and peacefulness.

8. SELF HELP DANCE 86 – Providing a warped mix of sounds, this track is definitely one of the stand outs from this EP. 9. C20H21FN2O (OR WHAT IT’S LIKE WHEN I GO COLD TURKEY OFF MY TABLETS) – The music perfectly reflects the emotions that would arise from experiencing something as the title suggests. And in the best possible way.

10. SWELL – The background voices add an element of flair to this laidback tune.

11. THE NORTH (bonus track) – Cinematically beautiful, this could quite possibly be what it feels like to float through space.

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MOVIE REVIEW

ASHBY

Directed by Tony McNamara Cast: Emma Roberts, Nat Wolff, Mickey Rourke It’s time for a review! Lets dig a little into the new Nat Wolff and Emma Robert’s movie ‘Ashby’.

ed. That does not change the fact that is an interesting piece.

It really is not easy to be the new kid in school, and soon Ed (Nat Wolff) will find when he moves to a new town with his single mum June (Sarah Silverman). Starting off he is assigned at school to learn more about the elder and their wisdom, which pushes Ed to talk to his neighbour. They end up becoming friends with Ashby (Mickey Rourke) the neighbour, who used to be a CIA assassin. At the same time, he also becomes very close with his schoolmate Eloise (Emma Roberts).

It just follows Ed being given life lessons by his ex CIA assassin Ashby. I would say they threw in the CIA assassin to try make it different, even if Ed goes throw most cliche moments in high school movies. The movie in general is pretty good and interesting though. It explores friendship and mortality in a way to catch the attention of a large target audience.

Being honest, I would start saying there nothing else to watch apart from what you see on the trailer. This is the typical high school movie really. The viewer might expect the unexpected at the end as it comes from a very well recognised director, but seems like everyone leaves the cinema a bit disap-

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Emma Roberts, indeed, was pretty good. I bad movie does not make a bad actor, and here is Roberts to prove it. She can definitely take over and smash it as a selfish and bitchy teen in American Horror Story: Coven, as well as a sweet young teen in Ashby, or even Palo Alto.

Nat Wolff, who also worked with Roberts in Palo Alto, has to prove the same as her. They both are completely capable to take over pretty much any role and fit it perfectly.

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PAN Directed by Joe Wrigth Cast: Huhg Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund 2015 is being a year of big releases in the film industry, and I can say Joe Wright’s “Pan” is one of them.

Starring Hugh Jackman, Rooney Mara, Garrett Hedlund, Amanda Seyfried and, introducing Levi Miller, we have the children’s tale coming to life once again (lets not forget the 2003 film directed by P.J. Hogan “Peter Pan”).

Wright’s film follows a new take on the beginning of the Lost Boy’s leader Peter Pan and the rest of characters originally created by J.M. Barrie. Peter (Levi Miller) is in desperate need to find his long-lost mother (Amanda Seyfried) and find out why was he left at the door of a miserable orphanage in London as a baby.

Peter soon realises some children at the orphanage is going missing, to then find out they are all being taken by nocturne pirates on flying ships and taken to a place called Neverland.

Until Peter and some of his friends at the orphanage are taken away, everything seems pretty “normal” like any other movie taking place over the WWII. The story starts to go pretty fast from there; he finds himself in a completely different place, with very strange people but does not question anything or gets scared and just start following the orders Blackbeard (Hugh Jackman) gives, which is mining to find fairy’s pixie dust. Apparently nobody else really questions this, even if they are thousands and thousands of people against one. Also, there is where Peter meets Hook (Garrett Hedlund).

Not trying to get out of this clearly unfair treat, Peter gets in trouble after doing something right.

Blackbeard then decides to throw him from one of his flying ships, but right before Peter gets to the ground, turns out he can fly. These events lead Blackbeard to worry about a old prophecy about a flying boy who would end his life. Carrying on from, would spill out everything else on the movie.

I would say this is such a weird scenario to see Hugh Jackman in, after his action movies, but at the same time he is an amazing and multitasking actor, he took the role pretty well.

We then have Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily, who also did well. But generalising the performances, I can’t say they were great. Everything goes so fast, that there is no time for any actual character development. It could have been way better if wasn’t for rush to the end of the movie, the lack of character development and all the computerized cinematographic.

