👀 Read the full interview here - www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12...

'She's the most straightforward, honest, open person, and it didn't leave room for any confusion or questioning. I don't know anyone else in pop music opening up about feeling old and hoping that a facelift holds and talking about vasectomies'

'When I started out, I knew that I loved singing and loved performing - I loved to entertain. But as I grow older, I realise there's a difference between being a performer and being an artist'

'I think fame is very exposing and raw, and it puts you in a position that not everyone gets to experience. I enjoy the luxury of it all, though of course there is a price you pay'

'I don't think American people are put off by Britishness - I don't think the music is too crazy for them to get it. If the post-Brat era has taught us anything about music, it's that you can actually be as experimental as you want, and if it translates, it will translate'

'I knew I liked to write. I didn't know I liked to write songs. Then, I discovered I love writing songs and I discovered I love producing them out with a collaborator. And then I discovered I love making music videos and I love to edit and I had so much fun rolling everything out'

'It's hard to get something that is catchy, that is honest, that the production is exciting. None of those things have to be a formula. Even if you just look at what the hits of this year have been, they've been so different. It can come from anywhere, which I think is exciting'

'People are craving real music with real instruments and real bridges and really thoughtful writing, and we're headed in the right direction. I'm loving the current state of the charts right now' - Sombr on playing both sides of the pop-rock divide 👀 Read more - www.billboard.com/music/pop/so...

'Even when we first wrote the song, there was some part of me that was somewhat scared of the song. I could just see people react to it and come back to me like, "Can I hear that one more time?" I think I was a bit confused, and I wasn't sure what that meant'

'Write the opposite of what you think is a hit. Write what speaks to you... write something that only you can write and write the music that you want to listen to yourself. Add the weird chord progression and key change, and call men stupid in as many ways as you can!'

'For me, it's a love letter to all the fans and what we've done together; this idea of creating a lovely, safe space for me and the fans to share that love for each other' - JADE on her latest single Church

Happy birthday Kara DioGuardi, songwriter, record producer, and co-writer on hits for Kylie Minogue, Miley Cyrus, Pink, Celine Dion, Robbie Williams, Avril Lavigne, Christina Aguilera, and more

'I want to be an artist who doesn't get dragged by the flow, but creates the flow. I don't want to be confined - I want to be an artist without limits'

'I try and make a few ideas a day, and most of them are rubbish but it's about the journey of finding out what you like. The more you can fall in love with the obsession of it, that's the win. The best feeling is when you play back the thing you've made that day and you actually feel good about it'

'This has been one of the most transformative years of my life. Not only because of the shift in my career, but I've learned so much about myself and the true beauty in time, patience, and savouring certain moments'

'I feel like in America, I've got a pretty decent standing. But the UK is the place that I've always wanted to get the respect, because I feel like my music is very British' - Pinkpantheress on her desire to gain more recognition in the UK 👀 Read here - www.interviewmagazine.com/music/zara-l...

'I'm really grateful that people have been receptive of me being in their faces for a little bit too long, and I'll be sure to take a good nap after'

'I know that so many songs are written about love, but I think it's the most important thing in the world, so we must keep digging on the topic'

'I've been in the studio, and I am pouring my soul into this project. I don't want to spoil it by revealing too much too early, but this is a more soulful me. I'm also getting more reflective and vulnerable'

'I really try to be as timeless as I can with my music. It's very dangerous to think beyond the room when you're creating a song. You have to just be completely present and drop all ego'

'I don't know if I'm going to be free-falling forever for the rest of my career. I don't know if I'm going to enter another system, and then regret that too. So now, where I'm at: I'm just like, damn, I wonder where this is going? And I have to be okay with that feeling'

'Signing artists today is very difficult. It's no longer about music, but about social networks. If you make a track but you don't have followers, there's no point signing your song because there's no vehicle to promote it. It's a shame, because it should be about how good the record is'

'The pressure is on as an independent artist, on an independent budget. When you don't have a major label footing all the bills that you weren't aware of, everything becomes very real. Not only do I want it to go well, but I need it to go well, because we're having to work 10 times harder'

'BBC Radio 1 told us Insomnia had no chorus or hook and to basically go away! When they were initially refusing to play it, we had no idea it was going to become this enduring club anthem'

👀 Read the full interview with Robyn on Vogue Scandinavia here - www.voguescandinavia.com/articles/rob...

