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

Watch: Dua Lipa cover Snakehips’ 'Cruel' + perform 'Blow Your Mind (Mwah)'.

Dua Lipa recently took to the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge as part of their month of performances throughout September, during which she performed a cover of Snakehips’ song which features Zayn's vocals, ‘Cruel’, as well as her own song, ‘Blow Your Mind (Mwah)’.

Watch the performances below…

P.S. Keep an eye out for our new interview with Dua Lipa, out in CDM #19 on October 10th!

Watch: Tom Odell cover The 1975’s 'The Sound'.

As part of the BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month of September, Tom Odell performed a cover of The 1975’s ‘The Sound’, lifted from their sophomore album released earlier this year.

He was accompanied by a string section, and crooned the song along with his piano.

Watch the performance below…

P.S. Keep an eye out for our interview with Tom Odell, out in CDM #19 on October 10th!

Watch: The 1975 cover One Direction & Justin Bieber with a symphony orchestra.

At a very special BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge, The 1975 performed an epic set at Blackpool’s Tower Ballroom with the help of the BBC Philharmonic symphony orchestra.

During the show, they performed two of their previous Live Lounge covers - Justin Bieber’s ‘Sorry’, and One Direction’s ‘What Makes You Beautiful’.

Watch the performances below…

P.S. Read our cover story with The 1975 here.

A Thomston x 'Topograph' appreciation post.

To celebrate the release of our dear friend Thomston’s (i.e. Thomas Stoneman) debut album, ‘Topograph’, we’ve compiled a list of things that we appreciate about him, and his album too.

But first, here’s the official album info:

TOPOGRAPH was written in five cities on three continents over almost two years. Every song on the record is a map tied to a physical place, hence the title. As Thomston explains, “I wrote it. I wrote it in the years I travelled the world and learnt vast amounts about people, places and myself.

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