The movie is enjoyable, after all is for children’s and young adults enjoyment mainly and they really will enjoy it. I personally did after all. As a last, lets not make a big deal about Cara Delevingne being part of the cast because the two or three seconds you see of her on trailer, is literally everything you will see of her on the entire movie too.

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POPCORN EATERS CORNER

SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE CAST: Tye Sheridan, Joey Morgan, Logan Miller, Sarah Dumont and David Koechner DIRECTOR: Christopher B. Landon November 6th 2015 Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes.

When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.

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Brooklyn CAST: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson DIRECTOR: John Crowley November 6th 2015 Set in the early 1950s, BROOKLYN is the story of a young woman, Eilis (Saoirse Ronan) who moves from small town Ireland to Brooklyn, NY where, unlike home, she has the opportunity for work and for a future - and love, in the shape of Italian-American Tony (Emory Cohen).

When a family tragedy brings her back to Ireland, she finds herself absorbed into her old community, but now with eligible Jim (Domhnall Gleeson) courting her. As she repeatedly postpones her return to America, Eilis finds herself confronting a terrible dilemma - a heart-breaking choice between two men and two countries.

Daddy’s Home CAST: Will Farrell, Mark Walhberg, Linda Cardellini DIRECTOR: John Morris & Seans Anders December 26th Daddy’s home follows a mild-mannered radio executive (Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Wahlberg) arrives, forcing him to compete for the affection of the kids.

Directed by Sean Anders and screenplay by Brian Burns and Sean Anders & John Morris, comes the comedy “Daddy’s home”. Don’t miss out!

Kung Fu Panda 3 CAST: Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu DIRECTOR: Jennifer Yuh Nelson March 11th Kung Fu Panda 3 will be released across cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 11 March 2016.

When Po’s long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible—learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas!

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F A C T- F I L E Ingrid Nilson

Ingrid Nilsen, otherwise known as missglamorazzi on youtube, is a 26 year old beauty/lifestyle vlogger with just over 3.8 million subscribers. Originally born in Orange county, California(with parents from both the Thailand and Norway) Ingrid is now living in Los Angeles.

Ingrid originally decided to start making Youtube videos back in 2009 because she wanted to share her confidence with an audience and thought that maybe making videos would help her over come her fear of public speaking. As well as her main channel where she mainly posts beauty/lifestyle videos Nilsen also has a second channel entitled “thegridmonster” where she posts vlogs and #5MFU videos.

Ingrids most viewed video was posted on June 9th 2015 and is entitled “something i want you to know”, this video was her coming out video and has amounted over 12 million views. A couple of months after this video it has been confirmed by both halfs of the couple that Nilsen is now dating fellow youtube star Hannah Hart .

Ingrid has also been nominated for two Teen Choice Awards, once in 2014 and once in 2015, both for Choice Web Star: Fashion/ Beauty.

In total Ingrids channel has just over a whopping 274 million views.

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TOP 5 YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Tyler Oakley 1. I WAS ON ELLEN I think the title of this one is pretty self explanatory but if not then yes, Tyler was on Ellen. In the video he shows a clip from his interview and talks about his experience with Ellen. This video was pretty amazing to me because I mean, its not everyday you see your favourite youtuber on one of Americas top talk shows.

2. NO GLORY IN THE PROCESS No glory in the process is a video that pretty much tells the story of how you have to work to be where you want, if you want something really badly then you need to work to be there and the process of getting there may not be fun but if the end result is worth it then do it.

3. 100 THINGS I DID IN 2014 Another self explanatory title, here Tyler lists 100 things that he did and that he slayed doing during 2014, hopefully they’ll be another one this year with 100 more cool things Tyler has managed.

4. WHAT I LEARNED FROM PICKLE JUICE With a very weird metaphor to go with a very interesting concept Tyler talks about how you should have good standards for yourself because if you’re delivering something to people with good quality and they give you something 10x worse in return you shouldn’t stand for it.

5. RECEIVING THE TREVOR YOUTH INNOVATOR AWARD This video is Tyler’s speech from his evening at Trevor Live where he won the trevor projects youth innovator award for being a huge help to them, through himself and his fans working with the Trevor Project when he joined in 2010.

