Spoke to a Spice Girl about wee x

I'm going to be asking the Something for the Fire hitmaker some questions for this, so if you have one you'd like me to ask then please do add it to this here page: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Excellent new SNL parody just dropped www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ULm...

I love Lykke Li. I love being sad alongside her, and the new album is perfect for that. I spoke to her about it all for ee72: ee72.com/lykke-li-tal...

With Twitter gone, the PJ Forum going, and me and Bluesky just not getting along, I can't believe Instagram is where I'm going to feed off the new Madonna album excitement. But it feels so fragmented over there. It's a #popmusicemergency without a helpline

'Dua Lipa has launched Nespresso's first-ever pickle cola coffee drink'

We started the Pitt over the weekend and I can’t get the word “de-gloved” out of my head. In fact, I can never look at a glove, a dove, or feel love without thinking of that image

‘Robbie Williams has been struck down by a string of ‘middle-aged man’ injuries, including sitting on one of his own testicles.’

Who do you think would have the biggest hit in 2026 with a cover of 2 Unlimited’s No Limit? I was thinking someone like Charli, or maybe like Ava Max alongside Guetta, but actually it’s probably a stripped back, Traitors-style cover by, say, Alex Warren, isn’t it?

✨ Over eighty million records sold. ✨ One of the world's most successful pop stars. ✨ A modern day icon. But who is the real Kylie? Can't Get You Out of My Head: In Search of Kylie by Michael Cragg is out on 24 September. linktr.ee/cantgetyououtofmyhead

La La La! You can pre-order my new book, all about Kylie, right NOW. It's out in September and will have a lovely iridescent cover. Obviously I will be banging on about it for a long time, but she's finally here! linktr.ee/cantgetyouou...

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‘JLS star Marvin Humes was unmasked as the Can of Worms on The Masked Singer’

Kylie in 2002, rocking up to the Top of the Pops awards and performing a Fischerspooner remix of the fourth single from Fever and obliterating a teen audience with electroclash and confetti www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qzz...

A 10/10, chilly-winter-evening-playing-cards-and-losing-but-it’s-fine-actually album

Sèbastien Tellier smoked about 60 cigarettes during this chat, and was possibly the most brilliantly French person ever www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

I’ve written about Lux, the Guardian’s album of 2025 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

Kevin Killian was obsessed with Kylie, so the announcement of his new poetry collection just as I was finishing my Kylie book, felt like a sign. I interviewed some of his friends for this here piece: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...

Here are some people whose albums I am looking forward to hearing in 2026: Robyn; Sky Ferreira; Sugababes; Beyoncé; Harry Styles; Grace Ives; the xx; Agnes; Raye; Chappell Roan; Sekou; Björk; underscores; Lana Del Rey; Danny L Harle; Madonna! (Obvs some of these are wishful thinking #soon 🤷🏻‍♂️)

Tried listening to a celebrity podcast but the constant "what I love about you" chat made me want to disconnect the internet forever

I interviewed Russell Tovey for the cover of today’s G2. Features a bit where we compare gay sex to the Harvester salad cart 🥗

Why was Robbie Williams fired from Take That? @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social and @mcragg.bsky.social discuss why The Bad Boy of Pop, Robbie Williams was fired from Take That in 1995. Full discussion here 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome #RobbieWilliams #TakeThat #boybands #Glastonbury #90s

Happy Robyn-finally-releasing-new-music day to all who celebrate

🚨ICYMI🚨 This week @mcragg.bsky.social & @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social are talking about all the boy bands that took over the world in the ’90s. From Take That to Westlife. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/talk90stome #boybands #takethat #westlife #robbiewilliams #garybarlow #90s

Here I am talking about Five and Max Martin, while wearing a Steps jumper. If you want to read more about all this you can in my award-winning Reach For the Stars, which has been out for a while now but doesn't age, much like J from Five: amzn.eu/d/aHIvklx

Had a lovely time chatting about 90s boybands with @msmirandasawyer.bsky.social. The results are up now (apols to Boyzone)

Still a thrill! Did I move it to this position? How rude (yes)

The studio setup for Simon Cowell’s new singing talent show, Who’s In the Band, is quite Naked Attraction, no?

I love the Lily Allen album, specifically Dallas Major, but I can’t get over the fact it sounds like a mistake has been missed at the 28 second mark. She starts to sing “hate” but then the “I hate it here” hook plays over the top. Can everyone else hear it?? (“No one else cares!!” - everyone)

I write about all of Max Martin's US top 10 singles on a blog called Maxopedia. As you can imagine, there have been a few of late - thank you Taylor! – so here's a blog on 'The Fate of Ophelia', Max's 28th chart-topper in America maxopedia.co/2025/10/14/t...

PinkPantheress’ Fancy Some More? mixtape is WILD! Kylie! Sugababes! Jade!

“There’s Keats, there’s Shakespeare, there’s Scherzinger". I had a brilliant and baffling time in the company of Nicole Scherzinger last night www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Saw some rock music last night 🤘🏼🎸🤘🏼

Just thinking about how Uncut magazine gave Kylie’s Body Language album half a star. HALF A STAR OUT OF FIVE! An album that included Slow…

Had a lovely chat with Mawaan Rizwan ahead of series two of Juice, which is properly batshit in all the best ways (the first episode involves an escape hatch via a sperm-soaked sofa)

When all is said and done, perhaps still my favourite Beyoncé album. I Care, I Miss You, Love on Top, Countdown and End of Time all top tier. (Obvs Schoolin’ Life should have been on the main album in place of I Was Here)

I also interviewed Say She She about their disco-laced protest songs and how Nile Rodgers made them cry www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

I went to Manchester to bare witness to the Steps jukebox musical, a shop-based non-stop pop blowout www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/s...

I’ll be chatting to Nicola Roberts for this next week so if you have any burning questions please do drop them on this here link below: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

Just finished the first round of edits on my Kylie book so here’s a picture of the Stop Me From Falling hitmaker on the phone, likely asking for 10,000 or so words to be kept in

This is a classic old Twitter topic, and boring for 80% of people, but trying to review music in 2025 is so frustrating. Email after email to try and get a stream. They always come from the US so there’s a delay, then it arrives maybe a day before deadline because everyone’s paranoid re an embargo

Richard Osman has such excellent taste in books 👀

After months and months in my glorious K-hole, I’ve finally finished my Kylie book. I feel sad she’s gone, but she’ll be back soon with loads of edits. But today I will celebrate in the only way I can

@shura.gg is great, her new album is great and she said some great things in this interview we did in west London #great www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

My husband @bengazur.bsky.social was meant to get his book payment today, instead he got an email telling him the payment plans Boundless laid out when they took over have all been scrapped. Apparently one way they hope to ‘survive and thrive’ is via AI 🫠

Ciara is a grade A banger merchant (Goodies! Overdose! Level Up! Like a Boy!) and I had a lovely time chatting to her ahead of Mighty Hoopla: www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

Went to the pub with Five to chat about their unexpected full lineup comeback. It was both emotional and banterful www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

My husband’s book has been nominated for a fancy award!

Unbound published Ben’s book on food folklore. He worked tirelessly to get it funded, then write it, and the hope was to then get paid from sales. This news is frustrating and murky on details www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

It’s nice to sometimes remind yourself where all your money went (wish more big pop acts did tour programmes)