"I wrote 'The Goodbye EP' over the course of a year or so," explains London-based (but Melbourne-raised) Thomas Headon about his latest release. "I'd just moved to a completely new environment and was in this time of meeting and seeing all these different people. A lot of the songs on this EP to me are a call for attention, whether that be from the girl I was into at the time, new friends or even myself.
Pale Waves have shared a brand new song, 'You Don't Own Me', an empowering song which sees frontwoman Heather Baron-Gracie disregarding misogynistic 'advice' given to her in the verses like, "No one night stands for you or they'll think that you’re a whore," or, "Don't show too much skin, don't even start to speak your mind."
Instead, Baron-Gracie takes total control, singing in the chorus, "I'll do whatever I want to," and ,"I'll be whoever I want to."
Listen to 'You Don't Own Me' below...
Another episode of 'Variety: Actors on Actors' has been released, this time with Pete Davidson discussing 'King Of Staten Island' and Glenn Close discussing 'HillBilly Elegy'.
The two talk about everything from dog allergies and the fact that Davidson thought Close was British before he looked it up.
Another season of 'Variety: Actors on Actors' interviews are back! This time with Zendaya and Carey Mulligan where they discuss everything from being a Disney kid, 'Promising Young Woman', 'Malcolm & Marie', to the fine line between criticism and cruelty.
Maxwell Young has shared his first ever music video, for his 2020 release 'Dread!', a song "about being really overwhelmed in a very small moment, emphasising with someone's pain and feeling helpless."
About the video, Young shares: "I’m very excited to be releasing my first music video directed by my close friend Max Pirrit. I find it really special to be able to work with young artists who mean a lot to me rather than already established artists that I don’t share a personal relationship and creative understanding with."
Sadie Sink features in a new campaign for Prada's Spring/Summer 2021 collection where she answers the question: "Is creativity a gift or a skill?".
To answer, she states: "I think everyone is born with creativity but I think the skill comes with how you choose to use it and how you apply it to your everyday life."
Check out more from the campaign below...
Clairo has shared a freshly written new song, 'Just For Today', in which she addresses mental health and depression, and her adorable puppy Joanie can be heard in the background of.
FKA twigs, Headie One, and Fred again.. have come together on a new single, 'Don't Judge Me', about which twigs says: "So proud to release 'Don’t Judge Me' into the world. This project is very personal and special to me. It was an honour to shoot with Kara Walker's fountain exploring the interconnection of black history between Africa, America and Europe."
About the accompanying music video, director Emmanuel Adjei says:
“THE INVISIBLE OPPRESSOR
Amidst all of the 2020 chaos, it seems that we missed a period of time where Ruel broadcast live acoustic covers of The 1975 songs: 'Me & You Together Song', 'Be My Mistake', 'The Birthday Party', 'Jesus Christ 2005 God Bless America'.
Watch clips of the covers below...
P.S. Read our latest Ruel cover story here.
Ruel has covered Lenny Kravitz's song 'It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over' for his Triple J Like A Version session, as well as performed his song 'distance' from his 'Bright Lights, Red Eyes' EP.
Watch the performances below...