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BEN J PIERCE 1.LITTLE GAME Even though Ben may be mainly known for his puns and comedy sketches in October 2014 he released a song under the name of Benny. The song tackles gender roles and society’s expectations on people in this generation.

2. HOW TO : WAKE UP You know those gloomy Monday mornings before school or work where the only thing you could possibly feel like doing is laying in bed forever?

Then you’ll be able to relate to this video in which Ben shows the true struggles of waking up when you just don’t want to.

3. HOW TO : WILD As many Troye Sivan fans will already know Troye recently released his new album “WILD”, and last year when Troye released “TRXYE” Ben made a video recreating the album artwork .. On his face. Surprise surprise he’s done it again this year with “WILD” too. We’re hoping it becomes a series with every album Troye releases.

4 .CHICKEN NUGGETS OF WISDOM #1 We all get bored of those boring life quotes that people like to repeat over and over again to the point where it just sounds rehearsed, however chicken nuggets of wisdom is great life advice with a twist.

5. NEW YEAR, NEW ME “New year , new me” is probably a phase you’re very used to hearing around the time of late December / early January.. But have you ever heard it in a song with dancing eyebrows ?

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Interview with

Lorcan London

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Lorcan London is an Irish born, fashion and celebrity presenter with over 6 years experience in the showbiz world already at the age of only 22. Lorcan, now a fully fledged Londoner, is a regular face at the hottest parties in town. With over 30,000 fans on social media, there is no question he is one to watch and we sat down with him over a tall cocktail to talk through the past, present and future.

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Lorcan, we know you do a lot of fashion presenting however would you ever want your own You-Tube channel?

Every time I do anything or go anywhere I get so many questions such as ‘what was that party like’? or ‘what is he/she like in person?’ so I think if I made a you-tube channel I guess I could bring everyone with me in a way and give them a little ‘backstage’ insight, something that they wouldn’t be able to see day to day. So yes I think that is definitely something I would like to get around to at some point, never say never.

What videos would we see on your channel if you did create one?

Lots of celebrity parties for one. I do a lot of presenting for RedCarpetBiz.com so lots of famous faces and of course a lot of fashion shows. Though maybe some of the videos would just be me at home with a tub of ice cream watching sex and the city repeats...

What events do you enjoy going to the most and why?

My favourite thing in the whole world is London Fashion Week. Twice a year the fashion elite hit London and it is always so refreshing to see so many new ideas hitting the runway. It’s just one long luxurious week from the catwalk to the after parties, it really is second to none.

Harry Styles invited you to their concert, how did that come about and what was it like?

Yeah that one was a lot of fun! They were in town playing an arena gig and we had been messaging and he asked if I wanted to come along and watch them perform. So a friend and I went along, we got to have a drink and hang out backstage with them pre-show, Niall was just zooming around on a segway the whole time. Harry really is one of the nicest people I have ever met but a word of warning, if you are going to see the guys perform, bring some ear plugs. Those directioners go hard with their screams.

Where do you hope to see yourself in 5 years time?

Retired and on a beach being fed grapes from the vine. No, in all seriousness I love what I do, every week I get to do something new so as long as that continues I suppose I can't complain. I know it sounds pretty selfish but my main objective every hour of every day is to make sure I am happy, because then I know when I'm old and not so grey I know I lived. I'd also love to write a book about all my experiences in the showbiz world. I could probably fill one already.

What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

I don't get a lot of spare time really. Most of it is either at a launch for this or a party for that but I wouldn't have it any other way. I always try to make time for friends however, with growing up in Northern Ireland a lot of my friendship group is spread all over the UK so it can be quite tricky sometimes logistically.

Interview by Katie Tulip Photography by Laura Riba

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AIDAN ALEXANDER STORY BY BIANCA BARS PHOTOGRAPHY BY ED MCGOWAN

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oday’s generation is all about social media and its celebrities. It really does sound crazy how so many teens are getting famous for being on social media sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook or YouTube, if you count it as a way of “socialising”.

There are so many people growing out there and making their lives thanks to this, people you all should now about because they have all the signs to be huge soon!

