8 h. ago ‘It’s kind of my alter ego, the sex thing’: Lola Young on addiction, writing about pain and being mixed race

The south Londoner’s honesty about her vices has made her a gen Z hero: she was in rehab when her biggest hit was blowing up. Singing about sex on her new album, she says, is a way to mask the painLast November, Lola Young was finally having her moment. Messy, a track from her second album, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, was blowing up on TikTok. Celebrities such as Kylie Jenner were using the track in their clips, and it had quickly permeated the barrier to the real world, becoming a staple of Uber rides and Christmas shopping trips in a matter of days. Even if you wouldn’t recognise Young if she passed you on the street, you’d know the song and its ironclad hook: “Cause I’m too messy! And then I’m too fucking clean ”Other stars might have taken a moment to enjoy the spoils, or strategise on how best to capitalise on the newfound success. But as Messy was rising in the charts, Young was checking into a rehab facility to deal with a cocaine addiction that had dogged her for “a lo...

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8 h. ago ‘Addiction teaches you a lot’: breakout pop star Lola Young on sex, substances and self

The south Londoner’s honesty about her vices has made her a gen Z hero: she was in rehab when her biggest hit was blowing up. Singing about sex on her new album, she says, is a way to mask the painLast November, Lola Young was finally having her moment. Messy, a track from her second album, This Wasn’t Meant for You Anyway, was blowing up on TikTok. Celebrities such as Kylie Jenner were using the track in their clips, and it had quickly permeated the barrier to the real world, becoming a staple of Uber rides and Christmas shopping trips in a matter of days. Even if you wouldn’t recognise Young if she passed you on the street, you’d know the song and its ironclad hook: “Cause I’m too messy! And then I’m too fucking clean ”Other stars might have taken a moment to enjoy the spoils, or strategise on how best to capitalise on the newfound success. But as Messy was rising in the charts, Young was checking into a rehab facility to deal with a cocaine addiction that had dogged her for “a lo...

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13 h. ago Pop fan stunned as she spots huge boyband star wandering the streets of London alone

Pop fan stunned as she spots huge boyband star wandering the streets of London alone  The US Sun

Sport

20 h. ago Frankie Bridge and Rochelle Humes' delight fans with smiley NTAs reunion amid Myleene Klass feud

Former bandmates Frankie Bridge and Rochelle Humes snapped a smiley selfie together but the fall-outs with the Hear'Say pop star are still causing problems at ITV

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41 h. ago Northeastern’s London students bond with pizza, Hook a Husky game and a live musical performance by their own pop star

Northeastern’s London students bond with pizza, Hook a Husky game and a live musical performance by their own pop star  Northeastern Global News

Society

45 h. ago Pop Idol star Zoe Birkett, 40, reveals she suffered a miscarriage while performing in The Tina Turner Musical

Pop Idol star Zoe Birkett has revealed she suffered a miscarriage mid-way through the run in The Tina Turner Musical, she told fans on social media on Wednesday.

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50 h. ago Cmat, Pulp and PinkPantheress among Mercury prize shortlist light on new names

Only two debut albums – including the ‘token’ jazz release – feature among this year’s list of nominations for the coveted UK and Irish music prizeA raft of familiar names fill this year’s list of Mercury prize nominations, with only two debuts among the 12 shortlisted albums. In Limerence, the first full-length by the Scottish folk songwriter Jacob Alon, and Hamstrings and Hurricanes, the first by Welsh jazz musician Joe Webb, will compete with the likes of Pulp’s comeback album More, folk godfather Martin Carthy’s Transform Me Then Into a Fish and the album with the UK’s biggest opening week of the year so far, People Watching by Sam Fender.The list is split 50/50 between male and female or mixed acts. The solo female artists on the list tend to the iconoclastic: Irish pop star Cmat’s acclaimed third album Euro-Country, Leeds jazz musician Emma-Jean Thackray’s Weirdo, FKA twigs’ Eusexua and PinkPantheress’s mixtape Fancy That. As for bands, as well as Pulp, the Irish band Fontaine...

