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Ballad Lines is an engaging new folk musical full of great songs – review

Ballad Lines has been a long time in the making – this week marks its London premiere, although the past decade has involved a whole series of workshops, concerts and public readings. Now it’s finally arrived, has it been worth the wait? We’re pleased to report that it’s really very good indeed. It all starts quite conventionally: we’re introduced to Sarah (Frances McNamee) who has just moved in with her partner Alix (Sydney Sainté) into an apartment in New York – well, we say it’s a conventional start; it wasn’t…

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Troye Sivan gets candid on body image in response to a viral TikTok dissecting his looks

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Instagram: @troyesivan Troye Sivan has opened up about his body image struggles after a doctor analysed his looks on TikTok. On 21 January, the Grammy-nominated singer uploaded a lengthy post on Substack, titled feeling a bit uggo (ugly), which was initially titled F*ck this guy!! For real!!  As the OG title suggested, the post was made in regard to a now-deleted TikTok from an aesthetics doctor named Zayn, who described the Rush singer as looking “older looking” during his appearance at the NGV Gala. He also…

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Kesha sends support to Kim Petras amid record label dispute: “I hear you”

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO  Kim Petras has received support from Kesha amid her ongoing battle with her record label. On 20 January, Petras shocked fans when she shared a candid update on her new music, claiming that her label, Republic Records, had stalled the release of her next album. “My album has been done for 6 months, but my record label has refused to give me a release date or pay my collaborators for the work they’ve done,” she wrote. Petras went on to claim that her label has also…

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Hilary Duff delivers pure pop bliss with new single ‘Roommates’

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Hilary Duff has continued her streak of pop perfection with her new single ‘Roommates’. The second release from her upcoming sixth album, luck… or something, the mid-tempo synthpop track finds the pop icon reflecting on a romance’s fiery beginnings before it settled into the awkward territory of “practically roommates”. “I’m touching myself by the front door, but you don’t even look my way no more,” Duff croons on ‘Roommates’, which she co-wrote with her husband Matthew Koma and Brian Phillips. “’Roommates’ is a song about when life…

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Destin Conrad teams up with Terrace Martin for immersive new single ‘Nothing is Real’

Photo by Ryder Our manifestation for more Destin Conrad music has come true! On 13 January, the Grammy-winning talent dropped his new single, ‘NOTHING IS REAL’, featuring Terrace Martin. On the lush track, Conrad thoughtfully explores themes of love and illusion, highlighting the uncomfortable truths that can arise when the rose-coloured glasses come off in a relationship. Backed by stunning production — including layered percussion and warm piano notes — and Conrad’s incredible vocals, ‘NOTHING IS REAL’ beautifully expands the creative world of his second studio album, wHIMSY. Conrad’s new…

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Billie Eilish’s ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ becomes the most-streamed solo song by a female artist in Spotify history

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Billie Eilish has claimed a brand-new record, and made queer history in the process. This week, the Grammy winner’s timeless love track ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ became the most-streamed solo song by a female artist in Spotify history, surpassing Tones and I’s ‘Dance Monkey’. The new-wave hit, which was first previewed in a teaser trailer for Heartstopper season three, has amassed nearly 3.4 billion streams. It was the most-streamed song of 2024 and the second most-streamed song of 2025. ‘BIRDS OF A FEATHER’ served as the second…

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Heated Rivalry: Connor Storrie shares iconic reaction to Miley Cyrus’ music pitch for season 2

Drop everything! New Connor Storrie lore has dropped. Last week, pop icon Miley Cyrus shared her thoughts on Crave/HBO Max’s critically acclaimed series Heated Rivalry at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. “I have not watched yet, but this is on my to-do list now. [Heated Rivalry is] all I’ve heard about, about how much I’m going to be obsessed,” she told Variety reporter Marc Malkin. “This is, like, every conversation I’ve had today has started with, ‘You have to do this.’” Malkin then floated the idea of Cyrus contributing…

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GLAAD Media Awards 2026: Heated Rivalry, BOOTS, and The Hunting Wives score nominations

WORDS BY JORDAN ROBLEDO Award season is officially upon us! On Wednesday (17 July), the world’s largest LGBTQIA+ media advocacy organisation announced the nominees for the upcoming 37th GLAAD Media Awards. The ceremony, set to take place in Los Angeles, California, on 5 March, will spotlight “291 culture-changing nominees across 32 categories, honouring outstanding fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues in film, television, gaming, music, podcasting, journalism, Spanish-Language media, and more.” Unsurprisingly, Crave and HBO Max’s hit gay hockey romance series, Heated Rivalry, earned a nomination…

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Heated Rivalry’s Hudson Williams channels Nosferatu in horror music video

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS From closeted hockey player to gothic vampire icon! Hudson Williams has (quite literally) sunk his teeth into a brand new project. On 6 January, the Heated Rivalry star appeared in Love Lucille’s ‘Lights On’, channelling Nosferatu’s Count Orlok as he stalks, and ultimately drains the blood of, a young woman (played by Karina Frislev) in her home. Directed by Emily English, the video sees Williams decked out in Orlok’s signature look: bald and nightmarishly pale, painted with dramatic black eye makeup and lipstick, complete with pointed ears, razor-sharp…

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Miley Cyrus wants to make music for Heated Rivalry season 2: “I’m so in – book me!”

WORDS BY SAM DAMSHENAS Miley Cyrus is “so in” to create music for the upcoming second season of Heated Rivalry. Speaking with Variety reporter Marc Malkin at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the pop icon addressed the buzz surrounding the Crave/HBO Max series, which concluded its first season on December 26. “I have not watched yet, but this is on my to-do list now. [Heated Rivalry is] all I’ve heard about, of how much I’m going to be obsessed,” she said. “This is, like, every conversation I’ve had today…

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