coup de main - noun
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Definition of coup de main : an attack that achieves complete surprise.

Taylor Swift pays tribute to Carole King at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Taylor Swift opened the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with a tribute to Carole King as she sung 'Will You Love Me Tomorrow' to a crowd of 12,000. 

As Swift spoke about the 'Tapestry' album, she adoringly stated: “It was a watershed moment for humans in the world with feelings and for cats who have big dreams of one day ending up on iconic album covers.”

An online accompaniment to CDM #4 - The Love Zine.

The theme of this month's DIY zine is 'love' - and we have contributions from guest curators: Del Water Gap, Girl In Red, Holly Humberstone, Omar Apollo, Quen Blackwell. Our friend Willa Bennett has also guest-edited this particular issue. 

Exclusively for this print zine, each guest curator has put together two pages relating to what love means to them. 

Here's a li'l rundown of our curators this month: 

Listen: Forrest Nolan's new song 'and it sounds like (ice cream)'.

Having just wrapped up a tour supporting Gracie Abrams around America, Forrest Nolan has shared a new song, 'and it sounds like (ice cream)' - from his upcoming 'You (Make Me Feel Alright)' EP out next month.

About his new song, Nolan says: "I wanted to capture the feeling of an indie movie about unrequited love — one where the protagonist has a massive crush on someone they have nothing in common with."

Listen to the new song below...

Interview: Molly Payton on her mini-album 'Slack'.

"Enjoy the highs and take the lows / You got to learn to let things change," Molly Payton sings earnestly in 'When Skies Were Always Blue', a self-reflective moment in a song she describes as a learning experience: "It was me trying to give myself a bit of hope and reminding myself that things would get better with time.”

Top 10 must-listen songs in Apple Music Spatial Audio.

With the launch of Apple Music's Spatial Audio feature which has changed the game in terms of the album listening experience, we thought we'd round up a top ten of songs that we think are a must-listen with Spatial Audio.

While we think the songs sound best in Apple headphones, the Apple Music Spatial Audio headphone experience can also be enjoyed by non-Apple headphone users by switching to 'always on' in Settings. 

Check out our top ten list below... 

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