In celebration of Eurovision, Beyoncé’s arrival in Edinburgh and in a passionate attempt to get an interview with Jedward, this month The Skinny has gone POP! Sadly Jedward dinghied our multi-platform attempts to get them to talk to us, which is a shame because we really wanted to discuss the atrocities of the British Empire and also The X Factor (spoiler: it’s the same thing) with Twitter’s surprise political commentators as we approach the coronation. Tallah brought in her teenage bedroom phone, a rotary handset pasted in Backstreet Boys photos cut out of Smash Hits as style inspiration – come with us as we act out our 90s teen magazine fantasy. Our celebration of POP! begins with a chat with the Popgirlz Scotland collective, who work to create safe spaces and tackle gender discrimination in the Scottish music scene and beyond. We talk to two rising stars of Scottish dance music, ObviouslyDan and Miss Cabbage, and take a look back on dance-pop crossovers past and so much more...