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52 h. ago Britney Spears appears to defend Justin Bieber while addressing her own critics

Pop star seemed to be in a reflective mood as she aired her thoughts to her followers

Culture

55 h. ago Samara Weaving: ‘Starring in a horror film shook the anxiety out of me – I didn’t need my meds after that’

The Australian actor has developed a cult fanbase from her appearances in gory movies including ‘Ready or Not’, ‘Scream VI’ and ‘The Babysitter’. As she plays a stalked pop star in ‘Borderline’, she tells Adam White about soap opera fame, being directed by her husband, and the wonder of her ‘gumnut mafia’

Events

3 d. ago Pink fans gobsmacked after learning 'raunchy' reason she chose stage name

Pop star Pink turns 46 today and many of her supporters have been shocked after discovering the backstory of her stage name - and it turns out it's quite raunchy

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4 d. ago Ariana Grande's brother Frankie sparks feud with Tate McRae after 'dramatic' move

Frankie Grande has sparked debate he has a secret feud with pop star Tate McRae as fans noticed a 'dramatic' reaction when she was performing at the MTV Video Music Awards

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4 d. ago Ariana Grande's MTV VMAs reactions spark heated debate after moving Ozzy Osbourne tribute

Ariana Grande was one of the biggest winners at the 2025 MTV VMAs but the pop star was also the subject of speculation on social media after the awards show

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4 d. ago Sabrina Carpenter supports trans rights during MTV VMAs performance

Pop star said she was grateful to have the opportunity to be part of something ‘that can bring light’

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4 d. ago Jade: That’s Showbiz Baby! review – former Little Mix star thrives in chaos on an idiosyncratic debut

(Sony)Jade Thirlwall offers a wild ride through electroclash, Eurovision drama and emotive synth-pop – albeit one she can’t quite maintain for a whole albumLast month, the indefatigable Vice magazine published a piece on the “summer of British chaos”, documenting a scene of deranged social media provocateurs existing at the crispiest fringes of our nation’s cooked identity. Writer Clive Martin defined these graven images of the algorithm as being regionally specific, lurid, rowdy, funny and hedonistic. As a former member of Little Mix, a girl band put together via public vote on The X Factor, Jade Thirlwall might not seem like the likeliest bedfellow of this unhinged movement. But the South Shields pop star’s debut solo single, last year’s Angel of My Dreams, dodged focus-grouped smoothness to present a sublimely whacked-out, thoroughly British pop vision that felt like spinning through someone else’s for you page and realising they exist in a markedly different universe from your o...

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4 d. ago Loose Women bosses slapped huge pop star with 'lifetime' ban for one reason

90s pop legend Kavana has revealed that he received a 'lifetime ban' from Loose Women following his disastrous appearance on the lunchtime chat show back in 2007

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4 d. ago Rita Ora angers neighbours with plans to build huge gym at £7.5m mansion

Pop star previously fell out with neighbours over noise complaints in 2013

Economics

5 d. ago Lewis Capaldi review – an emotional return to the spotlight for pop’s most heart

Utilita Arena, SheffieldThe singer announces he is thrilled to begin his first tour since taking time off for his mental health, but is visibly nervous and at one moment breaks into tearsLewis Capaldi is a pop star known for his patter. But tonight, he warns the crowd he is feeling too overwhelmed to perform his usual funnyman routine. “I probably won’t say lots this evening because I don’t know what to say,” he says. “I’m just genuinely thrilled that this is still a possibility for me.”The 28-year-old being lost for words tonight is understandable. In 2023, Capaldi announced he was taking a hiatus from touring, after sharing his struggles with his mental health and his diagnosis in 2022 of Tourette syndrome. Having disappeared from the spotlight for the better part of two years, he made a triumphant return at Glastonbury earlier this summer for an unannounced and emotional set on the Pyramid stage. Tonight’s Sheffield show, however, marks the Scottish singer’s first headline perfor...

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5 d. ago As Ellie Goulding is seen out with her new man, her art dealer ex is a picture of contentment with Harry Styles' old flame Olivia Wilde

His pop star ex, Ellie Goulding, may have been pictured cosying up to a new boyfriend last week, but art dealer Caspar Jopling has certainly not been left on the shelf.

Economics

5 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Dani Dyer admits she's terrified ahead of BBC launch

Dani Dyer has admitted that she is very nervous for Strictly but has also shared what she is looking forward to and which pop star's music she wants to dance to

Events

6 d. ago What happened to unlikely lothario Lembit Opik: After engagements to a weather girl and a Cheeky Girl, former Lib Dem MP slid into debt and ended up doing cruise ships gigs

From Westminster upstart to pop star's consort, Lembit Öpik has lived so many different lives it can be hard to keep track of his latest reincarnation.

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