It also really does sound impossible, it doens’t even make sense for many people, but maybe the caring and charisma they show, or how charming someone can be, funny or entertaining is very important when they put themselves out there.

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I had the chance of sitting down at the London Olympia hotel, along with our sub-editor Paloma Fenty to interview one of the biggest celebrities on the internet, and also someone who does not stop growing and gaining fans and getting recognised for his work online. After a day out in London, and being stopped by fans at the hotel’s door, we had our chat.

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I see myself with very solid influencers.

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Nowadays, I would say is pretty hard to say you don’t know what social media is or is an online celebrity, but for those who still lost in the past century, let me introduce you to 15-year-old American vlogger Aidan Alexander.

Eeverything started in Idaho, United States in 2000. This makes me wonder how many other online celebrities are there who were not born in the 90s.

Looks like the 90s kids are over.

Aidan is not only a very well recognised YouTuber, his online fame started in other social media sites such as Twitter. On Aidan’s CV we can also add him as an actor, he has showed his skills in a couple of movies. He is also a social media influencer, as I mentioned, his fame started somewhere else then went to YouTube., which brings to the final addition, he is a very popular YouTuber.

Not only social media and vlogging is included in his favourites; he is a fashion lover as well.

If you are a fan, you are very much in luck as we can now carry on to all his thoughts and opinions, and even a little more about his career so far and plans!

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Aidan started his YouTube channel a little over a year ago. “Since I was little I’ve always made

films, like short movies. YouTube is a big platform so I might just transcribe whatever I have been doing since I was little to a social media platform, that’s why I initially started it. Then as my social media started growing, I decided it was a very good platform to send traffic to my other platforms.”

Not only making videos, but as well all youtubers, he has his favourites to watch when he is not making his own videos. O2L, talking about the times they were together, was one of Aidan’s favourite channels. “I watched all their videos!” he still sticking to some of the O2L boys though, for example Connor Franta. Also fan of Tyler Oakley and Troye Sivan, he added. “I see myself with very solid influencers.” And I am pretty sure many fans will agree on that.

Aidan has mentioned his plans on his YouTube channel. He has a strong interest in fashion and acting, YouTube would just go along with him.

“In a few years I hope to see that my videos are doing well but I’m doing something that is unique and different, not like what a lot of other people do.”

Talking about his interest in fashion, there is no way to hold back the question of Aidan getting

a fashion blog, but maybe he is already way too busy to join something else, “I’m so bad at staying consistent, I’m not

dedicated enough on the way of a blog, to continue it just because I have so many social medias that I have to keep up with that sometimes a blog can be a little excessive.” Aidan’s YouTube channel does have a lot of fashion though.

Jumping to what Aidan has been up to, we can talk about his projects with Seventeen Magazine and AwesomenssTV. He is working on seventeen magazine YouTube channel “Its like challenges between two people, it was really fun!” although, is more a like a “web-series thing” Talking about AwesomessTV, Aidan is always doing things with them. “There are a lot of projects coming out soon with AwesomessTV” he added.

And the plans for 2015 are “Definitely work hard

and stay original. I feel like a lot of people do things, whether it’s a project or video, just because they think it will perform well, I’d like to continually put up content that I feel good about and I am proud of.”

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“In a few years I hope to see that my videos are doing well but I’m doing something that is unique and different.”

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Archangela Chelsea

“I tried makeup and felt in love with it” Born in Surabaya, Indonesia, Los Angeles based celebrity makeup artist Archangela Chelsea, talks to us about her inspirations, her holy grail products and A/W trends she’ll be channeling.

Archangela Chelsea, started studying makeup from the age of 15. “I studied in Indonesia and then when I was 17 I moved to Los Angeles, where I took a makeup course at Makeup Designory in Burbank”. Before she found makeup, Chelsea was originally a painter, until her older sister one day suggested that she used her artistic skills and apply them to makeup. “I was having an artistic block, I didn’t know what to paint, I felt stuck”, she says. “I tried makeup and I fell in love with it. I feel inspired by makeup”.

