Writing about heartbreak and depression earned James Blake the Mercury Prize, as well as effusive praise from Kanye, Dave and a bevvy of hip-hop titans. But for his fifth album, Friends That Break Your Heart, pop’s collaborator-in-chief is having fun. (GQ) Continue reading →

Internet radio, however, just got interesting. (GQ) Continue reading →

Instead, the world has come to him. (GQ) Continue reading →

Rumours of its death have been greatly exaggerated. (GQ) Continue reading →

As a new film set in Manson-era Hollywood releases, an investigation… (GQ) Continue reading →

The Cleveland rapper, and star of Netflix’s The Dirt, talks scrapes with the law, family dramas and near-death experiences. (GQ) Continue reading →

GQ’s greatest Glastonbury moments by the writers who remember. (GQ) Continue reading →

As Joy Division’s iconic debut album turns 40, I talk to guitarist Bernard Sumner, drummer Stephen Morris and designer Peter Saville about how it was made. (GQ) Continue reading →

A new wave of artists are tackling everything from male suicide to toxic masculinity in the post-Me Too era. (GQ) Continue reading →

As Surviving R Kelly arrives in the UK, I talk to some of the survivors about the world’s most notorious musician. (GQ) Continue reading →

We got ’em! Michigan four-piece Greta Van Fleet bring the autumn anthems. (GQ) Continue reading →

With a No1 album and Mercury Prize nomination already banked, Stockport’s Blossoms are flourishing. (GQ) Continue reading →

In a culture dominated by the famous-for-being-famous, Cardi B is that rare thing: the reality star who turned out to be more talented than the competition. (GQ) Continue reading →

Last night in Los Angeles the band played three new songs from Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino, which is released on Friday. (GQ) Continue reading →

One of the most influential MCs in the history of rap shares his memories of hip hop’s ‘golden era’ before weighing in on the future of the genre – and why Kanye might not have ended up as a Trump supporter if he was following more than one person on Twitter. (GQ) Continue reading →

When a gold statue of Harvey Weinstein appeared outside the Oscars, I went to find out more. (GQ) Continue reading →

The world’s most famous burlesque dancer turned singer talks Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo. (GQ) Continue reading →

There’ll never be anybody else quite like him. (GQ) Continue reading →

From teenage soap star to sci-fi reboot Flatliners, the Bulgarian-born Canadian is jump-starting her Hollywood career. (GQ) Continue reading →

This isn’t quite how the Horrors frontman pictured his life turning out. (GQ) Continue reading →

Father John Misty on reading the Bible, dropping acid and reacting to President Trump with a six-day bender. (GQ) Continue reading →

Yvonne Strahovski tells a tale for our time. (GQ) Continue reading →

Allison Williams leaves Girls for a film career, but it shows no sign of being any less provocative. (GQ) Continue reading →

The duo behind The Chainsmokers are bringing virtual reality to electronic music. (GQ) Continue reading →

As the critically acclaimed Rag’n’Bone Man, singer-songwriter Rory Graham plays to his own rhythm – and is using it to reset old standards. (GQ) Continue reading →

From the pavement to The Ritz, meet A$AP Rocky’s soulful collaborator. (GQ) Continue reading →

It’s action stations in 2017 for the Orange Is The New Black star. (GQ) Continue reading →

How a hotshot singer from Lincolnshire caught the eye of LA’s big guns. (GQ) Continue reading →

Gallant’s smooth vocals and futuristic R&B have won him friends in high places. (GQ) Continue reading →

Nick Valensi of The Strokes steps up as frontman for his new band, CRX. (GQ) Continue reading →

If you were plotting musical success in 2016, you probably wouldn’t start in Llandudno. (GQ) Continue reading →

Along with Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, Kano was one of grime’s pioneers. Now after three years on Channel 4’s ‘Top Boy’ he’s returning to music. (GQ) Continue reading →

Animal Collective’s new album takes familiar pop structures and then distorts them like warm clay into something thrillingly original. (GQ) Continue reading →

Half Moon Run’s Devon Portielje on a rock’n’roll style staple. (GQ) Continue reading →

From Yorkshire to America – John Newman is thinking big. (GQ) Continue reading →

Meet Gabrielle Aplin, an acoustic queen for the digital age. (GQ) Continue reading →

Documentary director Crystal Moselle on visiting the Angulo brothers for the first time and why she chose not to interrogate their father. (GQ) Continue reading →

Who’s going to dominate next year’s festivals? Foals – and this heavy-duty new album is why. (GQ) Continue reading →

Thought Jamie xx was all about the dark tones? Now he’s bursting into colour. (GQ) Continue reading →

Beat-maker for everyone from Yeezy to Drake, the 29-year-old Scot is the secret genius of hip hop you never knew about. (GQ) Continue reading →

Taking a trip to an island nation under a groove. (GQ) Continue reading →

De La Soul are currently celebrating the 25th anniversary of 3 Feet High and Rising by playing huge shows around the world, but nobody’s enjoying 2014 more than their DJ Maseo. (GQ) Continue reading →

At the Emirate’s flagship Waldorf Astoria, even the trained falcons that keep the pigeons from defacing the roof are fed only quail. (GQ) Continue reading →

On doorsteps in Wythenshawe & Sale asking: why are Nigel Farage’s party proving so damn popular? (GQ) Continue reading →

Why port shouldn’t be left to languish as a night cap. (GQ) Continue reading →

Author Kevin Powers on his startling debut novel The Yellow Birds, why he wrote in secret and the politics of the war in Iraq from a soldier’s vantage point. (GQ) Continue reading →

Ralph Steadman on his Gonzo life with Hunter S Thompson, powerful hallucinogenic drugs and why America’s “heinous culture shock” was the best thing that ever happened to him. (GQ) Continue reading →