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Hayden Anhedönia’s Ethel Cain alter ego came about as an escape from a particularly tortured teenhood. Raised in a strict and oppressive Southern Baptist community in Florida, and then at 16 coming out as gay, and later a trans woman, Anhedönia found release by imagining life as a superstar diva. Explaining to Pitchfork how she became Cain, she says: “That fanatical delusion was definitely the stepping stone and I’m just stubborn enough to have actually tried to make it happen.”Anhedönia has released a string of…

Soft Cell: *Happiness Not Included album coverForty-one years since their debut album, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, and 20 since their last album, 2002’s underwhelming Cruelty Without Beauty, Soft Cell return with an album that makes the very best of their vantage point as synth-pop elders with an eye on the future. *Happiness Not Included cleverly compares the 80s promises of a future straight out of science-fiction (“rocket ships and monorails, electricity that never fails”) with how things have actually turned out. While…

Comedian Chris Rock took a dig at actor Amber Heard, amid her ongoing defamation trial with ex-husband, actor Johnny Depp, during his Ego Death tour in London. During his performance, Chris addressed his audience and asked them to 'believe all women except Amber Heard'. During a standup set at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Thursday, the 57-year-old comedian also briefly joked about actor Will Smith's slap at the 94th Academy Awards 2022 on March 27. (Also Read | Johnny Depp’s ex-girlfriend Ellen Barkin expected to…

Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards in 1995 and 2022Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards in 1995 and 2022. Later photograph: Pål Hansen/The Guardian. Styling: Andie Redman. Hair and makeup: Neusa Neves using Mac cosmetics and Aveda haircare. Archive photograph: Danny McLewinMorcheeba’s signature rich, mellow music became the soundtrack of the suburban homes and chillout rooms of the late 90s and early 00s. The trio – Kent brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey and Londoner Skye Edwards – formed in 1994 and went on to make some of the most…

Martin Lee, lead vocalist, songwriterWe all watched the Eurovision Song Contest and it was our manager, Tony Hiller, who suggested we should enter it. Of all our songs, Save Your Kisses for Me stood out. At first it went: “Oceans of love, oceans, oceans of love” but “Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me” was a stronger hook.We knew the judges would vote after just one or two listens, so we needed something catchy at the end. We tried writing about animals because people all over the world love them, then tried…

The girl band is in crisis. As Little Mix go on their hiatus and tie up their Confetti tour, touted as their last shows “for now”, the UK finds itself without a major girl band for the first time in nearly 30 years.It is a bleak prospect, as girl bands have often acted as agitators in the UK’s male-dominated music scene. Spice Girls are the most obvious example of this, arriving in 1996 amid lad-heavy Britpop, but groups in their wake have similarly disrupted the status quo: Girls Aloud’s rambunctiousness cut through the…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Music Celebrity Publishing date: Mar 22, 2022  •  March 22, 2022  •  3 minute read  •  5 Comments Kid Rock speaks onstage during the 2017 CMT Music Awards at the Music City Center in Nashville, June 6, 2017. Photo by Mike Coppola /Getty Images / Files Article content Rap-rocker Kid Rock had a pretty succinct answer when he was asked by Fox’s Tucker Carlson why he hasn’t been cancelled for his outspoken conservative viewpoints. Advertisement 2 This…

National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Curiosity rover on Mars recently released images of an unusual rock structure that seems like a nicely carved door. The image has taken the internet by storm and many claimed it to be a hidden alien entrance. The curiosity rover captured the image on May 7 and it was shared on Reddit on Wednesday. NASA is yet to comment on the image. However, some publications pointed out strange rock formation could be the product…

One of the most recent snaps beamed back from the Curiosity rover on Mars has revealed a rather interesting feature in the rocks: what looks to be a perfectly carved out doorway nestling in the Martian landscape.  The doorway doppelgänger is so eerily convincing we're almost tempted to start believing that it leads to a little hideaway for Martians, or perhaps a portal to another Universe entirely. We're also getting 'tunnel to the center of the planet' vibes from this.At the very least, the picture and the geological…

Dwayne Johnson recently posted a picture of himself beaming alongside his 6-year-old daughter, Jasmine, while at a horse riding competition. While celebrating his daughter’s victory, Johnson wrote in the Instagram caption, “So proud of our little one and her commitment to putting in the work to achieve her accomplishments.” The wrestler turned actor continued, “I love that she has a competitive fire (wonder who she gets that from) but she’s not obsessed with winning. The quality that I love is that she’s passionate…