“I’m inspired by the colours, and also the different face shapes and dimensions. And when I have a new job, I look to Instagram, Pinterest and fashion magazines to get ideas.” With an impressive list of celebrity clients, including How to Get Away with Murder’s Charlie Weber and Switched at Birth’s Vanessa Marano, Chelsea’s first job was actually for a friend’s birthday. “I felt so nervous because basically she was my first client! Thankfully, everything went well.”

Chelsea’s portfolio, has a such a range of different clients, and types of makeup artistry. Not only has she done the makeup of some of Los Angeles

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most beautiful women, but she’s also done grooming for the men. She’s done everything from red carpet events to fashion shoots and has also created some very exciting beauty editorials, but what’s her favourite? “I love doing red carpets for celebrities, because it is so much fun seeing my clients walking confidently on the red carpet. I also love doing photo shoots, especially beauty shoots because I can be more creative with the makeup”.

After having such a range of clients, it’s not surprising that she can’t pick a favourite, “Every celebrity/brand that I have worked with has its own exciting story”.

This A/W brings a new season, which means new beauty trends, “I think this season is all about color, especially lip color. I see a lot of celebrities wearing fun lip colors like bright pink, orange, deep red, burgundy, and even purple when walking red carpets or just hanging out with friends. Most of these looks are balanced by applying a more neutral eye color and lots of mascara for definition”. Some of her favourites include Kate Bosworth’s tangerine lip and Gigi Hadid’s dark purple.

So what advice would she give aspiring makeup artists, “Keep doing what you love, never give up, and be humble”. Have a look at a couple of Chelsea’s clients below.

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Chelsea’s Holy Grail Products Anastasia Brow Wiz YSL Touche Eclat Radiant Touch Makeup Forever Aqua Smoky Lash Waterproof Extra Black Mascara Stila Stay All Day Liquid Eyeliner NARS Larger than Life Lip Gloss - Bimini

How To Strobe The idea of strobing is basically highlighting your facial structure that you want to accentuate to give a natural dimension to your face.

Prep your skin by applying moisturiser. I usually use Kiehl’s Ultra Facial Cream. After moisturiser, apply a foundation primer. To bring a natural glow to your skin, I love using illuminating foundation primer. My favourite product is Laura Mercier Foundation Primer- Radiance.

Start applying your favourite foundation all over your face. Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua Foundation is my go to foundation for all skin types.

After applying your base, then we can start strobing. Apply liquid illuminator such as Smashbox Halo Highlighting Wand or powder illuminator like Kevyn Aucoin Celestial Powder on your cheekbones, centre of your forehead, bridge of the nose, cupid’s bow, chin, inner corner of your eyes, and below your brow bone. he goal of strobing in highlighting; therefore, don’t be afraid to apply more products than what you usually use to accentuate your bone structure.

Never forget to set your makeup with Nars Light Reflecting Loose Setting Powder after strobing so that your overall base makeup stays in place.

Story by Rosie MaCquire Photography by Krisntina McManus

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Interview with

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First of all, thanks for the little interview! Now, tell us all about the beginnings of Bars and Melody.

Well it was interesting I mean meeting someone on the Internet is strange enough let alone knowing 4 months down the line your going to be touring the world together, bars and melody began after a hard day rehearsal where we kicked up our feet watched a bit of tv and BGT came up we looked at each other and knew we had to do it.

Why are you called “Bars & Melody” As Leondre raps, a rap is measured in bars, as I am the singer, I sing the melody the and well chucked in there to see how it looked and it fitted Your lives have changed so much since BGT, what are the good and the bad parts of fame?

Good thing is you get to explore the world and meet amazing people you get to do things any normal 16 year old would dream of doing to look into a crowd of thousands and know they’re there too see you is the best feeling. The bad part is there is no privacy wherever you go you will always be recognised but I guess it comes as part of the job.

Do you have any other hidden talents apart from singing? And, any talents you would like to have?

I’m really really good at sleeping and pretty good at eating so I would call those talents apart from that I’m just talentless.

You recently took part in a movie! How was the experience?

What’s the difference between singing and acting?

It was amazing to be on a movie set. Before BGT acting was my first choice of work, fortunately singing came forward and worked out for me but would love to look into an acting career in the future As a last question, what are the plans for 2015?

2015 bars and melody are going to take over the world!!

Interview by Bianca Bars Photography by Laura Riba

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