'This is a demanding album. It demands focus. It demands a greater respect for concept and story'

'I want hedonism, danger and a sense of anti-establishment to come along with my artists because when I was younger, I wanted to escape through them. To me, that's the point, that's the drama, that's the fun, that's the fantasy'

Happy birthday, Terry Lewis, from songwriting and production team Jam & Lewis, who have worked with Janet Jackson, Lionel Richie, TLC, Michael Jackson, Boyz II Men, Usher, Mariah Carey, Prince, Gwen Stefani, and more

Happy birthday to the absolute living legend that is Björk 🥳

'I think pop stars are performative doms that are secretly subs. As a fan, I also want that. I want you to diss me a little bit'

Lily Allen announces her biggest-ever headline tour, having sold out her UK theatre tour in minutes

'To me, with pop music, you can move people, scare people, shock people, put them on the edge, make them cry, make them laugh... And then hopefully, eventually, that piece of work can become something that can just exist as a part of people's lives that doesn't always have to be a heavy listen'

'If you are singing exactly about what you want to sing about and you're doing it the way you want to do it, that is really obvious to fans. Listeners aren't stupid; they know when you're doing something inauthentic'

'I'm someone who's had four No. 1 singles, five No. 1 albums. I'm currently three shows away from the 21 Club at the O2... In the industry and around my peers, I don't think anyone holds me in any sort of regard'

Happy birthday Julia Michaels, solo artist and known for her songwriting work with Sabrina Carpenter, Selena Gomez, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Shawn Mendes, Justin Bieber, and more

'Just the other day, my team was wondering what label do we put it under when it goes to stores, and, honestly, I don't know. I'd rather let others decide where it belongs when they hear it'

'Everyone in our scene was into goth and dark stuff, but we loved MTV, Madonna and Cyndi Lauper. In some crazy way, we imagined we were part of that mix, though there was nothing shiny or attractive or poptastic about us'

'If the labels don't start taking care of songwriters, there won't be any anymore. The song is the most important part of the music business. It all starts at the song. So why aren't we taking care of the people who make the song?'

Happy birthday David Guetta, DJ and producer known for his solo work and collabs with Sia, Nicki Minaj, Kelly Rowland, Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Anne-Marie, and more

'There was something broken about my relationship to pop music that was healed recently through the time away. There's a thing that comes along with your dreams coming true that feels dangerous at times. Nothing prepares you for what comes with it'

'It's one thing to have a good voice, but another to show you're an artist with vision. I'm not just a pop princess dancing around on stage'

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'If what you're doing isn't provocative, what's the point? And if it's not scary, what's the point? I'm not here to be mediocre'

'I honestly feel like I was born to do this job. I feel so at home and peaceful when I'm on stage. To be able to do this full-time feels surreal, and that's down to the people that listen to me'

'Music still makes me so emotional. I can't fake the excitement I have at going on stage, or the stars in my eyes when I think about all the songs that are yet to be written' - Sigrid on the joys of music making 👀 Read the full interview here - readdork.com/features/sig...

'I love being creative. It's truly my favourite thing. Being able to write and have a feeling in your brain and an idea and be able to flesh it out and make it into something that can exist in the real world is just such a wonderful, euphoric, addicting feeling'

'I've just come to realise that, as an artist, you might as well decide that everything about you is a strength and something to be highlighted rather than saying, "These are the things that are wrong about me"'

'My work now is uncharted territory. The topics moving me these days are new, my questions, the things that fulfil me, the things that excite me, the things that scare me, are all different from what I thought they would be at this stage of life. I can't wait to see where it takes me artistically'

'Music and songwriting, recorded music, is a very precious thing and meant to be expressed only at the highest level - even the simplest song. Music comes from the heart and the soul; I don't know how you would even begin to dumb that down. It would be like trying to dry out an ocean'

'I'm making the music I love the most, and I'm excited about it. I have the energy I know I need to be myself again and have something to say. So, honestly, I'm really excited that everything is coming together'